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Eastern Kentucky 2020-21 Eastern Kentucky Men's Basketball Game Notes 17-5 11-4 7-13 5-11 SKYHAWKS OVERALL OVC OVERALL OVC RECORD AT EKU // 3RD: 46-40 RECORD AT UTM // 1ST: 7-13 A.W. Hamilton Montez Robinson COLONELS HEAD COACH OVERALL COACHING RECORD // 9TH: 283-62 INTERIM HEAD COACH OVERALL COACHING RECORD // 6TH: 76-99 2020-21 Schedule GAME EKU VS. UT MARTIN Martin, Tenn. // Elam Center NOVEMBER UTM 9:00 p.m. ET // Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 25 vs. North Florida^ W, 80-67 EKU -vs- 23 27 vs. Charleston Southern^ W, 60-50 30 at Xavier L, 99-96 (OT) 82.7 SCORING 65.2 QUICK HEADLINES DECEMBER • This is the 52nd all-time meeting between EKU and UT 2 at South Carolina - Upstate W, 95-78 FG% Martin. The Colonels lead the series, 51-30, and have 7 MOREHEAD STATE W, 71-68 44.5 38.9 won three straight over the Skyhawks, including a 113- 12 TRANSYLVANIA W, 81-60 73 victory last month in Richmond. 14 at Morehead State L, 75-62 17 CAMPBELLSVILLE HARRODSBURG W, 118-54 34.9 3FG% 33.9 22 HIGH POINT W, 86-67 • Sophomore Michael Moreno led the Colonels with 18 30 EASTERN ILLINOIS* W, 69-61 points in the 83-72 win at Tennessee Tech on Monday. REBOUNDS He was 5-of-7 from deep. Moreno now leads the OVC in JANUARY 36.6 32.8 three-point field goal percentage (48.1%). 2 at Austin Peay* W, 80-75 7 JACKSONVILLE STATE* W, 69-66 (OT) ASSIST • EKU shot 56.4% from the field at Tennessee Tech (its 9 TENNESSEE TECH* W, 90-80 16.4 11.8 third best field goal percentage of the year) and 52.2% 16 at Eastern Illinois* W, 93-85 (OT) 21 UT MARTIN* W, 113-73 from deep (its second best three-point field goal per- 3.5 BLOCKS 2.9 centage of the year). FEBRUARY 2 at Jacksonville State* W, 86-82 (OT) SCORING • EKU tied its season best with 26 assists in the win at Ten- 4 AUSTIN PEAY* L, 94-79 DEFENSE nessee Tech on Monday. 6 MURRAY STATE* L, 76-64 73.7 77.2 8 at SIUE* W, 78-74 FG • The Colonels have now tied the EKU record for OVC road 11 at Belmont* L, 92-74 wins in a season (six). 13 at Tennessee State* W, 93-73 43.7 DEFENSE 48.0 15 at Tennessee Tech* W, 83-72 18 at UT Martin* 9:00 PM 3FG • Eastern ranks in the top-25 in the NCAA in 10 catego- 20 at Southeast Missouri* 6:00 PM 31.8 DEFENSE 37.7 ries - including 1st in steals-per-game (10.7), 2nd in 22 at Southeast Missouri* 7:00 PM turnover margin (+6.4), 2nd in turnovers forced-per- 25 BELMONT* 8:00 PM REBOUND game (19.6), 10th in scoring (82.7) and 19th in three- 27 TENNESSEE STATE* 7:00 PM -3.0 MARGIN -4.4 pointers-per-game (9.9). Home Games In Bold CAPS * Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game, ^ Mako Medical TURNOVER Wolfpack Invitational, Times given are Eastern and subject to +6.4 MARGIN -0.2 change, Rankings are AP/Coaches AST-TO Social Networks 1.2 RATIO 0.8 @EKUHoops @EKUHoops EKU Colonels Probable Starters (based on previous game) BROADCAST INFORMATION RADIO • WCYO 100.7 FM • Greg Stotelmyer, play-by-play • Wes Chandler, analyst KING LEWIS ROBB GREEN JR. MORENO 2 FRESHMANJUNIOR // F // G 4 FRESHMANR-FRESHMAN // G// G 5 FRESHMANJUNIOR // G // F 12 FRESHMAN // FG 24 SOPHOMORE // F PPG 15.5 PPG 10.3 PPG 7.3 PPG 14.3 PPG 10.7 CONTACTS RPG 6.8 RPG 5.3 RPG 3.0 RPG 3.3 RPG 4.9 STEVE FOHL RYNE RICKMAN FG% .484 FG% .513 FG% .335 FG% .373 FG% .538 EKU UT Martin 3FG% 3FG% .481 e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% .313 3FG% .300 3FG% .323 .327 c 859.200.1958 APG 1.0 APG 1.7 APG 2.0 APG 5.3 APG 1.3 1 Colonel Basketball 2020-21 NOTES NOTE: Individual player notes are located on the player Media Information pages (pages 9-23). Double-Digit Leaders CONTACT INFORMATION Double-Figure Scoring Games BALOGUN AND BLANTON PULL DOWN Steve Fohl (MBB Contact) 2020-21 Career Associate Director of EKUSports Communications SEASON HIGH BOARDS Sophomore Tariq Balogun (eight) and freshman No. Record No. Record Work Phone: 859-622-1253 Cell: 859-200-1958 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 859-622-5108 Devontae Blanton (six) both recorded career highs in Tariq Balogun 1 1-0 3 3-0 rebounds vs. Belmont on Feb. 11. McBrayer Arena Press Row Phone: 859-622-5908 Devontae Blanton 1 1-0 1 1-0 Peyton Broughton 1 1-0 8 6-2 CRUICKSHANK SCORES SEASON HIGH MEDIA SERVICES AT BELMONT Jomaru Brown 3 2-1 56 27-29 CREDENTIALS Senior Russhard Cruickshank came off the bench to Cameron Carmical -- -- 2 2-0 Credentials are issued to members of the working media score a season-high 11 points at Belmont on Feb. 11. only. Requests for credentials should be made to Steve Russhard Cruickshank 2 1-1 9 7-2 Cheikh Faye 5 4-1 5 4-1 Fohl. BENCH SHINES IN LOSS TO BELMONT Wendell Green Jr. 15 12-3 15 12-3 COACHES INTERVIEWS The EKU bench scored 49 points at Belmont on Feb. All interviews with head coach A.W. Hamilton and all as- 11, the second-most against a Division-I opponent this JacQuess Hobbs 1 1-0 9 6-3 sistant coaches must be arranged through the EKUSports season. Tre King 16 13-3 42 29-13 Communications office. Please contact Steve Fohl to Brandon Knapper 4 4-0 4 4-0 arrange all interviews. NCAA’S FRESHMAN ASSISTS LEADER As of Feb. 9, Wendell Green Jr. leads all NCAA fresh- Curt Lewis 13 11-2 13 11-2 PLAYER INTERVIEWS men in total assists (105). Michael Moreno 12 10-2 27 19-8 All interviews with EKU men’s basketball players must be Cooper Robb 8 6-2 8 6-2 arranged through the EKUSports Communications office. MORENO DIALING IN FROM DEEP Please contact Steve Fohl to arrange all interviews. As of Feb. 9, sophomore Michael Moreno leads the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (50% / 34-of- Double-Figure Rebounding Games POST-GAME INTERVIEWS 58) and three-point field goals-per-game (2.8) during 2020-21 Career Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all-postgame interviews will OVC play. No. Record No. Record be done via Zoom this season. A link for the Zoom confer- Jomaru Brown -- -- 1 0-1 ence will be sent out prior to each home game. Coach OVC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK X4 Hamilton and selected EKU players will be available on Wendell Green Jr. was voted the OVC Co-Freshman Tre King 5 4-1 9 7-2 Zoom after a brief cooling off period, generally 10 minutes of the Week for the fourth time on Feb. 8. Green Jr. aver- Curt Lewis 1 1-0 1 1-0 after the game. aged 23.7 points, 8.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds-per-game Michael Moreno 1 1-0 5 2-3 Locker Room - The EKU locker room is closed to the media over the week. for all home and road games. OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE MEDIA RELATIONS ICY WEN STAYS HOT MBB Contact .............................................. Kyle Schwartz Freshman Wendell Green Jr. went for 24 points and NCAA RANKS - TEAM COMPARISONS Phone ........................................ 615-371-1698 ext. 6685 eight assists in the loss to Murray State on Feb. 6. It was E-mail ............................................... [email protected] his fourth consecutive game of scoring more than 20 Web Site ......................................... www.OVCsports.com points. GREEN JR. GOES FOR 25/9 VS. APSU Freshman Wendell Green Jr. had 25 points and NCAA TEAM RANKINGS (Feb. 16) nine assists in the loss to Austin Peay on Feb. 4. As of Feb. Team Statistics EKU UTM 5, Green Jr. ranks second in the OVC in scoring (17.8 ppg) Scoring Offense 11 298 and first in assists (5.6 apg) during league play. Scoring Defense 258 305 Scoring Margin 55 326 ROBB POSTS CAREER HIGH AT JSU FG Percentage 155 328 Junior Cooper Robb poured in a career high 20 FG Percentage Defense 200 325 points in the win at Jacksonville State on Feb. 2. 3-Pt. FG Per Game 19 211 3-Pt. FG Percentage 125 165 OVERTIME SUCCESS! 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense 93 316 EKU won its ninth straight game in thrilling fash- Free Throw Percentage 163 71 ion on Feb. 2, defeating Jacksonville State on the road, 86-82, in overtime. It was the Colonels’ third straight OT Rebound Margin 278 303 win this season. Assists Per Game 28 275 Assist/Turnover Ratio 58 275 TOP-10 IN SCORING IN THE NCAA Blocks Per Game 134 213 As of Feb. 1, EKU ranks No. 7 in the NCAA in scoring Steals Per Game 1 117 at 84.2 points-per-game. Turnover Margin 2 191 Turnovers Forced 2 131 353 Division I teams Eastern Kentucky University 2 Colonel Basketball 2020-21 NOTES EKU Preseason Quick Facts UP TO NO. 12 IN MID MAJOR TOP 25® Individual Awards UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Following eight straight wins, EKU jumped two 2020-21 Name ........................... Eastern Kentucky University spots to No. 12 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25® on Jan. 25. Location ............................................ Richmond, Ky.