MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State women's basketball team has one more test before Christmas break. Cleveland State visits Johnson Arena to tangle with the Eagles at 2 p.m. ET Sunday.
Morehead State (4-7) has dropped five of its last games, but MSU is 2-2 at home this year. The Vikings (6-4) had won three straight before suffering a 76-58 defeat at home to Niagara in their last action.
General admission tickets, which are $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 2-12, are available
here. Parking is free for all women's home games.
Ways to follow the game:LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE AUDIO (mobile) | LIVE STATS | TWITTERAll Morehead State contests are broadcast on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with Jason Blanton calling the action. The game can be heard on the airwaves on the flagship station, WIVY-96.3 FM in Morehead. Audio will also be available on MSUEagles.com (computers), m.Morehead.EZStream.com (mobile devices) and the Eagle Empire app. Live stats and live video links are also available right here on MSUEagles.com (the game will be live on the OVC Digital Network), and periodic updates will also be on Twitter and Facebook.
Releases and pre-game information:MOREHEAD STATE (PDF) | CLEVELAND STATE | OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCEGame notes heading into the contest: The Series
• The series is tied 1-1. Morehead State won the first meeting, 83-65, in 1985 before the Vikings won 76-67 in Cleveland last year.
Like Father, Like Daughter
• Morehead State is one of just three Division I schools featuring a parent coaching their daughter. Brooke Todd is a freshman forward and daughter of Head Coach Greg Todd.
• The other two schools are Mississippi State (father-daughter) and Duquesne (mother-daughter).
Keeping Up With the Joneses
• Senior guard Almesha Jones became the 22nd member of Morehead State's 1,000-point club Dec. 3 at Ohio. She now has 1,097 career points and is ranked 19th in career points at MSU.
• Almesha Jones leads the nation in assists (88) and ranks third in helpers per game (8.0). She has never had less than four in MSU's 11 games and handed out double-digit assists three times.
All By Herself
• Almesha Jones is the first player in program history with at least 1,000 career points, 400 assists and 200 steals. She is second in school history in steals.
Eriel Act
• Eriel McKee has scored in double figures in all eight collegiate games.
• She became the first MSU player since 2006 to score in double figures in her first collegiate game when she had 20 at Norfolk State.
• McKee's 15.0 points per game would rank seventh in the league, but she has not played in the minimum 75 percent of all games.
Case Closed
• Senior forward Casey Ryans leads the OVC in field goal percentage (.621).
• Ryans grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds against Brescia on Nov. 24 and collected 12 boards at USC-Upstate Dec. 17.
Block Party
• Sophomore forward Shay Steele leads the OVC in blocked shots (27) and ranks 24th nationally. She is now ranked 10th in career blocks (54) at Morehead State.
Flyin Hawaiian
• Senior guard Maiki Viela, a Hawaiian native who transferred from Gonzaga, has scored in double figures in six of 10 games played and averaged 18.5 points in the last two games.
