MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State women's basketball team is set for its final regular-season road contest of the year on Wednesday. The Eagles visit Tennessee State for a 7 p.m. ET tipoff.
Morehead State (12-15, 8-6 OVC) will be looking to even the season series with Tennessee State (13-12, 10-4) and halt a six-game losing skid to the Tiger program.
Following the game, MSU will host Jacksonville State for Senior Day on Saturday. Tipoff for that contest, part of a doubleheader with the Eagle men's squad, is at 3 p.m. ET.
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) | TENNESSEE STATE | OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCEGame notes heading into the contest:
The Series
• Morehead State leads the series 30-22. TSU has won six straight.
Tourney Time
• Morehead State has clinched a berth in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. It will be the first appearance since 2011-12.
• MSU has also secured at least a .500 or above OVC mark for the first time since 2010-11.
Broken Records
• Senior guard Almesha Jones is Morehead State's career assist leader with 562. She broke the previous mark of 499 on Jan. 24.
• Jones set the MSU single-season assist record on Feb. 7 against Tennessee State. She now has 219 assists this season.
• Jones ranks fifth on the OVC single-season assist chart and eighth on the OVC career chart.
Keeping Up With the Joneses
• Almesha Jones is the 22nd member of Morehead State's 1,000-point club. She now has 1,388 points in 114 career games and is ranked 14th in scoring at MSU. She needs five points to move to 13th place.
• Jones ranks second in the nation in total assists (219) and second in assists per game (8.1). She has eight double-digit assist games.
• Jones was recently named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List, honoring the nation's top Division I point guard.
Fabulous Freshman Season
• Freshman forward Eriel McKee has scored in double figures in 189of the 24 collegiate games she's appeared in.
• McKee has seven double-doubles and nine double-figure rebounding games.
Steele The One
• Shay Steele leads the OVC in blocked shots (49). She is now sixth in career blocks (76) at Morehead State.
• Steele has six 20-point games this year.
• She has scored in double figures in 12 of the last 16 games.
• Steele registered a career-best 25 points against Tennessee State on Feb. 7.
Putting Up The Points
• Morehead State's 90-point effort in the win over Tennessee Tech Monday was its most in a league game since scoring 103 versus UT Martin on Dec. 2, 2010.
