By Matt Schabert, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
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MOREHEAD, Ky. --Â The Morehead State men's basketball team opens a three-game homestand on Thursday when Tennessee State visits Johnson Arena. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET following the MSU women's contest.
The Eagles entertain TSU, then host Belmont Saturday. The home string concludes next Thursday when Southeast Missouri comes to town. Morehead State (6-15/2-8 OVC) played well in several spurts on its last road trip but fell at Murray State and Austin Peay. The Tigers (10-11/5-5 OVC) enter with a 3-7 record on the road in 2017-18.
The game will live on WIVY-96.3 FM and MSUEagles.com and can be watched for free online on the OVC Digital Network.
Thursday's doubleheader will also feature a canned food drive. Fans can get $1 off per ticket for each canned food item donated (up to $5).
GAME NOTES
THE TENNESSEE STATE SERIES
Morehead State holds a 37-32 advantage in the series with Tennessee State. Since 2006-07, the Eagles have won nine of the last 10 home matchups with the Tigers. The teams split games last year, with each winning on their home floor.
THREE-POINT STREAK GOES ON
Morehead State has made at least one three-pointer in 364 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 13, 2007 when the Eagles had an 0-for-17 day versus Jacksonville State.
WE'LL TAKE 'EM FOR FREE
In the last five games, Morehead State has been extremely accurate at the free throw line, hitting 78 percent. The Eagles are 91-for-116 at the stripe in that span.
TOP GUNS
While the Eagles have hit free throws with pinpoint preciseness lately, they have also been shooting the three-pointer well lately too. In the last four games, the Eagles have nailed 35 triples on 86 attempts, or 40 percent. Just in the last three games, MSU drilled nine treys each game.
DEFENDING THE LONG THREAT TOO
Morehead State still leads the OVC in three-point percentage defense in conference games. The Eagles only allow their league foes to hit 31 percent (66-of-213) behind the arc. On Jan. 25, MSU limited OVC leading scorer and top-five three-point accuracy shooter Jonathan Stark of Murray State to just 1-for-8 from behind the arc
LAMONTRAY IS EN FUEGO
Junior forward
Lamontray Harris leads the Eagles with 14.0 points per game in OVC contests and has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games. Harris had double-doubles in four straight games from Jan. 11-20. He became only the third Eagle player since 2010-11 to accomplish that feat, joining Dejaun Marrero (2016-17) and Kenneth Faried (2010-11).
DJIMON IN THE ROUGHSophomore guard
Djimon Henson, who comes off the bench now, led the team with 16 points at Austin Peay. He ranks second on the team with 11.0 points per game and has 11 double-figure scoring efforts this season.
BALANCED ON OFFENSEThe Eagles boast four double-figure scorers on average and all four are within 1.5 points of each other.
Jordan Walker leads the way with 11.5, and now junior guard A. J. Hicks is at 10.0 per game.
HOME COOKINGMSU owns a plus-10.8 scoring margin in its eight home games (where the Eagles are 5-3). MSU also has a plus-17.1 rebounding margin in the games played at Johnson Arena. The Eagles shoot 47 percent at home as well.
