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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Looking to win their fourth straight contest, the Morehead State Eagles' men's basketball squad will take on Tennessee Tech Thursday in a battle of the birds.

Game time is 7:35 p.m. ET. The contest will air on the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Eagle Sports Radio Network on WIVY-96.3 FM and can be be seen on ESPN+.

The Eagles (7-12/3-3 OVC) have climbed back to even in the conference race after defeating Tennessee State, Southeast Missouri and UT Martin. Meanwhile the Golden Eagles (6-13/2-4) are looking to halt a three-game losing streak.

GAME NOTES

THE SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES

Morehead State holds an 84-66 all-time advantage over Tennessee Tech. Overall, the Eagles have claimed seven of the last nine meetings and have won 11 of the last 12 times the teams have played a regular-season contest in Johnson Arena since 2006-07.

TRES VICTORIAS

Morehead State enters this week's OVC action with a three-game winning streak. It's the first three-game success streak since the middle of the 2016-17 season. During MSU's three-game streak, the Eagles have: averaged 77.3 points, shot 50 percent overall, shot 46 percent from three-point range and averaged 18 assists per game.

TRENDS AND TIDBITS

Lamontray Harris is 16-of-21 (.761) from the field in the last four games and has averaged 17.7 points in that span ... De'Von Cooper is 11-of-16 (.687) from three-point range in the last three games ... Cooper has four straight double-figure scoring games ... Jordan Walker has scored in double figures in 10 of the last 11 games (with the other game being a nine-point effort) ... Walker is 17-of-20 (.850) from the free throw line in the last three games ... Walker is averaging 34.1 minutes in OVC action ... James Baker is 4-of-8 from three-point land in the last two games ... The Eagles have won four straight home games for the fourth straight season.

SECOND-HALF TEAM

Morehead State has scored a considerable more amount of points in the second half this year as opposed to the first. The Eagles have totaled 737 second-half markers and just 662 first-half points.

3-POINT STREAK LIVES ON

Morehead State has hit at least one three-pointer in 391 consecutive games, dating back to 2007 when the Eagles were held without a made one from beyond the arc against Jacksonville State.

RALLY CAPS ON

Morehead State's 14-point second-half rally to ultimately win last Thursday against Southeast Missouri was the largest deficit overcome in a victory since Jan. 14, 2016 at SIU Edwardsville. There the Eagles trailed by 17 in the opening half before rallying for a 70-67 overtime win.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MAN

Lamontray Harris collected his seventh double-double of the season at Tennessee State and now has 15 of the stat variety in his four-year career. 

HARRIS GOES HARD TO THE GLASS

Lamontray Harris has been cleaning up the glass in top form in 2018-19, ranking third among the league players with 8.3 rebounds per game. Harris has 537 career rebounds.

1K ON THE HORIZON

Lamontray Harris has a legitimate chance to reach 1,000 career points if he can keep up his average this season. Harris has 954 career points, needing just 46 more to become the 33rd member of the 1,000 point club. He would be the first 1,000-point scorer since Brent 

Arrington joined the club in 2015-16.

DISHING DIMES

A.J. Hicks has dished out at least one assist in all 48 games of his two-year career. This season he ranks second in the OVC with 110 total helpers and has 11 games with at least five assists. Hicks has 22 assists in his last two games, setting his career high with 11 helpers against Southeast Missouri and tying it versus UT Martin.

SUPER DOOPER COOPER

Sophomore guard De'Von Cooper has picked up his game when it counts. The Louisville native is averaging 10.8 points in the six OVC games - third on the team. He tied his career-high with 16 points against Southeast Missouri and nails 38 percent overall from three-point range.

AIR JORDAN

Jordan Walker has reached double figures in the scoring column in 10 of the last 11 games after a stretch of three straight  in November under 10. The Indianapolis, Ind., junior also leads the team by hitting 43 percent of his attempts from three-point range.