By Matt Schabert, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- There is a first time for everything. That's what Morehead State's men's basketball team will strive for Saturday when they take on the Belmont Bruins in the Curb Event Center at 5 p.m. ET.
The Eagles have not scored a win over the Bruins on their home floor yet, but Morehead State will look to rebound from a setback Thursday at Tennessee State with a solid effort against one of the league's front-runners.
The Eagles are 9-9 overall and 3-2 in the OVC. Belmont sits at 13-5 overall and 4-1 in the conference. They have been beaten once on their home hardwood, by SIUE this season.
The game will air live on ESPN+ and also on WIVY-96.3 FM and MSUEagles.com.
GAME NOTES
• Morehead State trails 13-2 in its all-time series with Belmont. The teams first met in 2012-13. Belmont has won six straight games in the series since 2015-16.
• Senior guard
Jordan Walker scored a season-high 28 points against SIUE and made his first 14 free throws. In the last four games, Walker is 26-of-28 (.928) at the charity stripe.
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Tyzhaun Claude's 7.1 rebounds per game is the best rebounding average for a freshman in the OVC and ranks 12th among all freshmen in Division I currently.
• Junior guard
Juice Thomas leads the OVC and ranks among the top 20 in the nation with 42 steals. He is already nearing the top 20 cut-off (53) for steals in a single season in program history.
• Senior guard
Jordan Walker is the second player in program history with at least 1,200 career points, 200 assists, 100 steals and 175 three-pointers made, with the only other player accomplishing that being Ricky Minard.
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Jordan Walker's career free throw percentage sits at .779.
• Senior guard
Djimon Henson has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games.
• Freshman guard
Ta'lon Cooper has hit 66 percent from the field in the last six games. He is 20-for-30 in that span.
• Junior forward
James Baker returned to the double-figure scoring column at Tennessee State. He led the team with 14 points, his first double-figure effort since Nov. 30.
• The Eagles continue to lead the Ohio Valley Conference in fewest turnovers per game. MSU only commits 12.2 mistakes per outing, ranking just ahead of Belmont's 12.8.
• Morehead State is the OVC's best shot blocking team. The Eagles average 4.6 rejections per contest.
• Morehead State's streak of making at least one three-pointer ended at 422 games Thursday at Tennessee State. The last time the Eagles did not make a three prior to that was Feb. 13, 2007 at Jacksonville State.
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