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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- With a win Saturday at Eastern Illinois, Morehead State men's basketball could run its curent winning streak to four games. The Eagles and Panthers tip off at EIU's Lantz Arena at 4:15 p.m. ET.

The Eagles picked up a 58-49 win at SIUE Thursday, while the Panthers dropped their first home game of the year the same night against Eastern Kentucky. MSU sits at 12-12 overall and 6-5 in the OVC. EIU is 11-12 in all games and 4-7 in league action.

The Eagles claimed the first game in the season series back on Jan. 11 at MSU. Trailing for much of the contest, MSU scored its only victory of the year when it trailed at the half.

The game will air live on ESPN+ and WIVY-96.3 FM and MSUEagles.com.

GAME NOTES

• Morehead State trails 23-16 in the all-time series with Eastern Illinois, dating back to 1981-82. The Eagles have won three of the last four in the series and are just 5-13 all-time in games at EIU.

• MSU allowed only 15 points in the first half to SIUE Thursday, marking the best defensive half since allowing 15 to Saint Louis on Dec. 2, 2015.

• Senior guard Jordan Walker has scored 1,411 career points, sitting at No. 18 on the Eagles' all-time scoring list.

• Jordan Walker was named OVC Player of the Week this past week after averaging 21.5 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 56 percent against Southeast Missouri and UT Martin.

• Senior guard Djimon Henson has reached double figures in 10 of the past 14 games with three 20-point outputs in that span.

• Tyzhaun Claude ranks 10th in the OVC in rebounding (6.5/game) but his average leads all freshmen in the Ohio Valley Conference.

• Junior forward James Baker needs just five more blocked shots to reach 100 for his career.

• Junior guard Juice Thomas is the OVC leader in steals with 52.

• Morehead State averages 70 points per game, but nearly 40 come in the paint per outing.

• The Eagles have seven games this season in which they committed 10 or fewer turnovers. The Eagles lead the conference with just 12.2 mistakes per ballgame.

• The Eagles blocked six more shots at SIUE, upping their OVC lead for rejections to 112.

• MSU is 12-0 this season when holding a lead with a minute left and are 11-1 when they have a lead at halftime.

• After having its lowest field goal percentage for a half (.233) in the first 20 minutes at SIUE, the Eagles had their second-best shooting accuracy (.586) for a half this year in the second 20 minutes.