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MOREHEAD, Ky. – After a lengthy road trip, Morehead State women's hoops returns home Thursday to take on conference co-leader Tennessee Tech.

Morehead State dropped their makeup game at Tennessee State Monday, 77-60. Sophomore Jada Claude once again led the Eagles, this time putting up a career-high 24 points to go alongside 10 rebounds for her OVC-leading 7th double-double on the season. Fellow sophomore Alana Denson put forth a strong effort with 10 points, including a pair of three point shots and freshman Morgan Browning reach double figures for the first time with a career-high 10 points.

Tennessee Tech moved to 8-2 in conference play with their victory over UT Martin Monday. Graduate student Anna Jones led all scorers with a season-high 25 points. Jones notched her third career double-double as she pulled down 12 rebounds, her second in three games. Sophomore Anna Walker and graduate student Mackenzie Coleman rounded out the scoring for the Golden Eagles with 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Tip-off is slated for 12:00 p.m. ET and can be found on ESPN+ or listened to on the Eagle Spots Radio Network.
 
2021-22 RECORDS
MOR: 1-19 (0-10 OVC) | TTU: 13-7 (8-2 OVC)

SERIES RECORDS
Record vs. Tennessee Tech; 30-63
First Meeting: 2/3/78 (MOR won 82-80)
Last Meeting: 1/6/22 (TTU won 78-48)
Record in Cookeville, Tenn.: 11-35
Record in Morehead: 20-26

NOTABLE
• Last time these two teams met, Jada Claude and Terri Smith led the Eagles with 15 points apiece.

• Morgan Browning reached double-figure scoring for the first time in her career last game against Tennessee State. She has also made three-point field goals in each of her last three games.

• Jada Claude is averaging 7.5 rebounds per game, which is the most among newcomers in the OVC and third overall in the conference, and her 7.7 rebounds per game in conference-only play is top in the OVC.

• Jada Claude recorded her third consecutive double-double earlier this season against SEMO. She is now first in the conference for the most double-doubles in the OVC this season (7) and is the first Morehead State player to record three consecutive double-doubles since Tierra McGowan notched four in a row in 2017.

• Alana Denson is now 10-20 from three-point range in conference play, which puts her second in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (.500).
 
• Morehead State is averaging the third most blocks per conference game, recording 3.0 swats per game, due to Julan McDonald, who is third in the conference with 1.1 blocks per game.