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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State women's basketball travels to Nashville Thursday to take on conference-leading Belmont.

The Eagles fell in a heartbreaker to Austin Peay Saturday, 71-61. Despite the loss, it was their finest performance in OVC play this season, featuring a number of career-best showings. Terri Smith led the charge for the Eagles, pouring in 23 points on the strength of a career-high seven three-pointers. Julan McDonald posted a career-high 22 points to go with a career-high six blocks, and three-time OVC Newcomer of the Week Jada Claude rounded out the scoring with 12 points and six rebounds.

Belmont notched their second consecutive comeback victory against UT Martin Monday in a low-scoring affair. The Bruins outscored the Skyhawks in the fourth quarter 19-9, with sophomore guard Tuti Jones leading all scorers with 17 points and grabbed a career-high tying nine rebounds.

Tip-off is slated for 6:00 p.m. ET and can be found on ESPN+ or listened to on the Eagle Sports Radio Network.

2021-22 RECORDS
MOR: 1-21 (0-12 OVC) | BEL: 14-7 (10-2 OVC)

SERIES RECORDS
Record vs. Belmont; 3-20
First Meeting: 1/18/77 (BEL won 92-75)
Last Meeting: 1/20/22 (BEL won 103-50)
Record in Nashville, Tenn.: 0-11
Record in Morehead: 3-9

NOTABLE
• In her last game against Belmont, Jada Claude tied a then career-high 22 points against the Bruins to go alongside seven rebounds.

• Earlier this week, Jada Claude was named OVC Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season. Last week, she led the Eagles in scoring, averaging nearly 20 points per game, as well as posting a career-high 24 points against TSU.

• Last game, Terri Smith connected on a career-high seven three-pointers. The performance tied her for the most three-pointers made in a single game by any player in the OVC this season, and now has her with the third most made three-pointers in conference play this year.

• Julan McDonald added to her team-leading 21 blocks with six rejections last game against Austin Peay, which is the second most blocks in a game from an OVC player this year. McDonald now sits 2nd in the league in blocked shots with 1.6 per game, only behind Madison Bartley of Belmont (2.0).

• In their last game, Jada Claude, Julan McDonald and Terri Smith combined to score all but four of Morehead State's points. There was only one made field goal that didn't come from the trio.

• Morehead State has improved their scoring output against a team they're playing for the second time by an average of 19.6 points.