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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- An OVC first place battle is in store for the Morehead State Men's hoops squad Saturday when the Eagles visit Southeast Missouri. Game time at the Show Me Center is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. ET.
Morehead State owns a 38-22 advantage in its series with the Redhawks, and in a quirk of typical results, the Eagles have won seven of the last eight meetings at SEMO.
Just like the Eagles, the Redhawks are hot too. They have won six of the last seven as well, including a double-digit win over Southern Indiana Thursday.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network (WIVY-96.3 FM flagship station as well as WGOH in Grayson, Ky.) with Chuck Mraz and
Drew Barnette. It is also available on MSUEagles.com. ESPN+ has the contest.
2024-25 RECORDS
MSU: 9-7, 4-1 OVC | SEMO: 9-7, 4-1 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. SEMO: 38-22
First Meeting: 1/18/92 SEMO won 85-74 at SEMO
Last Meeting: 2/29/24 MSU won 72-50 at MSU
Streak: MSU, 2 games
Record in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: 16-12
Record in Morehead: 20-9
Neutral Record: 2-1
NOTABLE
• The Eagles held Little Rock to just 53 points Thursday. In the last four seasons, MSU is now 56-2 when the opponent fails to score more than 60.
• In the last four seasons, MSU has won 97 games when leading with a minute left and 94 games when it leads at halftime.
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Jerone Morton led the Eagles again in scoring at Little Rock, with 17. Morton has set six career highs just this season.
• For the first time in his career and a first for an Eagle player this year,
Jerone Morton played ALL 40 minutes against Little Rock. Morton has only committed 14 fouls in 268 minutes played this year, or only 1 foul per 19 minutes.
• In 11 of the Eagles' 16 games, the opponent has committed more fouls against MSU. The Eagles lead the OVC in free throw attempts per game (23.5) and rank second in FTs made per game (14.7).
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Anouar Mellouk scored a career high 14 points at Little Rock. Ten of his 14 came off breakaway dunks. In the last three games, Mellouk has scored 38 points (12.6 ppg).
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Kade Ruegsegger has scored 1,879 career points in college, including 1,776 in four seasons at NAIA Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio).
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Jerone Morton has a six-game string of scoring in double figures. In that span, he averaged 15.0 points per outing. He also shot 53 percent during the last six MSU contests.
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Tyler Brelsford,
Kade Ruegsegger and
Steven Clay all own career free throw percentages of better than 77 percent.
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Steven Clay grabbed a career-best eight rebounds at Little Rock.
• Kenny White averaged 7.8 rebounds in his last six games, including a career-best 17 against Tennessee State.
• Morehead State, the only remaining original OVC member, has been the league's gold standard program in the last five seasons. MSU has won 78 percent of its OVC games (62-17) in that span.
• The Eagle program now has nine 20+ win seasons in the last 15 seasons.
• Among the 11 Ohio Valley Conference programs, MSU boasts the highest number of graduate students (4) and the highest number of sixth-year players (2).
