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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Men's Basketball closes the home portion of the 2024-25 schedule on Saturday as Eastern Illinois makes the last opponent visit to Johnson Arena. Game time is 3:30 p.m. ET.
Morehead State is riding an eight-game winning streak against Eastern Illinois in the series. The Eagles have closed the gap in the series as well, now trailing just 26-24. MSU has won four straight over EIU in Morehead with the Panthers' last win at Johnson Arena coming back in 2018.
Morehead State will honor
Kade Ruegsegger,
Dieonte Miles, Kenny White, Jr.,
Tyler Brelsford and
Jalen Windham for Senior Day.
The Panthers are 9-19 overall and 5-12 in the OVC and have been eliminated from a spot in the OVC Tournament.
The game can also 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. The game is set to air on ESPN+ with Jared Stacy and
Dean Hardin.
2024-25 RECORDS
MSU: 14-14, 9-8 OVC | EIU: 9-19, 5-12 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. EIU: 24-26
First Meeting: 12/14/81 MSU won 79-77 at MSU
Last Meeting: 1/23/25 MSU won 73-66 at EIU
Streak: MSU, 8 games
Record vs. EIU in Charleston, Ill.: 10-15
Record vs. EIU in Morehead: 14-11
Neutral Record: 0-0
NOTABLE
• Kenny White, Jr. reached the 1,000-point milestone in his college career at Western Illinois Feb. 15. White, Jr., who has played at Tennessee Tech, Murray State and UT Martin, now has 1,009 career collegiate points. He has scored 787 of those while playing in the OVC.
• Morehead State has a 108-54 overall record since 2020-21, or 66 percent success rate. No other OVC MBB programs (among the six others who were in the OVC since then) have a winning percentage of even at least .500.
• Morehead State is in the midst of a six-game losing streak, something that has not happened within the program since the 2017-18 season. MSU had not lost four straight home since the 2014-15 season until falling Thursday. The last five-game home losing skid hasn't happened since 2005-06.
• The Eagles had made 10+ free throws in 12 straight games before only connecting on eight Thursday versus SIUE.
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Jerone Morton's 21 points Thursday versus SIUE was a career-high, eclipsing his previous mark of 20. Morton has 13 double-figure scoring efforts this winter.
• MSU's +4.6 rebounding margin against other league foes leads the conference. MSU has out-rebounded 11 of its last 12 overall opponents.
• Despite not attempting a free throw in the last two contests,
George Marshall has still made 24 of his last 25 free throws. He made 22 consecutive free throws since the Dec. 31st game at Southern Indiana before missing his third attempt against SEMO Feb. 6.
• MSU is averaging just 63.9 points in the 17 conference games. The Eagles' three-point accuracy in league action has dipped to 31 percent.
• The Eagles have been held to less than 70 points in eight straight games. In five of those contests, the Eagles hit less than 40 percent from the floor.
• Morehead State has qualified for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament for the seventh straight season. According to the standings and games remaining, the Eagles could finish anywhere from the 3rd through 8th seeds.
