Eagle Women's Hoops is Gearing Up for Eastern Kentucky in its Home Opener Thursday

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Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State women's basketball team is gearing up for its home opener Thursday night when they face off with Eastern Kentucky in Johnson Arena.

Morehead State opened the season Monday night with an 85-42 loss at 14^th-ranked Kentucky in Lexington. Eastern Kentucky also opened up on the road; the Colonels lost 90-89 loss at UT Martin Monday night.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. ET. The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Network (flagship WIVY 96.3) with Tom Lewis and Wes Holland on the call. The game is also scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+ with Jared Stacy and Dean Hardin describing the action.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State:                0-1/ L1
Eastern Kentucky:             0-1/ L1

SERIES
 
Record vs.                          EKU: 45-59
Last Meeting:                     EKU won 73-60 (11/26/25) in Morehead
First Meeting:                     EKU won 56-33 (1972-73)
Streak:                                 Eastern Kentucky W 7
Record in Morehead:         26-21
Record in Richmond:         16-33
Record at Neutral Sites:     3-5
 
NOTABLE NOTES

• Redshirt junior Kensley Feltner is Morehead State's most experienced player with appearances in 70 games over three seasons at Belmont. Last season, injury limited Feltner to just five games; in the 2024-25 season, Feltner appeared in 39 games, making two starts.
• Feltner led Morehead State with 16 points. She shot 6-11 from the floor, including 3-6 from three-point range.
• Feltner had a storied career at Lawrence County High School, scoring 4,189 points in her career, becoming just the fourth player in Kentucky to score over 4,000 career points. She led the state in her senior season scoring 28.9 points per game and was a finalist for Kentucky Miss Basketball and a First Team All-State selection. She also led the state in scoring in her junior season averaging 26.9 points per game and was named a First Team All-State selection.
• Feltner's brother Jackson was a standout baseball player at Morehead State from 2021 to 2023. He posted a .376 career batting average, tied for fourth in the Morehead State record book. His .471 on-base percentage is second highest in MSU Baseball history.
• Grad Student Lanae Riley comes to Morehead State after two seasons battling injuries at Akron. She appeared in six games in 2024-25 after appearing in 29 games and making 13 starts the previous season. She averaged 8.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Zips while averaging 21.6 minutes per outing. She shot 47% from the floor, 43% from three-point range and 75% from the free throw line.
• Riley posted 11 points and five boards Monday at Kentucky.
• Riley was a two-time First Team All-Ohio selection at Archbishop Hoban High School, and was finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball her senior season (2021-22) averaging 21 points and nine rebounds per game, leading Hoban to an undefeated regular season.
• Twins Courtney and Heidi Smith have stayed together through their college journey: they both redshirted in their freshman season (2024-25) at Toledo. The pair transferred to Montana State last season and re-joined Jackie Alexander at Morehead State last Spring.
• Heidi Smith appeared in seven games last season before injury cut her season short. Averaging 17.1 minutes per game, she posted 5.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game averages. She posted her career high in Montana State's season opener against Carroll (Mont.) last November 4. Smith led the Eagles with seven rebounds Monday night at Kentucky.
• Courtney Smith appeared in 27 contests for the Bobcats last season.  She posted her career high of nine points on January 24 at Weber State. She matched that total five days later against Sacramento State.
• Allie Sykes appeared in 26 games, making four starts at Presbyterian last season. In an average of 12.4 minutes per outing, she averaged 4.2 points per game. She led the Blue Hose with 30 made three points, hit treys at a 31.3% clip.
• Sykes scored 1,746 career points, posting a career average of 15.5 points per game at Western Alamance High School in Burlington, N.C. She averaged 18.1 points per game in her senior season, shooting 42% from three-point range. Over her career, she shot 41% from the floor and 38% from beyond the arc.
• JUCO transfer Breayah Jefferson was a NJCAA Div. I Honorable Mention All-America last season at Monroe University (N.Y.). She appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts and averaged 18 points per game while shooting 45% from the floor.
• Jefferson set the Monroe record scoring 50 points against Lackawanna College on February 19. She hit 19 of 53 attempts from the floor, including 7-29 from three-point range.
• In her freshman season at St. Clair CC (Mich.), Jefferson posted averages of 22.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in 34 appearances. She shot 49.1% from the floor.
• Samaria Taylor appeared in 27 games, making one start at Furman last season. She posted season highs of 12 points and six steals against Bob Jones January 3. She posted 11 points against East Tennessee on February 7, hitting all three of her field goal attempts, including on three-ball, and went four of five from the charity stripe.
• Kamora Morgan spent her first two collegiate years at Northern Kentucky. She was named Horizon League Freshman of the Week twice in the 2024-25 season, when she appeared in 32 games, making eight starts, posting 7.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.
• As a freshman, Morgan had a breakout game with 21 vs. Southern Indiana; she backed that up a month later, setting career highs with 23 points and seven rebounds. Last season as a sophomore, she averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game in 32 games averaging 12.9 minutes per game.
• Redshirt-Sophomore Alonna Poole provided a spark for the Eagles with eight points on 4-8 shooting from the floor Monday at Kentucky.
• Millie Pearson is the lone returner from last season's Eagle squad. She played in 26 games, making six starts, averaging 8.3 minutes per game. She set season highs of eight points and three blocks against Tennessee Tech on February 12. She grabbed a season-high five rebounds at Ohio last November 13.

 
SCOUTNG THE COLONELS

• Eastern Kentucky's head coach is a familiar face to Morehead State fans: Greg Todd was the Eagles' bench boss for seven seasons, leading the Eagles to three straight 20-win seasons (the first time in program history) from 2016-2019 and two WNIT appearances.
• Todd led last season's Colonels to a 25-9 overall record and a 15-3 ASUN mark and regular season championship. EKU lost 45-41 to Austin Peay in the ASUN tourney and received a bid to the WBIT, notching a 72-58 win over Utah before falling 63-34 at Harvard.
• Liz Freihofer was an All-ASUN First Team selection and the ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year last season in her sophomore campaign. She averaged 12.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She shot 41% and 38% from three-point range. She posted an 87.8% accuracy at the free throw line.
• Ashland native sophomore Kenleigh Woods was an ASUN All-Freshman Team selection last season averaging 10.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. She appeared in all 34 games, starting 32. She hit 47% from the floor and finished second on the club averaging 2.7 assists per game.  
• Adding to the Morehead State flavor of the Colonels roster, former Eagle Michelle Ugwah, who was at San Francisco last season, spent the two seasons prior as an Eagle.