Eastern Kentucky University?s perfect home record gets another test tonight when conference foe Tennessee Tech comes to town.
EKU (12-9 overall, 5-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference) is 9-0 at McBrayer Arena this season.
Keeping the winning streak alive hasn?t been easy.
EKU rallied from down 40-35 at halftime on Sunday to beat Longwood 78-71 and needed two overtimes to beat UT Martin 86-78 on Jan. 19.
During their past six home wins, the Colonels have outscored opponents by an average margin of just five points.
Tennessee Tech (12-8, 4-3) is coming off a big 77-62 victory against Southeast Missouri State.
Kevin Murphy paced the Golden Eagles with 26 points against SEMO.
Tennessee Tech is one of the hottest shooting teams in the country, with five players shooting better than 50 percent from the field, while Murphy is hitting 45.3 percent of his three-pointers.
The Golden Eagles have scored at least 80 points six times this season and have hit the 70-point mark 10 times.
Tennessee Tech is second in the conference in scoring, averaging 74.9 points per game.
EKU?s victory against Longwood was its first against a team when allowing 70 points in regulation.
The Colonels had been 0-7 when allowing 70 points in regulation.
Murphy, a 6-6 senior guard, leads Tennessee Tech in scoring at 19.4 points per game. Junior guard Jud Dillard (6-4) adds 18.2 per game.
Dillard leads the conference in scoring in OVC games at 21 points per game. He is also second in rebounding at 8.7 per game.
EKU counters with senior guard Jaron Jones, who is scoring 16 points per game
and is second in the conference in scoring at 19.3 points per game.
Jones has scored at least 20 points in seven of the past 12 games.
Senior Joshua Jones is scoring 9.6 points per game, freshman Eric Stutz and junior Mike DiNunno are averaging 8.9 points per game and junior D?Mitri Riggs 8.3 points per game.
Tennessee Tech swept the season series last year.
EKU (12-9 overall, 5-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference) is 9-0 at McBrayer Arena this season.
Keeping the winning streak alive hasn?t been easy.
EKU rallied from down 40-35 at halftime on Sunday to beat Longwood 78-71 and needed two overtimes to beat UT Martin 86-78 on Jan. 19.
During their past six home wins, the Colonels have outscored opponents by an average margin of just five points.
Tennessee Tech (12-8, 4-3) is coming off a big 77-62 victory against Southeast Missouri State.
Kevin Murphy paced the Golden Eagles with 26 points against SEMO.
Tennessee Tech is one of the hottest shooting teams in the country, with five players shooting better than 50 percent from the field, while Murphy is hitting 45.3 percent of his three-pointers.
The Golden Eagles have scored at least 80 points six times this season and have hit the 70-point mark 10 times.
Tennessee Tech is second in the conference in scoring, averaging 74.9 points per game.
EKU?s victory against Longwood was its first against a team when allowing 70 points in regulation.
The Colonels had been 0-7 when allowing 70 points in regulation.
Murphy, a 6-6 senior guard, leads Tennessee Tech in scoring at 19.4 points per game. Junior guard Jud Dillard (6-4) adds 18.2 per game.
Dillard leads the conference in scoring in OVC games at 21 points per game. He is also second in rebounding at 8.7 per game.
EKU counters with senior guard Jaron Jones, who is scoring 16 points per game
and is second in the conference in scoring at 19.3 points per game.
Jones has scored at least 20 points in seven of the past 12 games.
Senior Joshua Jones is scoring 9.6 points per game, freshman Eric Stutz and junior Mike DiNunno are averaging 8.9 points per game and junior D?Mitri Riggs 8.3 points per game.
Tennessee Tech swept the season series last year.
