Eastern Kentucky Colonels NCAA Basketball News

MSU beat the spread by 15.0 points. That makes the 9th time this season the Eagles have beat the spread.

A note about the game: The Eagles beat the Colonels earlier this season 57-54, and now claim the regular season sweep.

The Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team shot a sizzling 53 percent from three-point range Tuesday night as the Colonels defeated visiting Mid-Continent, 59-41, in McBrayer Arena.

Jones scored 11 of his points in the second half, when the Colonels scored the first 10 points and began to pull away after leading their NAIA opponent 23-15 at halftime.

Corey Wickware scored 23 points Saturday night to lead Southern Illinois-Edwardsville to an 80-74 victory over Eastern Kentucky.

Murray State mascot Dunker held a cutout of ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale during the Racers' home game against Southeast Missouri State on Thursday.

Joshua Jones scored 12 points and Mike Dinunno added 11, two of only three players in the game to score in double figures, and Eastern Kentucky staved off Eastern Illinois 47-43. Eastern Kentucky had its maximum seven-point second half lead cut to 46-43 after a deep 3-pointer by Jeremy Granger with eight seconds remaining.

Connecticut's Tiffany Hayes, left, elbowed Shay Selby in the face as the Huskies ended Duke's win streak in Durham on Monday.

IPFW has drawn the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in the Mastodons' first ever season in the Sears BracketBusters Event.

Robert Covington scored 22 points and Tennessee State overcame a 12-point deficit, then pulled away from Eastern Kentucky in the final minute of a 91-85 double-overtime win Saturday night.

StatSheet's Ohio Valley Player of the Week for January 23rd goes to Morehead State's Drew Kelly.

Shoni Schimmel scored 20 points, and No. 18 Louisville built a 10-point second-half lead then hung on for a 64-61 victory over No.

RICHMOND, Ky. - Jaron Jones scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half as Eastern Kentucky came back to defeat Longwood 78-71 in a nonconference game Sunday.

Eastern Kentucky junior Mike DiNunno missed a pair of free throws in the final minute of regulation that could have sealed a victory over visiting Tennessee-Martin, but he redeemed himself in double-overtime. DiNunno scored six straight points during a key stretch in the second extra period to lead EKU to an 86-78 victory Thursday night in McBrayer ... (more)

Joshua Jones hit a 3-pointer for Eastern Kentucky's final points of regulation and the first overtime, and Jaron Jones scored a team-high 20 including the final points of the second OT, in an 86-78 win over Tennessee-Martin Thursday night.

RICHMOND, Ky. - Joshua Jones hit a 3-pointer for Eastern Kentucky's final points of regulation and the first overtime, and Jaron Jones scored a team-high 20 including the final points of the second OT, in an 86-78 win over Tennessee-Martin Thursday night.

Drew Kelly scored 26 points and Angelo Warner got nine of his 11 points in the final 4 minutes as Morehead State edged Eastern Kentucky 57-54 Saturday night.