Northern Kentucky (4-5) vs. Eastern Kentucky (6-6)
McBrayer Arena, Richmond, Kentucky; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky both look to put winning streaks together . Northern Kentucky easily beat Alice Lloyd College by 36 on Sunday. Eastern Kentucky is coming off a 121-67 win over Midway on Wednesday.
SUPER SENIORS: Northern Kentucky’s Trevon Faulkner, Adrian Nelson and Bryson Langdon have combined to score 34 percent of all Norse scoring this season.SOLID SAM: Sam Vinson has connected on 39.4 percent of the 33 3-pointers he’s attempted and has made 8 of 17 over his last three games. He’s also made 80 percent of his foul shots this season.
WINLESS WHEN: Northern Kentucky is 0-5 when scoring fewer than 69 points and 4-0 when scoring at least 69.
COLD SPELL: Northern Kentucky has lost its last three road games, scoring 61 points, while allowing 73.3 per game.
DID YOU KNOW: Eastern Kentucky as a team has made 13.3 3-pointers per game this season, which is second-best among Division I teams.
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