RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball team is off to Bowling Green to face in-state rival Western Kentucky on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET at E.A. Diddle Arena.

WHAT TO KNOW

- The game can be watched live through Stadium College Basketball on Facebook. Fans can also listen to Greg Stotelmyer’s call of the game online or locally at 100.7 FM.

- This is the 158th meeting between Eastern Kentucky (3-3) and Western Kentucky (4-2). WKU leads the all-time series, 113-44; however, the Colonels defeated the Hilltoppers, 78-59, last year in Richmond, snapping a 13-game losing streak to their in-state rivals.

- EKU’s last win over WKU in Bowling Green came on Feb. 6, 1978 (78-74, in OT).

- EKU (eight) and WKU (six) feature a combined 14 former Kentucky high school players on their rosters.

- Junior Nick Mayo (pictured) leads the OVC in scoring at 19.8 points-per-game. He also ranks fifth in the conference in rebounding (8.3 rebounds-per-game), sixth in field goal percentage (59.4%), first in three-point field goal percentage (67.7%), fifth in free throw percentage (88.6%) and second in blocks (1.3 blocks-per-game).

- EKU ranks first in the OVC and 11th in the country in free throw percentage (80.7).

- Freshmen Peyton Broughton and Dedric Boyd led EKU to a 99-71 win over Asbury on Saturday. Broughton poured in a career-high 21 points, while Boyd was four rebounds shy of a triple-double with 17 points, 12 assists and six rebounds.

- Boyd’s 12 assists on Saturday were the most by an EKU player in a game since November of 2015.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

- WKU scored two big wins against then-No. 18 Purdue and SMU at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in the Bahamas over Thanksgiving Break.

-Coach Rick Stansbury's Hilltoppers have only eight eligible players on their roster; however, they boast incredibly balanced scoring, as six of the eight average double figures. Darius Thompson – a transfer from Virginia – leads the way at 13.8 points-per-game.

UP NEXT

EKU returns home to host Jacksonville on Saturday, December 2, at 6 p.m. ET.

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