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FINAL
Mar 5, 2021

Game Recap

Morehead St. survives E. Kentucky, heads to OVC championship. Devon Cooper scored 25 points and Johni Broome scored 17 points with 13 rebounds and No. 2 seed Morehead State beat third-seeded Eastern Kentucky 67-64 in an Ohio Valley Conference tournament semifinal game on Friday night.

Box Score

12T
EKU283664
MORE313667
Eastern Kentucky Colonels logoEASTERN KENTUCKYFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
24Michael Moreno5-154-100-082100314
2Tre King2-80-11-43100145
4Curt Lewis4-91-42-232200011
12Wendell Green Jr.12-204-61-234001229
5Cooper Robb0-60-30-23160120
14Devontae Blanton2-20-00-02110234
13Tariq Balogun0-00-01-22101011
0Russhard Cruickshank0-10-00-00000210
1JacQuess Hobbs0-00-00-00000210
TOTAL25-6141%9-2437.5%5-1241.7%241210191764
Morehead State Eagles logoMOREHEAD STATEFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
4Johni Broome7-130-03-4130021217
3James Baker2-51-23-57000118
2KJ Hunt0-20-10-01200410
5Skyelar Potter4-51-20-03220419
1DeVon Cooper7-113-48-864005325
22LJ Bryan1-10-00-03000122
23Jaylen Sebree0-20-00-02000210
55Ta'Lon Cooper3-100-30-11520116
TOTAL24-4949%5-1241.7%14-1877.8%361342191267

Play-by-Play

1st halfekumore
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (19:48) KJ Hunt Jr. Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (19:48) Cooper Robb Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (19:33) Wendell Green Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (19:30) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (19:17) James Baker missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (19:14) Curt Lewis Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +2 (18:59) Tre King made Dunk. Assisted by Cooper Robb.
    20
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (18:24) Johni Broome made Jumper. Assisted by DeVon Cooper.
    22
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (18:11) Michael Moreno made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wendell Green Jr..
    52
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:53) KJ Hunt Jr. Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (17:36) Wendell Green Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:33) DeVon Cooper Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (17:27) Foul on Michael Moreno.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:27) James Baker missed Free Throw.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:27) Morehead State Offensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:27) James Baker missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (17:27) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (17:19) Cooper Robb missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (17:16) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +3 (17:10) Skyelar Potter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by KJ Hunt Jr..
    55
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (16:48) Tre King missed Layup.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (16:45) Tre King Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (16:44) Tre King missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (16:43) Skyelar Potter Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (16:41) Skyelar Potter Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (16:23) Foul on Skyelar Potter.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (16:12) Cooper Robb missed Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (16:09) James Baker Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (16:02) DeVon Cooper made Layup.
    57
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (15:45) Curt Lewis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (15:42) DeVon Cooper Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (15:34) DeVon Cooper Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (15:34) Curt Lewis Steal.
  • (15:34) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (15:20) Foul on Devontae Blanton.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (15:20) Devontae Blanton Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (15:12) James Baker made Jumper.
    59
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (15:12) Foul on Tre King.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +1 (15:12) James Baker made Free Throw.
    510
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +2 (14:51) Tre King made Jumper.
    710
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (14:32) James Baker missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (14:29) Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (14:02) Curt Lewis missed Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:59) LJ Bryan Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:52) Ta'lon Cooper missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:49) LJ Bryan Offensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:36) Foul on LJ Bryan.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:36) LJ Bryan Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (13:27) Tre King missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:27) Johni Broome Block.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:24) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (13:01) Johni Broome Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (13:01) Devontae Blanton Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (12:54) Devontae Blanton Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (12:35) Jaylen Sebree missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (12:35) Tariq Balogun Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (12:24) Wendell Green Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
    1010
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (12:15) KJ Hunt Jr. Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (12:10) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (12:07) KJ Hunt Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (12:02) KJ Hunt Jr. Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (11:44) Wendell Green Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Moreno.
    1310
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (11:32) DeVon Cooper Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (11:32) Cooper Robb Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (11:28) Russhard Cruickshank Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (11:28) Skyelar Potter Steal.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (11:20) Skyelar Potter made Dunk.
    1312
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (11:05) Wendell Green Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
    1612
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (10:45) DeVon Cooper missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (10:41) Tariq Balogun Defensive Rebound.
  • (10:33) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (10:15) Michael Moreno made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Curt Lewis.
    1912
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (9:56) DeVon Cooper Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (9:56) Curt Lewis Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (9:51) Curt Lewis missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (9:47) James Baker Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (9:26) Johni Broome made Jumper. Assisted by Skyelar Potter.
    1914
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (9:11) Foul on Johni Broome.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (9:11) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (9:08) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (8:48) Johni Broome missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:45) Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:41) Foul on JacQuess Hobbs.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:41) JacQuess Hobbs Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (8:35) Skyelar Potter Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:35) Cooper Robb Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:28) Tre King missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (8:24) Morehead State Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (8:07) Johni Broome missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (8:07) Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (7:56) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (7:56) Morehead State Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (7:36) KJ Hunt Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (7:32) Wendell Green Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (7:17) Wendell Green Jr. missed Layup.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (7:14) James Baker Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (6:53) Johni Broome missed Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (6:45) Skyelar Potter Offensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (6:44) Skyelar Potter Turnover.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (6:44) Cooper Robb Steal.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (6:35) Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (6:32) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (6:11) Ta'lon Cooper missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (6:07) Tre King Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +3 (5:55) Michael Moreno made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Curt Lewis.
    2214
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (5:37) Ta'lon Cooper made Jumper. Assisted by KJ Hunt Jr..
    2216
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (5:37) Foul on Tre King.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (5:37) Ta'lon Cooper missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (5:37) Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +2 (5:15) Devontae Blanton made Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Balogun.
    2416
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (5:03) Foul on Wendell Green Jr..
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +3 (4:51) James Baker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ta'lon Cooper.
    2419
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +2 (4:19) Michael Moreno made Jumper. Assisted by Devontae Blanton.
    2619
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (3:48) Ta'lon Cooper missed Layup.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (3:48) Tariq Balogun Block.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (3:44) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    +2 (3:39) Devontae Blanton made Layup. Assisted by Wendell Green Jr..
    2819
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (3:38) Morehead State Timeout
  • (3:38) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (3:32) Foul on Devontae Blanton.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +1 (3:32) DeVon Cooper made Free Throw.
    2820
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +1 (3:32) DeVon Cooper made Free Throw.
    2821
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (3:11) Russhard Cruickshank missed Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (3:08) Ta'lon Cooper Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (3:04) Skyelar Potter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (3:00) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (2:53) JacQuess Hobbs Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +3 (2:32) DeVon Cooper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Skyelar Potter.
    2824
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (2:02) Curt Lewis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (1:52) Johni Broome Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (1:46) Ta'lon Cooper made Layup.
    2826
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (1:24) Foul on Russhard Cruickshank.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (1:24) Russhard Cruickshank Turnover.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +2 (1:06) DeVon Cooper made Jumper.
    2828
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (1:04) Eastern Kentucky Timeout
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (0:44) Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (0:39) DeVon Cooper Defensive Rebound.
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    +3 (0:24) DeVon Cooper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ta'lon Cooper.
    2831
  • Morehead State Eagles logo
    (0:04) Foul on DeVon Cooper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (0:02) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo
    (0:00) Cooper Robb Offensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

64Points67
25-61(41%)Field Goal(%)24-49(49%)
9-24(37.5%)3-Point(%)5-12(41.7%)
5-12(41.7%)Free Throw(%)14-18(77.8%)
28(6)Rebounds(Offensive)38(6)
12Assists13
10Steals4
1Blocks2
9Turnovers19
17(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)
9Largest Lead11

Game Details

Friday, March 5, 2021 · 10:30 PM
Ford Center · Evansville, IN
attendance: 627 (6.3%)
tv: ESPNU
spread: MORE -2
over/under: 143.5