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01/14 03:43 CST Eastern Kentucky visits Austin Peay after Cranford's 20-point
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Eastern Kentucky visits Austin Peay after Cranford's 20-point game
By The Associated Press
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (6-11, 2-2 ASUN) at Austin Peay Governors (10-5, 4-0
ASUN)
Clarksville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Kentucky visits Austin Peay after Juan Cranford Jr. scored
20 points in Eastern Kentucky's 79-75 overtime win over the Central Arkansas
Bears.
The Governors are 6-0 on their home court. Austin Peay ranks second in the ASUN
with 16.9 assists per game led by Zyree Collins averaging 4.1.
The Colonels are 2-2 in conference play. Eastern Kentucky is 2-8 in games
decided by at least 10 points.
Austin Peay is shooting 44.4% from the field this season, 3.3 percentage points
lower than the 47.7% Eastern Kentucky allows to opponents. Eastern Kentucky
averages 11.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.3 more made shots on
average than the 8.1 per game Austin Peay allows.
The Governors and Colonels match up Thursday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Collin Parker is averaging 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds for the
Governors. Tate McCubbin is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10
games.
Cranford is shooting 42.1% and averaging 13.8 points for the Colonels. Turner
Buttry is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Governors: 7-3, averaging 80.8 points, 31.6 rebounds, 17.3
assists, 10.6 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 72.7 points per game.
Colonels: 5-5, averaging 78.8 points, 32.4 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 7.4 steals
and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 77.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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