Morehead State Eagles @ Eastern Kentucky Colonels

16-12

Final

	1	2	T
Morehead St MORE	30	40	70
E Kentucky EKU	26	48	74

Eastern Kentucky ColonelsE KentuckyEKU

17-10

E. Kentucky 74, Morehead St. 70

Feb 18, 2009, 09:10 pm

RICHMOND, Ky. -- Mike Rose scored 30 points and Eastern Kentucky rallied to defeat Morehead State 74-70 on Wednesday night.

Eastern Kentucky (17-10, 10-6 Ohio Valley Conference) took its first lead on a 3-pointer by Rose with 9:26 left. The Colonels trailed 35-28 with 18:33 to play and went on a 9-2 run to tie the game on a Rose layup with 14:32 to play.

Morehead State (16-12, 12-4), which had a 30-26 halftime advantage, led 13-0 to open the game.

Leon Buchanan scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Kenneth Faried tallied his 18th double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Heading into Wednesday's game, Faried ranked No. 4 nationally in double-doubles.

The Colonels, who shot 47.4 percent (27-for-57) against the OVC's top field goal percentage defense (41.2 percent), has now eight straight conference home games.

Game Information

NCAA Division I

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee State	15-5	-	23-10
Morehead State	15-5	-	20-13
Southeast Missouri State	14-6	1	20-13
UT Martin	13-7	2	22-11
SIU Edwardsville	12-8	3	19-13
Lindenwood	11-9	4	18-15
Little Rock	9-11	6	12-20
Tennessee Tech	8-12	6	13-18
Eastern Illinois	8-12	7	13-20
Southern Indiana	4-16	11	7-23
Western Illinois	1-19	14	5-26

United Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah Valley	14-4	-	25-9
California Baptist	13-5	1	25-9
Utah Tech	11-7	3	19-15
UT Arlington	9-9	5	18-14
Southern Utah	6-12	7	10-22
Tarleton State	5-13	9	14-18
Abilene Christian	5-13	9	14-19

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