Tennessee St. 85, E. Kentucky 81
Kellen Thornton had 25 points and nine rebounds to lead Tennessee State to an 85-81 overtime victory against Eastern Kentucky in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Patrick Miller had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Robert Covington contributed 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, Jay Harris scored 11 points and Jordan Cyphers 10 for the Tigers (17-13, 11-5 Ohio Valley Conference...
E. Kentucky 81, SE Missouri 72
Glenn Cosey had 21 points to lead five Eastern Kentucky players scoring in double figures in an 81-72 victory against Southeast Missouri on Saturday night.
Mike DiNunno added 18 points, Tarius Johnson 14, Eric Stutz 12 and Marcus Lewis 10 for the Colonels (17-6, 7-3 Ohio Valley), who shot 52.8 percent (28 of 53) from the floor.
Eastern Kentucky took the lead for good on Stutz&...
E. Kentucky 76, Tennessee St. 67
Mike DiNunno scored 24 points to go with seven assists and Corey Walden tallied 22 points as Eastern Kentucky beat Tennessee State 76-67 Thursday for its seventh win in its last nine games.
Eric Stutz added 10 points for Eastern Kentucky. Stutz, a sophomore, scored Eastern Kentucky's final six points of the first half to give the Colonels a 39-24 lead at halftime.
Eastern Kentucky...
E. Kentucky 73, Jacksonville St. 62
Corey Walden scored a career-high 28 points as sharp-shooting Eastern Kentucky made a 14-point halftime advantage hold, beating Jacksonville State 73-62 Saturday in Ohio Valley Conference action.
Walden, a sophomore transfer from Stetson, was averaging 10.4 points per game before Saturday, when he hit 8 of 11 from the floor, 2 of 2 from 3-point range and 10 of 10 from the foul line...
E. Kentucky 77, Murray St. 65
Corey Walden and Mike DiNunno scored 20 points each to lead Eastern Kentucky to a 77-65 Ohio Valley Conference victory over Murray State on Wednesday night.
Eastern Kentucky (12-4, 3-0), which has outscored its first three OVC opponents by 40 points in the first half, scored the first seven points of the game and later used a 24-0 run to take a 31-11 lead 6:25 before halftime.
...
E. Kentucky 78, SIU-Edwardsville 72
Mike DiNunno finished with 17 points as Eastern Kentucky held on to beat Southern-Illinois Edwardsville 78-72 Saturday night in an Ohio Valley Conference showdown.
Corey Walden added 16 points, Eric Stutz chipped in with 13, and Orlando Williams scored 12 for Eastern Kentucky (12-3, 2-0).
Tied at 60 with 7:19 remaining, Eastern Kentucky went on a run to close out the SIU Edwardsville...
E. Kentucky 65, E. Illinois 54
Mike DiNunno and Tarius Johnson scored 13 points apiece and Eastern Kentucky pulled away from Eastern Illinois in the first half en route to a 65-54 win Thursday night in the Colonels' Ohio Valley Conference opener.
Eastern Kentucky (11-3) broke an 8-8 tie with a 19-4 run and led 35-18 at halftime. The Colonels shot 52 percent in the first half (13 of 25), compared to 35 percent...
E. Kentucky 73, High Point 70
Mike DiNunno pieced together a second straight career performance as Eastern Kentucky held off High Point for a 73-70 nonconference victory Friday night.
DiNunno scored 22 points, matching his total from Wednesday's game against North Carolina A&T, which marked a career high for a regulation contest. The senior hit 4 of 9 from 3-point range Friday.
The win snapped a two...
NC A&T 78, E. Kentucky 67
Jean Louisme scored 18 points and Adrian Powell 16 as North Carolina A&T overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to knock off Eastern Kentucky 78-67 on Wednesday.
Austin Witter had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Lamont Middleton added 12 points and eight assists for the Aggies (5-7).
Mike DiNunno led Eastern Kentucky (9-2) with 22 points, including 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point...
E. Kentucky-Illinois Preview
Illinois is off to its best start in seven years, but first-year coach John Groce has reason to be concerned with his undefeated team.
Looking to shoot better at home, the banged-up, No. 10 Fighting Illini could face a difficult challenge Sunday night against unbeaten Eastern Kentucky, which features three key players from the state of Illinois.
The Illini (11-0) have not gone...
E. Kentucky 63, Chattanooga 52
Glenn Cosey finished with 23 points, six rebounds and five assist to lead Eastern Kentucky past Chattanooga 63-52 Saturday.
Mike DiNunno added 12 points and six assist for the Colonels (9-0), who have won nine consecutive games.
Eastern Kentucky took a big lead early with a 14-1 run to start the game. Cosey hit a pair of 3-pointers and DiNunno also connected from downtown as both...
E. Kentucky 63, NC Central 57
Mike DiNunno scored 21 points and Eastern Kentucky stayed unbeaten with a 63-57 victory over North Carolina Central Tuesday night in nonconference play.
The Colonels (8-0) led 31-22 at halftime, closing the half on a 10-1 run. Behind Jeremy Ingram (18 points) and Ray Willis (16), North Carolina Central (5-5) got within three points in the second half but no closer.
It's Eastern...
E. Kentucky 72, W. Carolina 70
Mike DiNunno made a layup with 3 seconds left, and Eastern Kentucky roared back from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat Western Carolina 72-70 and remain undefeated for the season on Saturday night.
Glenn Cosey scored 15 points, DiNunno had 14, Corey Walden 11 and Jeff Johnson 10 for the Colonels, who won their seventh consecutive game to open the season.
The last time the Colonels...
E. Kentucky 84, Delaware St. 51
Glenn Cosey scored 21 points to help Eastern Kentucky dominate Delaware State 84-51 Wednesday night in nonconference action.
Delaware State (3-5) led 2-0 early, but that would be its only lead as Eastern Kentucky would dominate the remainder of the half.
Eastern Kentucky (6-0) made 8 of 18 3-pointers in the first half, with Cosey connecting on 4 of 5 3s to help the Colonels lead...
Eastern Kentucky dominates Norfolk 68-44
Mike DiNunno finished with 19 points and four steals to help Eastern Kentucky dominate Norfolk 68-44 Saturday night.
Glenn Cosey added 14 points, and Corey Walden chipped in off the bench with 15 points and four steals for the Colonels.
Eastern Kentucky (5-0) started the game on a 15-4 run, with all five starters scoring a basket during the stretch.
Norfolk (2-4) struggled in...
E. Kentucky 68, Norfolk St. 44
Mike DiNunno finished with 19 points and four steals to help Eastern Kentucky dominate Norfolk 68-44 Saturday night.
Glenn Cosey added 14 points, and Corey Walden chipped in off the bench with 15 points and four steals for the Colonels.
Eastern Kentucky (5-0) started the game on a 15-4 run, with all five starters scoring a basket during the stretch.
Norfolk (2-4) struggled in...
E. Kentucky 83, Radford 75
Mike DiNunno tallied 19 points and five assists as Eastern Kentucky overcame a second-half deficit to topple Radford 83-75 Sunday in a nonconference affair.
Eastern Kentucky trailed 51-42 with 14 minutes left, then Jeff Johnson sparked a 17-2 Colonels' run with a 3-pointer. Eastern Kentucky took the 59-53 lead and ran away with the game from there, leading by as many as nine...
E. Kentucky 71, Towson 69
Mike DiNunno led Eastern Kentucky with 17 points, and Deverin **** hit two late free throws as Eastern Kentucky beat Towson in overtime 71-69 Saturday night.
Trailing 58-56 with 23 seconds left in the second half, Towson's Mike Burwell hit two free throws to tie the game at 58.
DiNunno then missed a jumper that would have given Eastern Kentucky (3-0) the win, sending the game...
SIU-Edwardsville 80, E. Kentucky 74
Corey Wickware scored 23 points Saturday night to lead Southern Illinois-Edwardsville to an 80-74 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
Wickware had four 3-pointers and four assists for the Cougars (7-14, 5-7 Ohio Valley), who won their second in a row. Mark Yelovich added 20 points and Jerome Jones 15.
Mike DiNunno's 20 points led the Colonels (13-12, 6-6), who made 27 baskets to...
E. Kentucky 47, E. Illinois 43
Joshua Jones scored 12 points and Mike Dinunno added 11, two of only three players in the game to score in double figures, and Eastern Kentucky staved off Eastern Illinois 47-43.
Eastern Kentucky (13-11, 6-5 OVC) had its maximum seven-point second half lead cut to 46-43 after a deep 3-pointer by Jeremy Granger with eight seconds remaining. Eastern Illinois (9-13, 2-8) fouled and...
Tennessee St. 91, E. Kentucky 85
Robert Covington scored 22 points and Tennessee State overcame a 12-point deficit, then pulled away from Eastern Kentucky in the final minute of a 91-85 double-overtime win Saturday night.
The Tigers (13-10, 6-4 Ohio Valley Conference) never trailed in either overtime, but the Colonels, led by Mike DiNunno with a career-high 33 points and Jaron Jones tying his career-high with 30...
E. Kentucky 63, Georgia Southern 59
Jaron Jones scored 20 points to help Eastern Kentucky hold off Georgia Southern 63-59 on Saturday night.
Eastern Kentucky built a 47-39 lead with 6:50 left to play in the second half before Georgia Southern went on a 16-8 run to tie the game at 55-all with 2:29 left to play.
The Colonels (6-5) led by two, 57-55, with 38 seconds left when Jones tipped in a miss by Mike DiNunno to...
E. Kentucky 107, Brescia 43
Eric Stutz had a career-high 22 points to lead five double-figure scorers for Eastern Kentucky in a 107-43 rout of Brescia, a NAIA school, Saturday night.
Jeff Allgood added 15 points, Mike DiNunno and Joshua Jones 14 apiece and Jaron Jones 13 for the Colonels (4-5), who snapped a three game skid. The Colonels had six players with two or more 3-pointers, as Eastern Kentucky shot...
Eastern Kentucky defeats William & Mary 63-44
Mike DiNunno scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Eastern Kentucky's 63-44 win over William & Mary on Saturday.
After shooting only 28 percent (7 for 25) from the field in the first half, Eastern Kentucky (3-2) entered halftime trailing 24-19. The Colonels come out strong in the second half though, draining 61.5 percent (16 of 26) of their attempts compared to...
E. Kentucky 63, William & Mary 44
Mike DiNunno scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Eastern Kentucky's 63-44 win over William & Mary on Saturday.
After shooting only 28 percent (7 for 25) from the field in the first half, Eastern Kentucky (3-2) entered halftime trailing 24-19. The Colonels come out strong in the second half though, draining 61.5 percent (16 of 26) of their attempts compared to...
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