After a disappointing finish against Southeast Missouri, Austin Peay looks to regain momentum when it plays host UT Martin, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, in Dave Aaron Arena.

The Governors, who trailed by as much as 17 first-half points, rallied all the way back to lead in the contest, 60-59, but SEMO ended the game on a 6-0 run to defeat the Governors, 65-60, Thursday night in Ohio Valley Conference action at the Show Me Center.

Now the Govs must pick up the pieces from an opportunity lost-a chance to extend their winning streak to six games and move into second place in the OVC. And UT Martin is the opponent whom the Governors hope they can resurrect their winning formula against.

UT Martin comes in amidst a 10-game losing streak, sitting at 3-19 overall and 0-9 in the OVC. The Skyhawks lost to Tennessee State, 72-59, Thursday night. But that came after narrow road losses at both Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State.

Guard Mike Liabo is averaging a team-leading 15.0 ppg while freshman forward Myles Taylor is averraging 12.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg.

The Skyhawks are shooting just 41.8 percent from the floor while permitting the opposition to shoot at a 50.6 percent clip.

The Governors need a little offensive resurgence after shooting just 34.8 percent against Southeast Missouri. For the second straight game, APSU's inside game was controlled. But this time the Governors perimeter players could not respond. Josh Terry finished with a game-high 18 points but the other perimeter players combined for 5-of-23 shooting (30 percent).

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This is Austin Peay's 80th season of basketball.
Dave Loos, APSU's all-time winningest basketball coach, also is the OVC's all-time wins leader with 358 victories. He also has 440 career coaching wins.
The Dave Aaron Arena playing floor was named Dave Loos Court, Summer 2007. Loos is believed to be one of only three current Division I men's coaches who are coaching on courts that bear their respective names-Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim-are the other two. Valparaiso's Homer Drew, who retired after the 2010-11 season, had the floor named after him last season.
Since 1993-94, Austin Peay has finished no worse than fifth in the OVC standings.
Austin Peay has reached at least the OVC tournament semifinals in 13 of the last 17 years.
Austin Peay has made 27 straight appearances in the OVC tournament.