Update Needed GGameame 2255 MMurrayurray SStatetate aatt TTennesseeennessee TTechech FFeb.eb. 227,7, 22021021 EEblenblen CCenterenter CCookeville,ookeville, TTenn.enn. 8 pp.m..m. 22020-210 2 0- 2 1 MMURRAYU R R A Y SSTATET A T E RRACERSA CE R S BBASKETBALLA S K E T B A L L CContact:ontact: DDaveave WWinderinder CCell:ell: ((270)270) 2293-056693-0566 [email protected]@murraystate.edu @@MSURacersMSURacers @@RacersHoopsRacersHoops SSTARTERSTARTERS ((OVCOVC SSTATS)TATS) TTennesseeennessee TTechech GGoldenolden EEaglesagles (4-22)(4-22) (4-15(4-15 OVC)OVC) 22020-21020-21 SCHEDULESCHEDULE NOVEMBER TTevinevin BBrownrown MMurrayurray SStatetate RRacersacers ((13-11)13-11) (10-9(10-9 OVC)OVC) 29 Greenville H Won 173-95 G - 66-5-5 - JJr.r. DECEMBER FFairhope,airhope, AAla.la. Racers Face Final OVC Road Trip To JSU and TTU 02 Middle Tennessee A Lost 78-61 Update Needed 115.5ppg5.5ppg 880a0a The Murray State Racers (13-11, 10-9) play the regular season final Saturday against 005 Illinois State H Won 76-65 33PP 662-1562-156 ((.397).397) the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Game time is 8 p.m. at the Eblen Center in 008 *Austin Peay H Won 87-57 1100 11 Southern Illinois A Lost 70-66 Cookeville, Tenn. MSU won the first meeting at home (Jan. 23) 72-63. 15 Transylvania H Won 90-49 DDionteionte BostickBostick 21 *Austin Peay A Lost 74-70 G - 66-2-2 - FFr.r. Racers Fall at JSU Thursday 30 *Belmont A Lost 68-55 Tevin Brown led the way for the Racers with 22 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the JANUARY CClearwater,learwater, FFla.la. 02 *Morehead State H Lost 61-56 44.5ppg.5ppg 550a0a 3-point line, but the Racers were on the losing end of an 87-74 score at Jacksonville 07 *Eastern Illinois A Lost 74-68 33PP 55-17-17 ((.294).294) State Thursday. Dionte Bostick scored a career-high 15 points and Chico Carter, 16 *UT Martin A Won 79-57 4 Jr. added 12. Trailing by 13 points at halftime, the Racers made quite a run to get 21 *Jacksonville State H Lost 85-82 back into the game when they cut the JSU lead to four points on two occasions, 23 *Tennessee Tech H Won 72-63 NNicholasicholas MMcMullencMullen 28 *Tennessee State H Won 73-53 but never got any closer. The game marked the final regular season game for the F - 66-8-8 - FFr.r. 30 *Belmont H Lost 72-71 Racers against the Gamecocks as OVC members as JSU is set to join the Atlantic GGreensboro,reensboro, NN.C..C. FEBRUARY Sun Conference next season. 01 *SE Missouri A Won 77-60 11.1ppg.1ppg 11.6rpg.6rpg 04 *Morehead State A Lost 66-56 FFGG 55-11-11 ((.455).455) 06 *Eastern Kentucky A Won 76-64 3322 OVC Tournament Seeding Decided Saturday Night 11 *SE Missouri H Won 80-60 By Saturday night, the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament will be seeded and 13 *UT Martin H Won 84-55 CChicohico Carter,Carter, JJr.r. set for next week (March 3-6) at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. Belmont, 15 *SIUE A Won 86-57 G - 66-2-2 - SSo.o. Morehead State, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville have clinched the 1-4 seeds. 18 *Eastern Illinois H Lost 68-59 20 *SIUE H Won 86-62 CColumbia,olumbia, SS.C..C. The No. 5 and No. 6 seed will be decided on the outcomes of Saturday’s games 112.6ppg2.6ppg 332a2a 25 *Jacksonville State A Lost 87-74 for the Racers at Tech and Austin Peay at Jacksonville State. The Racers and Govs 27 *Tennessee Tech A ESPN+ 8p 33PP 335-855-85 ((.417).417) 2 are each 10-9 and if they end up tied, the Racers win the tiebreaker because of MARCH their better win percentage against No. 3 seed EKU. If the Racers are the No. 5 03 ^OVC 1st Round N ESPN+ KKJJ WWilliamsilliams 04 ^OVC Quarterfinals N ESPN+ seed, they will face JSU in the first round in game played Thursday at 7 p.m. If they 05 ^OVC Semifinals N ESPNU F - 66-10-10 - JJr.r. are the No. 6 seed, they will play EKU in the first round at Thursday at 9:30 p.m. 06 ^OVC Finals N ESPN2 CCleveland,leveland, MMiss.iss. * OVC Game 115.6ppg5.6ppg 88.8rpg.8rpg Froggy 103.7 FM - Flagship Station For Racer Basketball 2233 FFGG 1114-20614-206 ((.553).553) In his 30th season, the “Voice of the Racers” and now a Murray State Hall of Famer, RRACERSACERS CCAREERAREER SSCORINGCORING Neal Bradley is on the call again for the 2019-20 season. Former MSU assistant Player CL G PS SSERIESERIES HHISTORYISTORY coach Kenny Roth provides analysis. All MSU games can be heard online at Tevin Brown JR 89 1,314 Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. Online streaming video is supplied by ESPN+ Tennessee Tech (131-49) KJ Williams JR 88 1,016 as well as the men’s semifinals and finals on ESPNU and ESPN2. H: 72-9 A: 49-38 N: 9-2 Chico Carter SO 46 435 OVC: 93-44 OVC Tourney: 10-1 Devin Gilmore SR 94 397 Tevin Brown - Moving Up The 3-Pointers List 2012 Away Won 69-64 Demond Robinson SO 52 338 Tevin Brown has only played in 89 career games, but is only six threes from catching 2012 Neutral Won 78-58 DaQuan Smith SO 58 340 the great Frank Allen (1989-93) 2013 Away Won 47-39 Brion Whitley JR 63 196 for second place on the made MSU All-Time Made 3PT Baskets 2014 Home Won 92-53 Justice Hill SO 24 140 3-pointers list at MSU. After his Opponent Record Total 2015 Away Won 83-67 6-of-11 night at JSU, Brown has Player Seasons Games Total 2016 Home Lost 65-71 GGAMEAME MMEDIAEDIA 245. Allen is in second place at Isaiah Canaan 2009-13 132 304 2017 Away Lost 67-71 251. Racer Great Isaiah Canaan Frank Allen 1989-93 116 251 Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM Neal Bradley 2017 Neutral Won 85-84 2OT played from 2009-13 and is MSU’s Tevin Brown 2018-21 89 245 & Kenny Roth TV: None Streaming: 2018 Away Won 71-45 all-time leader with 304 Brown Jonathan Stark 2016-18 65 218 ESPN+, GoRacers.com, 2018 Home Won 75-65 began the week eighth in the Jeffrey Moss 2012-16 129 218 Froggy103.com Stats: GoRacers.com 2019 Away Won 67-63 nation in 3-point attempts, 15th 2020 Away Won 81-69 in made threes and 36th in made threes per game. In his last three games, Brown 2021 Home Won 72-63 is 14-of-27 for a percentage of .519. HHEADEAD CCOACHESOACHES RRACERSACERS VVSS OVCOVC OOPPONENTSPPONENTS Matt McMahon 6th Season Ford Center Becomes OVC Home Next Week Alma Mater: Appalachian State (2000) Statistics MSU OPP The OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Career Record: 123-62 (6th) Points PPG 73.4 65.4 Murray State Top Rankings Championships return to the Ford Center At Murray State: Same Field Goal % .485 .437 Category NCAA OVC Stat Wednesday. A huge success, the event is Ohio Valley: 75-30 FG Made Per Gm 27.1 23.5 contracted to be staged there through at FG Percentage 4 1 .508 Home: 73-15 3-Point Pct. .376 .320 least the 2023 Championship and maybe Assists Per Game 15 2 17.1 Away: 37-38 3-PT Made Per Gm 8.7 6.4 2024. In 2021, there will still be fans at the 3PT Defense 36 1 .304 Neutral: 13-9 Free Throw % .671 .693 Ford Center, but limited because of the Scoring Margin 25 2 11.9 Last Three Seasons Overall: 90-29 FT Made Per Gm 10.4 12.0 pandemic. First held at the Ford Center Steals 40 4 162 vs Jacksonville State 6-2 Rebounds Per Gm 32.9 31.8 in 2018, the 2019 Championships saw 3PT FG Percentage 49 1 .370 Rebound Margin +1.1 -1.1 record-breaking attendance at the venue, Assist-TO Ratio 50 2 +1.2 John Pelphrey 2nd Season Assists Per Gm 15.6 10.5 as the men’s semifinals with the Racers Blocked Shots 51 4 83 Alma Mater: Kentucky (1992) Turnovers Per Gm 12.2 13.3 and Ja Morant attracting an OVC neutral Scoring Offense 56 3 77.7 Career Record: 160-162 (11th) Assist-to-TO 298/232 200/253 site record 8,294 fans, a mark that was Scoring Defense 62 2 65.8 At TTU: 13-44 (2nd) Total Blocked Shots 64 74 broken the next night with an attendance Def Reb Per Game 64 2 27.0 Ohio Valley: 10-27 Total Steals 132 94 of 10,525. FG Percentage Def 86 3 .414 Vs Murray State: 0-2 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 22020-21020-21 MURRAYMURRAY STATESTATE QUICKQUICK FACTS/ROSTERFACTS/ROSTER No Player P H W C Hometown (Previous School) 0 Demond Robinson F 6-8 255 So. Montgomery, Ala. Lee HS Alphabetical Roster 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 185 So. Holly Springs, Miss. Holly Springs HS 4 Dionte Bostick G 6-2 190 Fr. 2 Chico Carter, Jr. G 6-2 190 So. Columbia, S.C. Cardinal Newman HS 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 175 Jr. 4 Dionte Bostick G 6-2 190 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. East Lake HS 2 Chico Carter, Jr.