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PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS MMurrayurray SStatetate RRacersacers ( (4-3)4-3) (1-1)(1-1) OhioOhio ValleyValley 22020-21020-21 SCHEDULESCHEDULE NOVEMBER TTevinevin BBrownrown BBelmontelmont BruinsBruins (8-1)(8-1) (2-0)(2-0) OhioOhio ValleyValley 29 Greenville H Won 173-95 G - 66-5-5 - JJr.r. DECEMBER FFairhope,airhope, AAla.la. Racers Meet Belmont In Nashville For Final Game Of 2020 02 Middle Tennessee A Lost 78-61 113.9ppg3.9ppg 229a9a The Murray State Racers (4-3, 1-1) hit the road for an Ohio Valley Conference tilt 05 Illinois State H Won 76-65 33PP 14-4514-45 (.311)(.311) against the Belmont Bruins (8-1, 2-0) at the Curb Center in Nashville, Tennessee. 08 *Austin Peay H Won 87-57 1100 11 Southern Illinois A Lost 70-66 The 6 p.m. tip brings together the two teams that met in the OVC Tournament 15 Transylvania H Won 90-49 JJusticeustice HillHill championship game last March in Evansville. 21 *Austin Peay A Lost 74-70 G - 66-0-0 - SSo.o. 30 *Belmont A ESPNU 6p The recent history of Racers and Bruins begins when they first met as OVC rivals JANUARY LLittleittle RRock,ock, AArk.rk. 02 *Morehead State H ESPN+ 4p 77.7ppg.7ppg 331a1a in 2013 in Murray. In that classic game, OVC MVPs Isaiah Canaan and Ian Clark 07 *Eastern Illinois A ESPN+ 730p 33PP 7 7-18-18 (.389)(.389) showed off their talents like a couple of future NBA stars would as the Racers won 09 *SIUE A ESPN+ 1p 1144 the game 79-74. It was Canaan’s 3-pointer with 34 seconds remaining that helped 14 *SE Missouri A ESPN+ 8p MSU edge the game and overcome Clark’s 22 points. 16 *UT Martin A ESPN+ 4p DDemondemond RobinsonRobinson 21 *Jacksonville State H ESPN+ 730p F - 66-8-8 - SSo.o. 23 *Tennessee Tech H ESPN+ 730p MMontgomery,ontgomery, AAla.la. Since that time, no team outside the Racers and Bruins have won the OVC regular 28 *Tennessee State H ESPN+ 730p 30 *Belmont H ESPN+ 730p 77.1ppg.1ppg 44.7rpg.7rpg season championship. In the span of eight seasons, the Racers have won two outright titles and FEBRUARY FFGG 25-2825-28 (.893)(.893) Racers vs Bruins - OVC Tournament Title Games 04 *Morehead State A ESPN+ 6p 0 the Bruins four. The 06 *Eastern Kentucky A ESPN+ 3p two have shared Year MSU W/L Score BEL City 11 *SE Missouri H ESPN+ 730p BBrionrion WhitleyWhitley 2013 1 Lost 70-68 OT 2 Nashville, Tenn. the championship 13 *UT Martin H ESPN+ 730p G - 66-4-4 - JJr.r. 2015 3 Lost 88-87 1 Nashville, Tenn. 18 *Eastern Illinois H ESPN+ 730p in the last two SSarasota,arasota, FFla.la. 2018 2 Won 68-51 1 Evansville, Ind. 20 *SIUE H ESPN+ 730p seasons. They 77.0ppg.0ppg 33.1rpg.1rpg 2019 1 Won 77-65 2 Evansville, Ind. 25 *Jacksonville State A ESPN+ 730p have also won the 27 *Tennessee Tech A ESPN+ 8p 33PP 7 7-21-21 (.333)(.333) 2020 1 Lost 76-75 2 Evansville, Ind. 2222 last three OVC MARCH Tournament titles with the Racers taking the win in 2018 and 2019 and the 03 ^OVC 1st Round N ESPN+ KKJJ WilliamsWilliams 04 ^OVC Quarterfinals N ESPN+ Bruins last March in 2020. The last five times the Racers have made it to the OVC 05 ^OVC Semifinals N ESPNU F - 66-10-10 - JJr.r. Tournament title game, the Bruins have been waiting. 06 ^OVC Finals N ESPN2 CCleveland,leveland, MMiss.iss. * OVC Game 114.3ppg4.3ppg 66.6rpg.6rpg Froggy 103.7 FM - Flagship Station For Racer Basketball 2233 FFGG 444-634-63 (.698)(.698) In his 30th season, the “Voice of the Racers” and Murray State Hall of Famer, Neal Bradley is on the call again for the 2020-21 season. Former MSU assistant coach RRACERSACERS CAREERCAREER SCORINGSCORING SSERIESERIES HISTORYHISTORY Kenny Roth provides analysis. All MSU games can be heard online at Froggy103. Player CL G PTS com and GoRacers.com. The game is also ready to air on ESPNU with Belmont (9-10) Tevin Brown JR 72 1,057 H: 6-2 A: 1-4 N: 2-4 OVC: 3-6 KJ Williams JR 71 748 Williams Perfect In OVC Play OVC Tournament: 2-4 Devin Gilmore SR 77 311 MSU power forward KJ Williams hasn’t missed a shot yet in two games of OVC 2013 Neutral Lost 68-70OT DaQuan Smith SO 42 270 play as he was 6-6 from the field in the Racers’ first meeting with Austin Peay 2014 Away Lost 96-99 Demond Robinson SO 36 229 (Dec. 8) and followed with a 5-5 shooting game against the Govs (Dec. 21). 2015 Home Won 92-77 Chico Carter SO 29 215 He set the MSU single-season field goal 2015 Neutral Lost 87-88 Brion Whitley JR 51 162 percentage record during his freshman 2016 Away Lost 73-81 season (2018-19) by hitting 111-of-159 for a 2017 Home Lost 69-81 percentage of .698. He topped the previous GGAMEAME MMEDIAEDIA 2018 Away Lost 79-72 mark set by Tony Easley at .689 (115-167) in Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM Neal Bradley 2018 Neutral Won 68-51 the 2007-08 season. & Kenny Roth TV: ESPNU Roy Philpott 2019 Home Lost 66-79 & Mark Wise Streaming: GoRacers. 2019 Neutral Won 77-65 In all games this season, Williams is second com, Froggy103.com 2020 Home Won 85-75 in the OVC in making shots at a clip of .698, Stats: belmontbruins.com 2020 Away Lost 64-71 just behind teammate Demond Robinson, who 2020 Neutral Lost 75-76 leads the OVC at .893 (25-of-28). Williams leads HHEADEAD CCOACHESOACHES RRACERSACERS VSVS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS the Racers with a rebound average of 6.6 which Matt McMahon 6th Season is eighth in the conference. Alma Mater: Appalachian State (2000) Statistics MSU OPP Career Record: 114-54 (6th) Points PPG 89.0 69.7 Racers Look To Reverse Road Fortunes At Murray State: Same Field Goal %. .570 .385 The Racers have started the season with a Ohio Valley: 66-23 FG Made Per Gm 36.2 24.2 bumpy ride away from home. After losses at (23) KJ Williams Home: 68-11 3-Point Pct. .341 .310 Middle Tennessee (Dec. 2) 78-61 and Southern Away: 33-34 3-PT Made Per Gm 6.4 9.2 Illinois (Dec. 11) 70-66, the Racers dropped their first OVC road game to Austin Neutral: 13-9 Free Throw % .714 .659 Peay (Dec. 21) 74-70. Knowing six of the first seven OVC games are on the road Last Three Seasons Overall: 81-23 FT Made Per Gm 10.0 11.8 to start the league season and the Racers want to get this reversed soon. In the vs Belmont 3-6 Rebounds Per Gm 42.0 30.0 meantime, the Racers are looking to win at the Curb Center, something that they Rebound Margin +12.0 -12.0 haven’t done yet in four games there in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. In the game Casey Alexander 2nd Season Assists Per Gm 18.8 11.2 there last February, Devin Gilmore led the Racers with 13 points and DaQuan Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky (1995) Turnovers Per Gm 16.5 15.4 Smith led the team with five assists. In five career games against the Bruins, Career Record: 171-128 (10th) Assist-to-TO 132/116 79/93 Williams and Tevin Brown have combined to hit 18-of-38 from the 3-point line At Belmont: 34-8 Total Blocked Shots 23 19 for a percentage of ..473. Brown and Williams have combined to score 1,805 Ohio Valley: 17-3 Total Steals 43 36 points in their careers with the Racers. Vs Murray State: 2-1 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. G 6-2 190 So. 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 175 Jr. Fairhope, Ala. Fairhope HS 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 Sr. 11 Matt Smith F 6-6 225 So. Charlotte, N.C. Independence HS 14 Justice Hill G 6-0 170 So. 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 Sr. Picayune, Miss. Madison Ridgeland Academy 24 Ja’Queze Kirby F 6-6 190 Fr. 14 Justice Hill G 6-0 170 So. Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Christian HS 32 Nicholas McMullen F 6-8 235 Fr. 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 RJr. Sarasota, Fla. Riverview HS 0 Demond Robinson F 6-8 255 So. 23 KJ Williams F 6-10 245 Jr. Cleveland, Miss. Cleveland Central HS 33 Jackson Sivills F 6-6 200 Fr. 24 JaQueze Kirby F 6-6 190 Fr. Hazlehurst, Ga. Jefferson Davis HS 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 185 So. 25 Rod Thomas G 6-0 185 So. Paducah, Ky. Tilghman HS 11 Matt Smith F 6-6 225 Fr. 32 Nicholas McMullen F 6-8 235 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. Ben Smith HS 25 Rod Thomas G 6-0 185 So. 33 Jackson Sivills G 6-6 200 Fr. Paducah, Ky. McCracken County HS 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 Jr. Head Coach Matt McMahon Alma Mater: 6th Season (Appalachian State 2000) 23 KJ Williams F 6-10 245 Jr. Career Record at MSU: 110-51 (.683) Five Seasons Career Record at MSU Same OVC Career Record 65-21 (.755) Note: 2019-20 is McMahon’s 10th season overall at MSU. Pronunciations He was an assistant from 2011-2015 (4 seasons as assistant) Dionte Bostick DEE-On-TAY Bah-Stick Assistant Coaches Shane Nichols - 6th Season (Wofford 2008) Tim Kaine - 6th Season (Winthrop 2002) Demond Robinson Duh-MOND Casey Long - 4th Season (Chattanooga 2007) JaQueze Kirby Juh-Qez Director of Player Development Ronrico White - 2nd Season (Chattanooga 2014) Matt McMahon Mick-Man Video Coordinator Mike Chapman - 3rd Season (Florida 2017) GA: Chase McAtee - 2nd Season (Murray State 2019) Jackson Sivills Siv-Uhls Senior Associate AD-Basketball Administrator: Matt Kelly 19th season (Alma College 1994) DaQuan Smith Duh-QUAN Associate AD - Media Relations: Dave Winder 20th season (Murray State 1987) Brion Whitley Bree-ON Wit-LEE Assistant AD - Sports Medicine & Head Athletic Trainer: Eric Frederick 28th season (TCU 1992) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brian Puckett 1st season (North Alabama 2017) Team Doctors: Dr. Richard Blalock, Dr. Richard Blalock II Administrative Assistant: Crystal Morrow 24th Season (Murray State 1994) Team Managers: Trevor Breedlove, Jack Seltsman, Blake Dattilo, Logan Dick, Cohen Adams, Blake Yearry
All-Time Coaches 16 Video Service: Any television stations and networks PPROGRAMROGRAM INFORMATIONINFORMATION Carlisle Cutchin 16 1925-41 347 256-91 needing video of individual MSU players and game Location Murray, Ky. (42071) Rice Mountjoy 1 1941-42 22 18-4 footage are asked to call Scott Kopacz (270) 809- Founded 1922 John Miller 6 1942-48 134 74-60 6184. [email protected] is his email. Enrollment 9,456 Harlan Hodges 7 1948-55 201 120-81 Colors Navy & Gold Rex Alexander 3 1955-58 73 34-39 CFSB Center Parking: Media parking is in various Nickname Racers Cal Luther 16 1958-74 395 241-154 areas around the CFSB Center. Contact Dave Conference Ohio Valley Fred Overton 4 1974-78 103 44-59 Winder about what lot you will be in on game day. Arena CFSB Center (8,600) 1290 for 2020-21 season Ron Greene 7 1978-85 197 119-78 The address for the CFSB Center is: 1401 KY-121, President Dr. Bob Jackson Steve Newton 6 1985-91 181 116-65 Murray, KY 42071 Director of Athletics Kevin Saal Scott Edgar 4 1991-95 118 79-40 Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler Mark Gottfried 3 1995-98 92 68-24 Media Attendance: Due to Covid-19 procedures, a Tevester Anderson 5 1998-03 155 103-52 limited number of media may attend games at the 22019-20019-20 SEASONSEASON Mick Cronin 3 2003-06 93 69-24 CFSB Center in the 2020-21 season. Make requests 2019-20 Overall 23-9 OVC 15-3 (Co-Champion) Billy Kennedy 5 2006-11 128 107-53 through Dave Winder. First Season 1925-26 Steve Prohm 4 2011-15 132 104-29 Total Seasons 96th in 2020-21 (73rd in OVC) Matt McMahon 6 2015-20 161 110-51 Post-Game Interviews: For home games, Coach Total Winning Seasons 79 Record at start of season McMahon and select MSU players will be available All-Time Record 1662-905 (.647) OVC MVP’s 20 on a zoom call after a 10 minute cooling off period. All-Time OVC Record 703-342 (.672) Jim Jennings (1964), Claude Virden (1969) Les Taylor (1972) (1973), Gary Hooker (1980), OVC Teleconference: The Ohio Valley Conference Glen Green (1983), Jeff Martin (1988) (1989), will hold teleconferences during the season. RRACERACER HISTORYHISTORY Popeye Jones (1990) (1991), Marcus Brown (1995) Contact Kyle Schwartz of the OVC for phone dates, OVC Regular Season Championships 27 & (1996), De’Teri Mayes (1998), Aubrey Reese number and passcode. (615) 371-1688. His email 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, (2000), Cuthbert Victor (2004), Isaiah Canaan (2012) is: [email protected]. You can also contact Dave 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, & (2013 Co-MVP), Cameron Payne (2015), Jonathan Winder for the information. 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 Stark (2018), Ja Morant (2019) OVC Tournament Championships 17 All-Conference Selections 134 1951, 1964, 1988, 1990,1991,1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019 MMEDIAEDIA INFORMATIONINFORMATION NCAA Tournament Appearances 17 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997,1998, Weekly News Conference: Head Coach Matt OOVCVC CCONTACTONTACT 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019 McMahon conducts a weekly Q&A session with Kyle Schwartz NIT Tournament Appearances 8 area media members on Zoom. Video will be Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2015 available on GoRacers.com. In most weeks, the news Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 CIT Tournament Appearances 1 conference is on Monday and is usually held at Cell: (615) 775-1937 2014 (Champion) noon. E-mail: [email protected] Practice Coverage: MSU practices are generally Web Page: http://www.OVCSports.com closed. Contact Dave Winder about availability. Twitter: @OVCSports Coach McMahon has a standing daily availability every day before or and practice.
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Racer Ramblings McMahon Entering Elite Level For MSU Coaches All-Time Winningest MSU Coaches MMSUSU CURRENTCURRENT STREAKSSTREAKS In his sixth season as head coach, Matt McMahon (16th coach Coach Era Years Wins Carlisle Cutchin 1925-41 16 256 All Games L1 in program history) is firmly ranked among the top level in APSU the history of Murray State basketball. Starting with longevity, Cal Luther 1958-74 16 241 Ron Greene 1978-85 7 119 Last win: Transy McMahon is one of only seven who had coached six seasons At CFSB Center W25 or more. McMahon, Carlisle Cutchin (1925-28) and Steve Steve Newton 1985-91 6 116 Matt McMahon 2015- 6 114 TSU, EIU, SIUE, UTM, SEMO, AP, SU, BU, SIU, MTSU, Prohm (2011-15) are the only coaches in Murray State history KSU, CU, UTM, SEMO, BEL, TSU, EIU, , SIUE, MOR, to have three consecutive 20-win seasons. If the Racers can Billy Kennedy 2006-11 5 107 Harlan Hodges 1948-54 6 105 EKU, APSU, Greenville, ISU, Transylvania win 20 in the 2020-21 season, he will match the four in a row Last loss: BEL 2019 that Prohm had. Steve Prohm 2011-15 4 104 Tevester Anderson 1998-03 5 103 On the Road L3 MTSU, SIU, APSU MSU 1000-Point Club History Last win: SIUE Tevin Brown became the 47th player to reach 1,000 career All-Time Winning % MSU Coaches Neutral Floor L1 points at Murray State when he had a 22-point effort (Dec. Coach Era Years Pct. BEL 5) against Illinois State. The first two Racers to start the Steve Prohm 2011-15 4 .791 Last win: APSU (OVC Tournament Semifi nals) 1000-Point Club were Garrett Beshear and Bennie Purcell who Carlisle Cutchin 1925-41 16 .736 Non-OVC Home W16 joined three days a part in February 1952. The most recent Matt McMahon 2015- 6 .678 WSU, SU, MOST, PVAM, JSU, UE, BU, SU, Brescia, Racer was Ja Morant in February of 2019. The fastest to 1000 Billy Kennedy 2006-11 5 .668 SIU, MTSU, KSU, CU, Greenville, ISU, Transy points was Jonathan Stark (2018) and De/Teri Mayes (1998) Tevester Anderson 1998-03 5 .664 Last loss: Auburn who each did it in only 48 games. The slowest was Cedric Scott Edgar 1991-95 4 .663 Non-OVC Road L6 Gumm, who needed 166 games to reach the club in 1994. Steve Newton 1985-91 6 .640 Auburn, Tennessee, Missouri State, Evansville, However, it’s like a home run in baseball, nobody remembers Ron Greene 1978-85 7 .604 MTSU, SIU how far it went, just that it went over the fence! MSU’s *4 or more seasons as head coach Last win: SIU in 2019 1000-Point Club is a list of Racer greats including 18 that are in OVC Overall L1 the MSU Hall of Fame. Most Recent MSU 1000-Point Scorers APSU Date Player H/A/N Opp Last win: APSU OVC Stars Named To Henson Watch List onent OVC Home W16 Murray State’s Tevin Brown is part of a group of five 02-07-02 Justin Burdine H Tenn. Tech TSU, EIU, SIUE, UTM, SEMO, AP, UTM, SEMO, BEL, players from the OVC to be named on the watch list for 12-13-03 Antoine Whelchel H Chicago State TSU, EIU, SIUE, MOR, EKU, APSU, APSU the Lou Henson Award by CollegeInsider.com. 11-23-03 Cuthbert Victor H Wagner Last loss: BEL 2019 Austin Peay’s Jordyn Adams and Terry Taylor are on 01-26-04 Chris Shumate A TAMCC OVC Road L1 the list, as are Belmont’s Grayson Murphy and Nick 02-08-07 S. Witherspoon H Eastern Ky. APSU Muszynski are also and Eastern Kentucky’s Jomaru 02-12-09 Tyler Holloway H Tenn. Tech Last win: SIUE Brown. 12-05-09 Danero Thomas H Morehead 03-04-11 Isacc Miles N (1)Tenn. tech RRECORDECORD VSVS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS The Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award, 11-23-11 Ivan Aska A Anchorage Opponent First Last W L which is presented annually to the top mid-major player 01-04-12 Isaiah Canaan H Eastern Ky. Greenville 2020 1 0 in NCAA D-I and honors hall of fame Coach Henson 01-31-15 Cameron Payne H UT Martin Middle Tennessee 1930 2019 106 36 who won 775 games at Illinois and New Mexico State 03-07-15 Jarvis Williams N (1)Belmont Illinois State 1971 2020 5 1 from 1966-2005. 11-23-15 Jeffery Moss N (2)Milwaukee Southern Illinois 1929 2018 19 19 01-06-18 Jonathan Stark H UT Martin Transylvania 1939 2020 3 1 Speaking of Home Winning Streaks 03-26-18 Terrell Miller N (3)W. Virginia Austin Peay 1941 2020 87 45 The Racers extended their home winning streak at the CFSB 02-16-19 Ja Morant A Eastern Ky. Belmont 1986 2020 9 10 Center to 25 with Tuesday’s win over Transylvania. The 12-05-20 Tevin Brown H Illinois State Morehead State 1934 2020 115 51 Racers have a long way to go to catch the longest streak (1) Nashville, Tenn., OVC Tournament Eastern Illinois 1981 2020 49 12 of 47, a thing of legend at Murray State. The most famous (2) Estero, Fla., Gulf Coast Showcase SIUE 1975 2020 23 3 win streak of the CFSB Center came when the building (3) San Diego, Calif., NCAA Tournament SE Missouri 1931 2020 61 21 was opened and it started in the final season of old Racer UT Martin 1979 2020 53 7 Arena. Now 20 years after it ended, MSU’s school-record Jacksonville State 2004 2020 24 3 Tennessee Tech 1930 2020 130 49 22020-21020-21 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS Tennessee State 1983 2019 56 17 Category MSU Player Opponent Date Stat Opponent Player Team Stat Eastern Kentucky 1934 2019 103 61 Points KJ Williams Greenville 11-29 22 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-21 30 Tevin Brown Illinois State 12-05 22 JJAA MMORANTORANT - NNBABA RROYOY FG Made KJ Williams Greenville 11-29 11 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-21 11 The amazing career of Memphis FG Att. Tevin Brown Illinois State 12-05 16 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-21 20 FG % KJ Williams Greenville 11-29 (11-12) .916 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-08 (8-14) .571 Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant 3-PT Made Tevin Brown Austin Peay 12-08 5 Kameron Vinsel Greenville 11-29 4 continued In 2020 when the 3-PT Att. Tevin Brown Austin Peay 12-08 10 Kameron Vinsel Greenville 11-29 10 former Murray State Consen- 3-PT % Chico Carter, Jr. Transylvania 12-15 (4-4) 1.000 Tai’Reon Joseph Austin Peay 12-21 (3-6) .500 sus All-America was named the FT Made Jackson Sivills Greenville 11-29 5 Ben Harvey Southern Ill. 12-11 6 Rookie of the Year in the Na- Justice Hill Austin Peay 12-21 5 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-21 6 tional Basketball Association. FT Att. Justice Hill Austin Peay 12-21 7 Dusan Mahorcic Illinois State 12-05 8 In 67 games for the in 2019-20, Ben Harvey Southern Ill. 12-11 8 Morant the NBA’s Rookie of the FT % Jackson Sivills Greenville 11-29 (5-5) 1.000 Romello Ball Greenville 11-29 (6-7) .857 Month three times and led all rookies in points per Rebounds KJ Williams Illinois State 12-05 11 Terry Taylor Austin Peay 12-21 13 Assists Justice Hill Greenville 11-29 11 Dustin Bankowski Greenville 11-29 6 game, assists per game, double-doubles (15) and Dontrell Shuler Middle Tenn. 12-02 6 triple-doubles (2). He topped the Memphis franchise Steals DaQuan Smith Austin Peay 12-08 3 Kameron Vinsel Greenville 11-29 5 record for season assist average that had stood for Justice Hill Austin Peay 12-21 3 22 seasons by Mike Bibby. Blocks Devin Gilmore Greenville 11-29 2 Harouna Sissko Illinois State 12-05 2 Demond Robinson Transylvania 12-15 2
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Today’s Opponent - Belmont OOVCVC PPRESEASONRESEASON POLLPOLL o The Bruins are 8-1 and last played (Dec. 21) in a 72-63 win at Evansville. 20-21 Predicted Order of Finish o Like the Racers did with Austin Peay, the Bruins also doubled up with two OVC games in Murray State (10 1st place votes) 226 December with their travel partner, Tennessee State. Belmont won the fi rst meeting (Dec. Austin Peay (9 1st place votes) 226 8) at home 79-64 and then at TSU (Dec. 18) 88-63. Belmont (5 1st place votes) 214 o The Bruins are third in the OVC in scoring at 79.1 points per game and they are also third Eastern Kentucky 173 in defensive scoring at 68.4 points per game. Eastern Illinois 153 o Belmont’s all-around star Grayson Murphy is 17th in the OVC with 11.3ppg, second in the conference Tennessee State 139 at 9.0 rebounds and sixth with 3.9 assists per game. Jacksonville State 124 o Luke Smith is Belmont’s top scorer at 17.6ppg. Smith leads the OVC with 3.0 steals per game. Morehead State 87 o Smith is fourth in the OVC in hitting 48 percent from the 3-point line (34-of-71). Tennessee Tech 84 UT Martin 80 Murray State vs Belmont Recent Games SIUE 48 Year Site W/L Score Leading Scorer Rebounder Assister Southeast Missouri 30 02-07-13 ^Murray Won 79-74 Isaiah Canaan 26 Ed Daniel 10 Isaiah Canaan 6 03-09-13 *Nashville Lost 70-68OT Stacy Wilson 23 Isaiah Canaan 9 Isaiah Canaan 10 Selected by OVC Head Basketball Coaches and Communication Directors. 02-06-14 Nashville Lost 99-96 Cameron Payne 29 Jarvis Williams 13 Jeffery Moss 6 01-15-15 Murray Won 92-77 Cameron Payne 23 Jarvis Williams 10 Cameron Payne 6 03-07-15 *Nashville Lost 87-88 T.J. Sapp 28 Jonathan Fairell 8 Cameron Payne 10 22020-21020-21 OVCOVC PRESEASONPRESEASON TEAMTEAM 01-14-16 Nashville Lost 73-81 Bryce Jones 20 Wayne Langston 8 Gee McGhee 3 02-02-17 Murray Lost 69-81 Jonathan Stark 26 Gee McGhee 6 Jonathan Stark 4 Jordyn Adams, APSU So. 6-3 G Silsbee, Texas 01-18-18 Nashville Lost 72-79 Jonathan Stark 19 Jalen Dupree 13 Jonathan Stark 6 Tevin Brown, MUR Jr. 6-5 G Fairhope, Ala. 03-03-18 *Evansville Won 68-51 Jonathan Stark 24 Brion Sanchious 8 Ja Morant 5 Jomaru Brown, EKU Jr. 6-2 G Raleigh, N.C. 01-24-19 Murray Lost 66-79 Ja Morant 20 Darnell Cowart 13 Ja Morant 9 Jr. Clay, TTU Jr. 6-0 G Chattanooga 03-09-19 *Evansville Won 77-65 Ja Morant 36 KJ Williams 11 Ja Morant 3 Tre King, EKU Jr. 6-9 F Lexington, Ky. 01-23-20 Murray Won 85-75 Tevin Brown 24 Anthony Smith 15 Tevin Brown 8 Carlos Marshall, TSU Jr. 6-6 G Memphis 02-07-20 Nashville Lost 64-71 Devin Gilmore 13 Anthony Smith 10 DaQuan Smith 5 Grayson Murphy, BEL Jr. 6-2 G Franklin, Tenn. 03-07-20 *Evansville Lost 75-76 Tevin Brown 17 D. Robinson 6 Tevin Brown 4 Nick Muszynski, BEL Jr. 6-11 CPickerington, Ohio * OVC Tournament Championship ^ First meeting that was an OVC game Mack Smith, EIU Sr. 6-2 G Indianapolis Parker Stewart, UTM Jr. 6-5 G Union City, Tenn. 47-game home win streak Terry Taylor, APSU Sr. 6-5 F Bowling Green, Ky. MSU Longest Home Win Streaks was an amazing time for Josiah Wallace, EIU Sr. 6-4 G Marshall, Ill. # Begin Opponent End Opponent Coach the program. The streak KJ Williams, MUR Jr. 6-10 F Cleveland, Miss. 47 01-06-96 Belmont 01-15-00 SEMO Gottfried/Anderson spanned the closing of 32 02-15-35 MTSU 01-06-39 Transylvania Cutchin Racer Arena (30 wins) and 2020-21 Preseason OVC Player of the Year: 27 11-30-68 TX Arlington 02-28-70 WKU Luther the opening of the CFSB Terry Taylor, Austin Peay 25 01-26-19 Tenn. State Current McMahon Center (17 wins). This run 25 02-23-09 UTM 01-08-11 APSU Kennedy began (Nov. 23, 1996) with RRECENTECENT OOVCVC CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS 23 12-17-30 Oakland City 01-20-33 WKU Cutchin an 84-45 win over Belmont Season Reg. Rec Tournament and it ended with an 84-78 2001-02 Tenn. Tech 13-3 Murray State loss to Southeast Missouri (Jan. 15, 2000). 1,149 days passed from the time the streak started to the day it 2002-03 APSU/MOR 13-3 Austin Peay ended, or three years, one month and 24 days. MSU’s streak was the longest in the nation when it ended. 2003-04 Austin Peay 16-0 Murray State Coach Mark Gottfried was the coach of the Racers when the streak started in Racer Arena and Coach Tevester 2004-05 Tenn. Tech 12-4 E. Kentucky Anderson was the coach for the games in the CFSB Center. 2005-06 Murray State 17-3 Murray State 2006-07 Austin Peay 16-4 E. Kentucky CBS Sports Names Racers No. 44 All-Time Program 2007-08 Austin Peay 16-4 Austin Peay The Murray State men’s basketball program was recognized by CBS Sports as No. 44 on their list of the 2008-09 UT Martin 14-4 Morehead St. top 68 most successful college programs of all-time. CBS Sports used several factors to determine the 2009-10 Murray State 17-1 Murray State rankings including wins, losses, NCAA Tournament appearances, NCAA wins, regular season conference 2010-11 Murray State 14-4 Morehead St. championships, top-10 NBA draft selections and weeks ranked in the top-25 nationally. CBS college 2011-12 Murray State 15-1 Murray State basketball reporter Matt Norlander offered this summation of the Racers’ program that has seen their last 2012-13 Belmont 14-2 Belmont eight head coaches, including current boss, Matt McMahon, take the team to the NCAA Tournament. 2013-14 Belmont 14-2 E. Kentucky 2014-15 Murray State 16-0 Belmont “One of the proudest mid-major basketball communities resides in Murray, Kentucky. A population 2015-16 Belmont 12-4 Austin Peay of fewer than 20,000 but a passion quotient equal to five times that number -- if not more.” 2016-17 Belmont 15-1 Jacksonville State 2017-18 Murray State 16-2 Murray State Racer Notes 2018-19 MUR/BEL 16-2 Murray State o With five career games played against Belmont, KJ Williams and Tevin Brown by far have more experience 2019-20 MUR/BEL 15-3 Belmont than any other players on the Murray State team. Brown is scoring 14.8 points per game with averages of 6.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Williams’ line reads 9.2ppg/6.2rpg. Combined, Brown and Williams are 18-38 from the 3-point line for 47 percent. Demond Robinson blocked six shots to set a MSU record in the OVC Tournament in the championship game with Belmont last March. Devin Gilmore has hit 7-of-9 from the field in his three career games with Belmont and grabbed 11 rebounds o Given the large sample size of 72 career games and 189 made 3-point shots, Tevin Brown will return to form, it’s just a matter of when. The Racers hope it’s in this game against Belmont. In the last three games, Brown is 3-of-17 from the 3-point line. o Since Belmont joined the OVC in 2013, the Racers are 0-4 when playing in the Curb Center and are looking for their first win there. In 2014, MSU dropped a 99-96 loss and then 81-73 in 2016. Belmont beat the Racers 79-72 in 2018 and 71-64 in 2020. The last time the Racers won at Belmont was in 1998 by a score of 76-69.
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL o It’s rare when the Racers give up an opponent scorer of OVC Head Coaches Tenure At School 30 points (usually once per season), but they did to Austin CCOLLEGEINSIDEROLLEGEINSIDER PPOLLOLL Name Team Season Peay’s Terry Taylor (Dec. 21) in Clarksville. MSU had won Jay Spoonhour EIU 9th MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (Dec. 21) the previous five instances dating back to losing at home to Matt McMahon MUR 6th Rk Team Rec Pts Prev Middle Tennessee in 2017 when Nick King scored 31 points Ray Harper JSU 5th 1 Gonzaga (31) 4-0 775 1 at the CFSB Center. Preston Spradlin MOR 5th 2 Winthrop 5-0 705 5 Terry Taylor (30), APSU, A, L, 12-21-20 Anthony Stewart UTM 5th 3 Saint Mary’s 8-1 701 4 Parker Stewart (33), UTM, H, W, 01-02-20 4 Georgia State 5-1 646 10 Matt Figger APSU 4th Tyreese Williford (33), SIUE, A, W, 01-19-19 5 Furman 5-3 588 3 Brian Collins TSU 3rd Nick Mayo (36), Eastern Kentucky, H, W, 01-05-19 6 BYU 7-2 586 6 A.W. Hamilton EKU 3rd Denzel Mahoney (30), SEMO, A, W, 02-01-18 7 Drake 8-0 549 9 Casey Alexander BEL 2nd Milik Yarbrough (30), Illinois State, A, W, 12-09-17 8 Loyola Chicago 3-2 544 2 Brian Barone SIUE 2nd Nick King (31), Middle Tennessee, H, L, 11-13-17 9 Liberty 7-3 512 8 John Pelphrey TTU 2nd o MSU’s loss at APSU marked the first time this season they 10 Mercer 6-1 459 7 Brad Korn SEMO 1st had lost a game after leading at halftime. 11 South Dakota State 5-3 423 11 As of 2020-21 Season o The game with Transy offered a unique chance for the Sivills 12 Belmont 7-1 418 12 brothers to appear in the same game for their teams. Will 13 Little Rock 4-2 329 13 Sivills is a senior at Transylvania and Jackson Sivills is a freshman with the Racers. With 3:47 remaining in 14 Southern Illinois 5-0 312 17 the game, the brothers got the chance to play in the same game for the first time in their careers. 15 New Mexico State 2-0 298 15 o MSU held APSU to 18 points in the first half (Dec. 8). Last season, the Racers had three first halves of 16 Chattanooga 8-0 279 25 holding the opponent under 20 points. The season opener vs Southern (30-17) and games late in the 17 Wright State 4-1 276 18 season vs Eastern Illinois (31-17) and SIUE (36-19). 18 Abilene Christian 7-1 272 24 19 Murray State 3-2 223 18 o The 95 points Greenville scored against the Racers was the high score in six seasons against Coach Matt 20 Bradley 6-2 167 NR McMahon. However, in the same game, the Racers winning margin of 78 points was the most in the 21 San Francisco 6-4 150 14 McMahon era and a record in the OVC and at MSU. 22 Louisiana 6-1 122 NR o Among the records the Racers surpassed includes highest OVC total single-game score, points for a half 23 Toledo 6-3 107 NR and points combined. 24 Bowling Green 5-2 98 22 o The Racers’ 45 assists set a new NCAA single-game record. The old mark had stood since Dec. 2, 1995 25 Santa Clara 6-0 84 NR when Colorado had 44 assists against George Mason in overtime. o KJ Williams made 11-of-12 field goal attempts in the Greenville game. It would’ve been a new MSU single OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Bradley 76, Santa game record for field goal percentage, if had not missed the one shot. Still his game was impressive. The Clara 55, Northern Iowa 59, Western Carolina 54, MSU record is 10-of-10 by James Singleton against Tennessee State (02-27-2003) and Cuthbert Victor Toledo 46, Vermont 40, Siena 39, Pepperdine 34, also against Tennessee State (01-30-2001). Grand Canyon 25, Kent State 21, Pacifi c 20, UNCG o The last nine Racer head coaches have won at least one OVC regular season championship and the last 19, Eastern Washington 18, Southern Utah 17, eight have take the Racers to the NCAA Tournament. UCSB 16, UMBC 12, Akron 11, Louisiana 11, Hofstra o The Racers enter the season with three-straight seasons of having a winning streak of 10 games or more. 10, Stephen F. Austin 9, CSU Northridge 7, NKU 5, This has happened only once before, under Coach Carlisle Cutchin from 1935-39. UC Riverside 5, Loyola Marymount 4, Youngstown o Tevin Brown and KJ Williams, returning All-OVC performers were named to the All-OVC Preseason Team State 4, Army 1, Ball State 1, Dixie State 1, FGCU 1, as they begin their junior seasons. Samford 1. o Brown was one of only three players last season that led his team in scoring and assists. o Williams set the MSU single-season field percentage record as a freshman in 2018-19 at 69 percent. o Kentucky Wild is the presenting sponsor of the 2021 OVC Basketball Tournament. Scheduled for March 3-6, it will be the fourth-straight year the OVC has staged the championship at the Ford Center in Evansville, MMSUSU WEEKWEEK BYBY WWEEKEEK Indiana. o Racer Nation and Coach Billy Kennedy have a love for each other that still Date MM AP USA NET KPom stands today, even eight years after he coached his final game in Murray. Preseason 10 ------11-30-20 10 ------94 This week, fans were happy to hear the news that Kennedy is joining the 12-07-20 16 ------94 staff for head coach Isaac Brown at Wichita State. 12-14-20 18 ------100 o Murray State is a small part of Kennedy’s career of 26 years. 12-21-20 19 ------101 o Wichita State AD, Darron Boatright, is a 1998 Murray State graduate and former GA with the Racers under 12-28-20 Coach Mark Gottfried. o Kennedy is part of the 2020 class to the Murray State Hall of Fame. o For the first time in recent memory, the Racers have two sons of former MSU players on the roster. MM - CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll Jackson Sivills is a freshman from Paducah, Ky., the son of Scott, who played for the Racers in the mid- AP - Associated Press Poll 1990’s. Rod Thomas, Jr., is a sophomore with the Racers and also from Paducah. His father, Rod Thomas, USA - USA Today Coaches’ Poll Sr., played for the Racers in the early 2000s. NET - NCAA NET Ratings o Racer Nation was thrilled to hear the Memphis Grizzlies signed guard Shaq Buchanan (Dec. 16). In 2019- KP - KenPom.com Rating 20, he appeared in 33 games (11 starts) NBA G League’s Memphis Hustle and averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.4 minutes while shooting 47.2 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from 3-point range. The 23-year-old also was a member of the Grizzlies’ NBA Summer League 2019 championship team in Las Vegas. Undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Mississippi native was named the 2018- 19 Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was selected 2018-19 OVC First Team as a senior at Murray State University, where he teamed for two years with Grizzlies guard and 2019-20 NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant..
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GAME BY GAME RECAPS Game 1 Greenville at Murray State 11-29-20 SSPECIALTYPECIALTY SSTATISTICSTATISTICS o Record-breaking season opening win 173- CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. 95 over the visiting Greenville Panthers. Greenville (0-3) 41 54 95 POT - Points off turnovers PIP - Points in Paint o MSU set single-game and OVC scoring Murray State (1-0) 87 86 173 2ND - Second Chance Points FB - Fast break mark of 173, as it easily surpassed the 138 the Points POB - Points Of The Bench Racers scored against Campbellsville at old Racer Arena in 1994. Opp POT PIP 2ND FB POB o MSU’s 45 assists surpassed the NCAA record of 44 by Colorado vs George Mason (Dec. 2, 1995). GU 28/22 142/16 20/13 62/32 117/54 o The combined score of 268 points is also a new MSU program record, besting the 233 the Racers and MTSU 17/15 36/32 09/10 04/07 23/40 Southeast Missouri scored in 2014. MSU’s ISU 18/13 40/30 09/15 10/08 12/27 o The Racers scored 87 in the opening half to smash that record. MSU’s 86 points in the second half is also APSU 23/08 52/26 12/15 16/03 35/26 SIU 14/22 36/20 15/01 09/25 25/16 a school record, surpassing the old mark of 81 in the same 1994 game with Campbellsville. TU 33/08 54/12 17/05 13/04 43/09 APSU 17/22 46/30 00/11 07/07 18/16 o The Murray State Racers hit the road Game 2 Murray State at Middle Tenn. 12-02-20 BEL for the fi rst time in the 2020-21 season and Murphy Center - Murfreesboro, Tenn. MOR suffered a 78-61 defeat at MTSU. Murray State (1-1) 30 31 61 EIU o Tevin Brown and Chico Carter, Jr. led the Middle Tenn. (1-2) 34 44 78 SIUE Racers with 13 points each. SEMO o In the fi rst half, the Racers jumped in front UTM by seven at 26-19, but trailed 34-30 at half and never regained the lead. JSU o The Racers shot 40 percent for the game on 23-of-57 from the fi eld, while MTSU hit 44 percent of TTU their shots on 30-of-67. MSU went 3-of-16 from the 3-point line, while the Blue Raiders were 9-of-30. The TSU rebound total was even at 37-37. BEL MOR EKU o The Racers led by 13 points at the half Game 3 Illinois State at Murray State 12-05-20 SEMO against ISU and held the Redbirds off for the CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. UTM win which pushed their home win streak in Illinois State (2-2) 31 34 65 EIU the CFSB Center to 23. Murray State (2-1) 44 32 76 SIUE o Tevin Brown became the 47th player to JSU join the MSU 1000-Point Club with a game- TTU high 22 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line Note: Totals show are MSU/Opponent o Justice Hill hit four threes in the game and fi nished with 15 points with six assists. o KJ Williams hauled in 11 rebounds and scored 15 points on 7-of-13 from the fi eld. o The Racers won the battle of the boards 44-34. o MSU had 17 turnovers.
o MSU opened the 73rd season of play in Game 4 Austin Peay at Murray State 12-08-20 the OVC by winning their 24th straight home CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. game at the CFSB Center Austin Peay (3-2, 0-1) 18 39 57 o The Racers used a 17-0 run in the fi rst half Murray State (3-1, 1-0) 41 46 87 to lead 41-18 at halftime. o Tevin Brown led a group of four Racers in double-fi gure scoring with 19 points on 5-of-10 from the 3-point line, while Chico Carter, Jr., scored 17 SSEASONEASON RECORDSRECORDS points on 7-of-10 from the fi eld. KJ Williams scored 16 points as he hit all six of his shots and he pulled Statistic 18-19 19-20 20-21 down seven rebounds. Brion Whitley tied his career-high with 10 points. Home 15-1 15-0 4-0 o MSU has won the last three with the Govs and nine of the last 12. Road 10-3 6-6 0-3 Neutral Floor 3-1 2-3 Lead Halftime 22-0 20-2 4-1 Trailing Halftime 5-4 2-6 0-2 Tied at Halftime 1-1 0-1 Racer Basketball By The Numbers Lead 5:00 left 24-0 21-2 4-0 1 NBA Rookie of the Year Award winner. Ja Morant in 2020. Trailing 5:00 left or tied 3-5 2-6 0-3 3 NBA Draft selections since 2013. Isaiah Canaan to Rockets in 2013, Cameron Payne to OKC in 2015 Overtime Games 0-0 1-1 and Ja Morant to Grizzlies in 2019. Decided by +5 or less 4-1 6-5 0-2 3 OVC Freshman of the Year Awards - Ivan Aska (2009), Isaiah Canaan (2010) & Cameron Payne (2014) Opponent scores under 70 16-0 16-3 3-0 4 NCAA Tourney wins - NC State (1988), Vanderbilt (2010), Colorado State (2012), Marquette (2019) Opponent scores 70 or more 12-5 5-6 1-3 8 National Invitational Tournament appearances - 2015 quarter finalists MSU shoots better 50% 16-1 10-1 4-1 8 Consecutive coaches that have led MSU to the NCAA Tournament (Newton, Edgar, Gottfried, MSU shoots less 50% 12-4 15-8 0-2 Anderson, Cronin, Kennedy, Prohm and McMahon) Opp. shoots better 50% 1-4 1-1 11 Retired numbers - Most recent - Isaiah Canaan in 2018 & Ja Morant in 2020 Opp. shoots less 50% 27-1 18-10 4-3 12 OVC scoring champions - Ja Morant in 2018-19 MSU makes more three’s 18-2 11-3 2-0 16 Head coaches - Matt McMahon was hired on June 9, 2015 MSU less three’s or tied 10-3 11-6 2-3 17 OVC Tournament Championships - MSU won in 2019 MSU more rebounds 19-2 19-4 4-0 17 NCAA Tournament appearances - MSU has back-to-back appearances in 2018 and 2019 MSU less rebounds or tied 9-3 4-5 0-3 17 MSU All-America selections - Ja Morant in 2019 November 3-1 4-3 1-0 20 OVC Player of the Year Awards - Ja Morant in 2019 December 6-1 3-2 3-3 22 Total NBA Draft selections - last was Ja Morant in 2019 January 7-2 9-0 27 OVC regular season championships - 2019-20 February 9-0 6-3 38 MSU Hall of Fame members from men’s basketball - De’Teri Mayes in 2019 March 4-1 1-1 79 Winning seasons - - Since 1987 MSU Has 31 winning seasons in last 32
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
GAME BY GAME RECAPS Game 5 Murray State at Southern Ill. 12-11-20 o MSU fell behind 12-2 to start the game and Banterra Center - Carbondale, Ill. CCAREERAREER MMADEADE 33-POINT-POINT SSHOTSHOTS had the 1:24 left. Murray State (3-2) 32 34 66 Date Player Opponent 3PT o MSU is 0-2 on the road after losses at Southern Illinois (3-0) 40 30 70 Rk Player Seasons Games Total MTSU and now SIU. 1. Isaiah Canaan 2009-13 132 304 o The series with SIU is now tied 19-19. MSU is 5-11 all-time at SIU. 2. Frank Allen 1989-93 116 251 o KJ Williams fought foul trouble in the first half, but still managed 17 points to lead the Racers as he tied 3. Jonathan Stark 2016-18 65 218 his career-high with three 3-point baskets. Jeffrey Moss 2012-16 129 218 o Brion Whitley notched a career-high 15 points on three 3-pointers. The all-time series between the Racers 5. Tyler Holloway 2005-09 121 207 and Salukis is tied 19-19. The two teams will meet in Murray next season. 6. Don Mann 1985-89 111 204 7. Justin Burdine 1998-02 110 198 8. Tevin Brown 2018-20 72 189 o MSU won for the 25th consecutive time at Game 6 Transylvania at Murray State 12-15-20 9. De’Teri Mayes 1996-98 63 186 the CFSB Center. CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. 10. Paul King 1987-91 124 173 o MSU played its last non-league game. Transylvania (0-4) 29 20 49 Marcus Brown 1992-96 118 173 o Five Racers scored in double-figures led by Murray State (4-2) 38 52 90 12. Chris Shumate 1999-04 117 170 14 points from Chico Carter, Jr., and 12 from 13. Cameron Payne 2013-15 69 156 Tevin Brown. Brion Whitley added 11 points, while Devin Gilmore and KJ Williams each added 10 points. 14. Terrell Miller 2016-18 65 137 o Leading the Pioneers 38-29 at halftime, the Racers opened the second half with a 27-6 run to open the Since 1986 when the 3-point shot was started game up to a 65-35 lead with 11:04 remaining. o The Racers ended the night shooting at a .617 clip (37-of-60), while holding Transylvania to .333 (18-of- CCAREERAREER 33-POINT-POINT PPERCENTAGEERCENTAGE 54). The Racers held a 41-28 advantage on the boards. Rk Player Seasons 3M-3A Avg 1. Jeff Martin 1985-89 97-216 .449 2. Marcus Jones 1993-94 (37-83) .446 o Leading 39-33 at halftime, the Racers used Game 7 Murray State at Austin Peay 12-21-20 4. De’Teri Mayes 1996-98 (186-436) .427 an 8-0 run on four-consecutive defensive stops Dunn Center - Clarksville, Tenn. 5. Don Mann 1985-89 (204-484) .421 to take a 45-35 lead with 12:23 remaining on a Murray State (4-3, 1-1) 39 31 70 6. Isaiah Canaan 2009-13 (298-711) .419 layup by Smith. Austin Peay (5-3, 1-1) 33 41 74 --- o APSU turned the game in their favor with a 11. Brion Whitley 2017-20 (31-76) .408 a 16-5 run over the next 5:18 to take the lead at 61-60 with 7:05 left. Down by four, the Racers rallied and had 21. Tevin Brown 2018-20 (189-490) .386 a chance to tie the game on Brown’s 3-point try in the final frantic seconds. o The game marked the first time this season in which the Racers lost after leading at halftime. SSEASONEASON MADEMADE 3-POINT3-POINT SSHOTSHOTS o Because of the strange season, the Racers and Govs have played their two regular season games in Date Player Opponent G Made December for the first time in history and because of that, played five games against their rivals in the 2020 1. Jonathan Stark 2017-18 32 110 calendar year. 2. Jonathan Stark 2016-17 33 108 3. De’Teri Mayes 1997-98 33 103 Game 8 Murray State at Belmont 12-30-20 4. Justin Burdine 2001-02 32 99 Curb Center - Nashville, Tenn. 5. Isaiah Canaan 2011-12 33 98 Murray State () 6. Isaiah Canaan 2012-13 31 94 Belmont () 7. Tevin Brown 2018-19 33 90 8. Tevin Brown 2019-20 32 85 9. Cameron Payne 2014-15 35 84 10. De’Teri Mayes 1966-97 30 83 11. Jeffery Moss 2015-16 31 80 12. Rick Jones 2002-03 29 77 13. Dexter Fields 2013-14 34 76 William Moore 1994-95 30 76 15. Frank Allen 1992-93 28 75 Game 9 Morehead State at Murray State 01-02-21 Justin Burdine 2000-01 29 75 CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. Marcus Brown 1995-96 29 74 Morehead State () 18. Chris Shumate 2003-04 34 73 Murray State () 19. Cameron Payne 2013-14 34 72 Don Mann 1986-87 28 72 21. Terrell Miller 2017-18 32 70 22. Don Mann 1988-89 30 70 SSEASONEASON 3-POINT3-POINT PERCENTAGEPERCENTAGE Rk Player Seasons Games Avg 1. Jeff Martin 1988-89 65-131 .496 2. Isaiah Canaan 2009-10 54-112 .482 Game 10 Murray State at Eastern Ill. 01-07-20 3. Paul King 1989-90 46-98 .469 CFSB Center - Murray, Ky. 4. Brion Whitley 2018-19 21-45 .467 Murray State () 5. Tyler Holloway 2007-08 55-119 .462 Eastern Illinois () 6. Chris Shumate 2000-01 55-120 .458 7. Isaiah Canaan 2011-12 98-215 .456 8. Frank Allen 1991-92 66-147 .449 9. Chris Shumate 2003-04 73-163 .448 10. Marcus Jones 1993-94 37-83 .446
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GAME BY GAME RECAPS CCAREERAREER MMADEADE FFIELDIELD GOALSGOALS Rk Player Seasons Games Total 48. Cedric Gumm 1990-94 120 350 49. Quitman Sullins 1954-58 80 344 Ricky Hood 1981-83 57 344 51. Paul King 1987-91 124 342 52. Rod Murray 1997-00 92 341 53. Tevin Brown 2018- 72 339 54. Jimmy Young 1969-71 50 336 55. Isacc Miles 2008-11 99 333 56. Dick Kinder 1954-56 49 327 57. Ron Johnson 1968-71 78 323 58. Brian Stewart 1980-84 109 321 59. Chuck Glass 1984-86 57 315 60. Gene Pendleton 1962-65 73 312 61. KJ Williams 2018- 71 311 Ed Daniel 2009-13 128 311
CCAREERAREER FFIELDIELD GOALGOAL PPERCENTAGEERCENTAGE Rk Player Seasons 3M-3A Avg 1. Tony Easley 2005-10 372-571 .651 2. Wayne Langston 2014-16 193-309 .625 3. KJ Williams 2018- 311-509 .611 4. Jarvis Williams 2013-15 383-635 .603 5. Jonathan Fairell 2013-15 170-285 .596 6. Mike Lahm 1983-85 200-338 .592 7. Chris Ogden 1986-90 414-701 .591 8. Cuthbert Victor 2000-04 581-987 .589 SSEASONEASON MADEMADE FIELDFIELD GOALSGOALS Rk Player Opponent G Made 40. Aubrey Reese 1999-00 32 200 Les Taylor 1971-72 21 200 42. Jarvis Williams 2014-15 35 199 Ricky Hood 1982-83 29 199 Herb McPherson 1966-67 23 199 45. Herb McPherson 1964-65 26 198 46. Mike Coleman 1972-73 25 195 47. Cameron Payne 2013-14 34 190 Cuthbert Victor 2003-04 34 190 49. Isaiah Canaan 2011-12 33 187 Cameron Payne & Coach Billy Kennedy Inducted into Murray State Hall of Fame Isaac Spencer 1998-99 31 187 Cameron Payne (2013-15) Became a star as a freshman in the fall of 2013, as Racers were Mont Sleets 1979-80 30 187 beginning life without all-star Isaiah Canaan. Payne set an OVC record with nine Freshman 52. Grover Woolard 1974-75 25 186 of the Week honors on his way to becoming the OVC Freshman of the Year and the Kyle 53. Terrell Miller 2016-17 33 184 Macy National Freshman of the Year award finalist. He joined Lamont Sleets (1979-80) Jarvis Williams 2013-14 34 184 as the only MSU freshman to score 500 points in a season. In the 2014-15 season, Payne 55. Marcus Brown 1993-94 29 182 helped the Racers to an OVC record 25-game winning streak. Named 2015 OVC Player 56. Stewart Johnson 1963-64 25 180 of the Year after averaging 20.2 points (13th NCAA). Second-fastest in MSU history to 57. Terrell Miller 2017-18 32 178 reach 1,000 career points in only 57 games. In the 2014-15 season, he scored 707 points Lamont Sleets 1982-83 29 178 to become the second player at Murray State to reach 700. His 209 assists made him the second to reach Dick Kinder 1955-56 25 178 200. Named a multiple All-America selection including the Lute Olson National Player of the Year. Became 60. Howie Crittenden 1955-56 25 176 first sophomore and just the fourth player from the OVC to leave school early for the NBA. Selected June 61. Lamont Sleets 1980-81 27 174 25, 2015, by the Oklahoma City Thunder as 14th overall pick in the NBA Draft. SSEASONEASON FIELDFIELD GOALGOAL PPERCENTERCENTAAGEGE Coach Billy Kennedy (2006-11) One of only four coaches to lead the Racers to victory Rk Player Seasons Games Avg in the NCAA Tournament, Kennedy led the Racers for five seasons from 2006-11. Was 1. KJ Williams 2018-19 111-159 .698 architect that rebuilt the Racers’ roster and had a winning season in 2006-07. By the 2. Tony Easley 2007-08 115-167 .689 time the 2009-10 season rolled around, Kennedy had a team that was built for being a 3. Brandon Garrett 2012-13 86-132 .652 champion. MSU won the 2009-10 OVC regular season title with a school-record 17 wins, 4. Jarvis Williams 2013-14 184-284 .648 had a school record 17-game winning streak and a 31-2 record. Upset Vanderbilt in the Jonathan Fairell 2013-14 92-142 .648 2010 NCAA Tournament on a last second shot by Danero Thomas, MSU had the first 30- Tony Easley 2009-10 140-216 .648 win season in OVC history and the Racers’ first NCAA Tournament win 22 years. In 2010- 7. Isaac Spencer 1997-98 171-270 .633 11, MSU won 23 games and claimed their second straight OVC regular season championship with Kennedy Lawrence Bussell 1993-94 76-120 .633 earning OVC Coach of the Year award for a second consecutive season. From 2009 to 2011, Racers won 9. Wayne Langston 2015-16 163-259 .629 23 straight OVC games. Kennedy’s stable included MSU hall of famer, Isaiah Canaan, OVC Freshman of Cuthbert Victor 2003-04 190-302 .629 the Year in 2010 and two-time OVC Player of the Year. Canaan was inducted into the MSU Hall in 2018. 11. Wayne Langston 2014-16 193-309 .625 12. Chris Ogden 1987-88 107-173 .618
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HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH MMATTATT MMCMAHONCMAHON MMCMAHONCMAHON FFILEILE VVSS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS After an amazing three-year run of 110 total victories, a Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tenn. Metro Atlantic trio of Ohio Valley Conference regular season titles and Birthdate: April 26, 1978 Marist ...... 1-0 two OVC Tournament titles, the Racers and head coach Education: Appalachian State, 2000 Missouri Valley Matt McMahon have put together the greatest three- Degree: Marketing Drake ...... 1-0 season period in the 95 seasons of Murray State Basketball. High School: Oak Ridge Evansville ...... 1-3 McMahon fi nishes the 2019-20 season with the satisfaction Family Missouri State ...... 1-2 of winning even in the face of the graduation losses of the Wife - Mary Illinois State ...... 2-1 2018-19 season, which included NBA Draft pick Ja Morant. Children Southern Illinois ...... 3-3 Even though the Racers were nipped at the wire in the Maris (11), Mason (9), Mabry (7) Ohio Valley OVC Tournament title game, they return a strong team Austin Peay ...... 8-4 for 2020-21. VVSS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS Belmont...... 3-6 o 2019-20 marked a Racer three-peat of the OVC regular-season championship Eastern Illinois...... 8-3 in which MSU was 23-0 overall and 15-3 in OVC games. American Athletic Eastern Kentucky ...... 6-0 o McMahon’s last three Murray State teams are a combined 77-20 (.777) overall Houston ...... 0-1 Jacksonville State ...... 6-2 and 47-7 (.870) in OVC games. Atlantic Coast Morehead State ...... 6-2 o McMahon’s teams are 44-3 (.933) at home in the last three seasons and carry Florida State ...... 0-1 SIUE ...... 10-0 a 21-game home winning streak into the 2020-21 season at the CFSB Center. Atlantic-10 Southeast Missouri ...... 8-2 o Murray State’s Tevin Brown was named All-OVC in the 2019-20 season and LaSalle ...... 0-1 Tennessee Tech...... 5-2 was named to the All-OVC Tournament Team. Saint Louis ...... 0-1 Tennessee State ...... 5-1 o Named the Racers’ 16th head coach on June 9, 2015. McMahon was the third Atlantic Sun UT Martin ...... 7-3 youngest rookie among NCAA D-I coaches when he started at Murray State. Kennesaw State ...... 1-0 Southwestern Athletic o Previously took associate HC position at Louisiana Tech, before coming back Big-12 Alabama A&M ...... 2-0 to Murray State two weeks later when Steve Prohm was suddenly given the West Virginia ...... 0-1 Florida A&M ...... 1-0 opportunity to coach at Iowa State Big East Jackson State ...... 1-0 o McMahon was a key component on Prohm’s staff as an assistant and was Marquette ...... 1-0 Prairie View A&M...... 1-0 part of 104 victories over four seasons (2011-15), including three-straight Big Sky Southern ...... 1-0 postseason appearances Weber State...... 1-1 Southeastern o McMahon is well known as excellent recruiter, player developer and tactician Conference USA Alabama ...... 0-1 o 2012, named to the list of best assistant coaches by FoxSports.com and Middle Tennessee ...... 3-2 Auburn ...... 0-2 CollegeInsider.com Horizon Georgia ...... 0-1 o McMahon has coached impressive list of All-OVC talent including: Isaiah Detroit Mercy ...... 2-0 Mississippi ...... 0-1 Canaan, Donte Poole, Ivan Aska, Ed Daniel, Jarvis Williams, Cameron Payne, Green Bay ...... 1-0 Tennessee ...... 0-1 Jeffery Moss, Jonathan Stark, Terrell Miller, Shaq Buchanan, Darnell Cowart, Milwaukee ...... 1-0 Summit Ja Morant and Tevin Brown. Wright State ...... 2-2 Kansas City ...... 0-1 o At Appalachian State, he coached All-Southern picks Donald Sims, Jeremy Mid-America South Dakota State ...... 0-1 Clayton and D.J. Thompson. Bowling Green ...... 0-1 West Coast o Native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., graduated from Appalachian State in 2000 with Non-NCAA D-I Pepperdine ...... 1-0 a degree in marketing. Bethel ...... 2-0 o Wife Mary was standout for the Furman women’s basketball team. Brescia ...... 4-0 Cumberland ...... 1-0 Harris-Stowe ...... 2-0 Spalding ...... 1-0 Transylvania ...... 1-0 MMCMAHONCMAHON CCOACHINGOACHING HHISTORYISTORY Season School Position Total H A N OVC H A Finish Tourney Post Season 2000-01 Appalachian State GA 11-20 7-9 T-3rd North Quarterfinals 2001-02 Tennessee GA 15-16 7-9 4th SEC East Quarterfinals 2002-03 Appalachian State Assistant 19-10 11-5 T-3rd North Quarterfinals 2003-04 Appalachian State Assistant 9-21 4-12 T-1st North 1st Round 2004-05 Appalachian State Assistant 18-12 9-7 6th North Quarterfinals 2005-06 Appalachian State Assistant 14-16 6-8 T-2nd North Quarterfinals 2006-07 Appalachian State Assistant 25- 8 15-3 1st North(1st) Quarterfinals NIT 1st Rd 2007-08 Appalachian State Assistant 18-13 13-7 T-1st North 1st Round 2008-09 Appalachian State Assistant 13-18 9-11 T-2nd North Quarterfinals 2009-10 Appalachian State Assistant 24-13 13-5 1st North(2nd) Runner-Up CIT Semis 2010-11 UNC Wilmington Assistant 13-17 7-11 7th 1st Round 2011-12 Murray State Assistant 31- 2 15-1 Champion Champion NCAA 3rd Rd 2012-13 Murray State Assistant 21-10 10-6 West 1st/4th Semifinals 2013-14 Murray State Assistant 23-11 13-3 West 1st/2nd Semifinals CIT Champs 2014-15 Murray State Assistant 29- 6 16-0 West 1st/1st Runner-Up NIT Quarters 2015-16 Murray State Head Coach 17-14 10-4 4-8 3-2 10-6 6-2 4-4 West T1/T5 Quarterfinals 2016-17 Murray State Head Coach 16-17 10-4 3-11 3-2 8-8 5-3 3-5 West 3rd/T6 Semifinals 2017-18 Murray State Head Coach 26-6 14-2 10-3 2-1 16-2 9-0 7-3 Champion Champion NCAA 1st Rd 2018-19 Murray State Head Coach 28-5 15-1 10-3 3-1 16-2 8-1 8-1 Co-Champion Champion NCAA 2nd Rd 2019-20 Murray State Head Coach 23-9 15-0 6-6 2-3 15-3 9-0 6-3 Co-Champion Runner-Up 2020-21 Murray State Head Coach 4-3 4-0 0-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 Head Coach Totals 114-54 68-11 33-34 13-9 66-22 38-6 28-16
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OOHIOHIO VVALLEYALLEY CCONFERENCEONFERENCE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE 2020-21 STANDINGS I----- OVC -----I I------Overall ------I SCHOOL OVC PCT ST TOT PCT H A N ST Belmont 2-0 1.000 W2 8-1 .889 2-1 3-0 3-0 W5 Jacksonville State 2-0 1.000 W2 5-2 .714 1-0 1-2 3-0 W2 UT Martin 1-0 1.000 W1 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 0-0 L2 SIUE 1-0 1.000 W1 3-4 .429 0-1 2-2 1-1 W1 Eastern Kentucky 1-1 .500 L1 7-2 .778 4-0 1-2 2-0 W2 Austin Peay 1-1 .500 W1 5-3 .625 3-1 0-1 2-1 W1 Murray State 1-1 .500 L1 4-3 .571 4-0 0-3 0-0 L1 Morehead State 1-2 .333 L1 4-6 .400 4-1 0-4 0-1 L2 SSCHEDULECHEDULE Eastern Illinois 0-0 .000 --- 3-4 .429 2-0 1-4 0-0 W1 Monday, December 21 Southeast Missouri 0-1 .000 L1 2-5 .286 1-2 0-3 1-0 L4 @#24 Clemson, Morehead State Tennessee State 0-2 .000 L2 1-4 .200 1-2 0-2 0-0 L1 Belmont 72, @Evansville 63 Tennessee Tech 0-2 .000 L2 0-9 .000 0-2 0-7 0-0 L9 @Austin Peay 74, Murray State 70 MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE CCURRENTURRENT OOVCVC SSTREAKSTREAKS Tuesday, December 22 Chattanooga 66, @Tennessee State 63 ALL GAMES Most Recent Game Last Opposite Result @Indiana State 72, Southeast Missouri 66 Opponent Streak Date W/L H/A Score Date W/L H/A Score @Ole Miss 90, UT Martin 43 SIUE Won 13 02-22-20 Won Away 59-58 01-18-14 Lost Away 67-60 @Eastern Kentucky 86, High Point 67 Eastern Kentucky Won 7 02-27-20 Won Home 74-62 03-07-14 Lost Neutral 86-83 @Western Kentucky 88, Tennessee Tech 68 UT Martin Won 6 01-16-20 Won Home 84-62 03-03-17 Lost Neutral 73-67 Wednesday, December 30 SE Missouri Won 5 01-04-20 Won Home 81-59 02-23-17 Lost Away 82-69 *Murray State at Belmont, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Morehead State Won 5 02-15-20 Won Home 85-59 02-08-17 Lost Away 101-100 *Eastern Illinois at EKU, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Tennessee Tech Won 5 01-11-20 Won Away 81-69 01-07-17 Lost Away 71-67 *UTM at Jacksonville State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) Tennessee State Won 5 02-08-20 Won Away 73-65 01-16-16 Lost Away 73-71 *APSU at Tennessee State, 8:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Jacksonville State Won 1 01-09-20 Won Away 72-68 01-31-19 Lost Away 88-68 *SEMO at Tennessee Tech, 8:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Austin Peay Lost 1 12-21-20 Lost Away 74-70 12-08-20 Won Home 87-57 Eastern Illinois Lost 1 02-20-20 Lost Away 63-60 01-30-20 Won Home 73-70 Saturday, January 2 *EKU at Austin Peay, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Belmont Lost 1 02-06-20 Lost Away 71-64 01-23-20 Won Home 85-75 *Belmont at UT Martin, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *TTU at Eastern Illinois, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) HOME GAMES Most Recent Game Last Opposite Result *Morehead State at Murray State, 4p (ESPN+) Opponent Streak Date W/L H/A Score Date W/L H/A Score *Jacksonville State at SIUE, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+) SIUE Won 14 02-01-20 Won Home 74-55 02-13-75 Lost Home 83-81 *Tennessee State at SEMO, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Morehead State Won 13 02-15-20 Won Home 85-59 01-23-03 Lost Home 83-76 Jacksonville State Won 10 02-15-18 Won Home 68-60 None - Racers lead 10-0 all-time UT Martin Won 6 01-02-20 Won Home 89-76 02-28-13 Lost Home 69-68 Tuesday, January 5 Tennessee State Won 5 01-25-20 Won Home 76-64 02-09-12 Lost Home 72-68 *Eastern Illinois at SIUE, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Eastern Kentucky Won 5 12-08-20 Won Home 74-62 01-09-13 Lost Home 74-66 Austin Peay Won 5 12-08-20 Won Home 87-57 02-06-16 Lost Home 76-73 Thursday, January 7 SE Missouri Won 3 01-04-20 Won Home 81-59 01-26-17 Lost Home 75-74 *Austin Peay at SIUE, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Eastern Illinois Won 3 01-30-20 Won Home 73-70 02-18-17 Lost Home 82-65 *Tennessee Tech at Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Won 1 02-17-18 Won Home 75-65 01-07-16 Lost Home 71-65 (ESPN+) Belmont Won 1 01-23-20 Won Home 85-75 01-24-19 Lost Home 66-79 *Southeast Missouri at Belmont, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Jacksonville State at Eastern Kentucky, 7:00 AWAY GAMES Most Recent Game Last Opposite Result p.m. (ESPN+) Opponent Streak Date W/L H/A Score Date W/L H/A Score *Murray State at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky Won 7 02-16-19 Won Away 102-70 02-07-08 Lost Away 47-60 (ESPN+) SIUE Won 6 02-22-20 Won Away 59-58 01-18-15 Lost Away 67-60 *UT Martin at Tennessee State, 8:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Won 3 01-11-20 Won Away 81-69 01-07-27 Lost Away 71-67 (ESPN+) SE Missouri Won 2 01-12-19 Won Away 84-67 02-23-17 Lost Away 82-69 Saturday, January 9 UT Martin Won 3 01-16-20 Won Away 84-62 01-18-18 Lost Away 79-72 *Murray State at SIUE, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Tennessee State Won 4 02-08-20 Won Away 73-65 01-16-16 Lost Away 73-71 *Jacksonville State at Morehead State, 3:00 p.m. Morehead State Won 1 02-28-19 Won Away 71-52 02-08-17 Lost Away101-100OT (ESPN+) Jacksonville State Won 1 01-09-20 Won Away 72-68 01-31-19 Lost Away 88-68 *Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois Lost 1 02-20-20 Lost Away 63-60 01-17-19 Won Away 83-61 (ESPN+) Austin Peay Lost 2 12-21-20 Lost Away 74-70 02-14-19 Won Away 73-71 *UT Martin at Belmont, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Belmont Lost 3 02-06-20 Lost Away 71-64 11-21-98 Won Away 76-69 *Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Tennessee Tech at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Monday, January 11
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #00 ROBINSON, Demond Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 * 15:22 5-5 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.0 0 3 2 1 0 10 10.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 * 21:07 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 10 10.0 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 * 27:18 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 6 8 4.7 3 3 3 1 0 12 10.7 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 * 16:08 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 5.0 3 0 1 0 1 49.0 00-- DemondDemond RobinsonRobinson at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 * 22:27 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 5.0 1 2 3 0 2 48.0 SOPHOMORE Transylvania 12/15/2020 * 20:44 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 5.0 1 2 2 2 0 88.0 F - 6-8 - 255 - Montgomery, Ala. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 * 21:30 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.7 4 1 5 0 0 27.1 Robert E. Lee HS Totals 7 144:36 25-28 .893 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 11 22 33 4.7 15 12 17 4 4 50 7.1 2019-20 Player Averages • Played in 29 games and started the Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG FT Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct fi nal 24 games. Played game game Pct Pct game game game ratio game game • Scored 6.2 points per game and 7 20.7 7.1 89.3 0.0 0.0 4.7 1.7 2.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 hauled in 3.6 rebounds. • 42 offensive rebounds was third on the team behind Anthony Smith (84) and KJ Williams (63). • Led the Racers with 44 blocked shots (2nd OVC). His 44 means a he debuted at 44th on the all-time career blocks list at MSU. • Had eight games of scoring in double-fi gures including a 14-point performance in the OVC Tournament championship game against Belmont which included a MSU record for the tournament with six blocked shots. • Had a high rebound game of nine in a game at SIUE (Feb. 22). • Before MSU • Joins the Racers out of Lee High School in Montgomery, Ala. • Was named All State in Alabama class 7A, the largest classifi cation in the state as a junior in the 2017-18 season. • Scored 15 points per game for the Generals and grabbed eight rebounds per game and he also led his team in steals and blocked shots. • He surpassed the 1,000 point mark in his prep career and also became the school’s all-time leader in blocked shots and rebounds. • He fi nished as part of the winningest class in Lee High School history. RROBINSONOBINSON CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS ROBINSON, Demond Personal Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring • Born Oct. 11, 2000, son of Felecia SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG Johnson, grandson of Georgia Pierce 2019-20 MSU 29-24 421/14.5 73-137 .533 0-2 .000 33-55 .600 42 62 104 3.6 51-0 11 35 44 13 179 6.2 and Godson of Tiffani Cain. 2020-21 MSU 7-7 145/20.7 25-28 .893 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 11 22 33 4.7 15-0 12 17 4 4 50 7.1 • Siblings: Jujuan johnson, Feaja Johnson, Geonni Johnson, Geovonni TOTAL 36-31 566/15.7 98-165 .594 0-2 .000 33-55 .600 53 84 137 3.8 66-0 23 52 48 17 229 6.4 Johnson. Single Game Highs • Undeclared on a major. Statistic Value Points 16 vs Brescia 11/16/19, vs Cumberland (TN) 12/28/19 Rebounds 9 at SIUE 02/22/20 Assists 3 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Illinois St. 12/05/20 Steals 24 times Blocks 6 vs Belmont 03/07/20 FG Made 8 vs Brescia 11/16/19 FG Attempts 11 vs Belmont 03/07/20 3FG Attempts 1 at Tennessee Tech 01/11/20, vs Drake 11/27/19 FT Made 4 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19, vs Cumberland (TN) 12/28/19, vs Belmont 03/07/20 FT Attempts 6 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19, vs Belmont 03/07/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #1 SMITH, DaQuan Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 16:09 4-5 .800 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 1 5 1 1 1 99.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 24:41 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 3 2 0 0 0 25.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 24:21 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 5 1 0 0 1 34.7 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 20:19 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 0 2 0 0 3 44.5 1 - DaQuanDaQuan SmithSmith at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 17:09 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 1.6 0 2 1 0 1 64.8 SOPHOMORE Transylvania 12/15/2020 19:58 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 0 2 1 0 0 44.7 G - 6-1 - 185 - Holly Springs, Miss. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 23:29 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 1.6 3 0 1 0 1 10 5.4 Holly Springs HS Totals 0 146:07 16-33 .485 2-15 .133 4-4 1.000 1 10 11 1.6 12 14 4 1 7 38 5.4 2019-20 Player Averages • Played in 32 games with 30 starts Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct total and the fi nal 25. Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game • Scored 7.2 points per game and was 7 20.9 5.4 48.5 13.3 100.0 1.6 2.0 0.6 3.5 1.0 0.1 second on the team with 110 assists (Tevin Brown was fi rst at 117). • Made 45 3-point baskets for third on the team. • Had eight games of double-digit scoring. • His high point game was 21 points against Kennesaw State (Dec. 16). • Had a season-high nine assists against Middle Tennessee (Dec. 7).
2018-19 • Was a redshirt and will be a freshman in the 2019-20 season. • Slowed by injury, he did see time in three games where he scored three point in 13 total minutes.
Before MSU • Led Holly Springs to the Mississippi 3A state tournament championship game where they fi nished runner up. • Helping HSHS to 23 wins in the 2017-18 season, he scored 26.3 points per game to go with 7.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals. • Scored 816 points in 31 games as a senior. • Finished as the all-time leading scoring at Holly Springs with 2,788 points. DD.. SMITHSMITH CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS • He surpassed Clevin Hannah (2003- SMITH, Daquan 06) who had 2,300 points and went on Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring to play at Wichita State. SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG • Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy 2018-19 MSU 3-0 14/4.7 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1-0 1 2 0 0 31.0 Dozen as one of the top 12 players in 2019-20 MSU 32-30 892/27.9 85-238 .357 45-138 .326 14-21 .667 8 86 94 2.9 52-3 110 64 5 21 229 7.2 the state in the preseason. 2020-21 MSU 7-0 146/20.9 16-33 .485 2-15 .133 4-4 1.000 1 10 11 1.6 12-1 14 4 1 7 38 5.4 • Was a four-time Mississippi All-State TOTAL 42-30 1052/25.1 102-278 .367 48-156 .308 18-25 .720 9 96 105 2.5 65-4 125 70 6 28 270 6.4 selection. • Led his team to the Mississippi State Single Game Highs Tournament in four-straight seasons. Statistic Value • Was his class president. Points 21 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19 Personal Rebounds 7 at Evansville 12/21/19 • Born Dec. 23, 1999, son of Justin and Assists 9 vs Middle Tenn. 12/07/19 Tiffi ny Martin. Steals 3 at Tennessee St. 02/08/20, vs Austin Peay 12/08/20 • Siblings: Aniyah Smith. Blocks 16 times • Majoring in accounting and fi nance. FG Made 7 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19 FG Attempts 15 at Belmont 02/06/20 3FG Made 5 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19 3FG Attempts 94 times FT Made 3 at Evansville 12/21/19 FT Attempts 4 vs Southern U. 11/09/19
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #2 CARTER, JR., Chico Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 13:39 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 0 4 4 1 0 14 14.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 20:19 5-12 .417 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 4.5 1 1 7 0 2 13 13.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 16:47 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 3.3 0 3 2 0 0 7 11.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 21:35 7-10 .700 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 1 3 2 0 1 17 12.8 22-- ChicoChico CarterCarter at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 22:41 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 2.4 4 2 1 0 0 10 12.2 Transylvania 12/15/2020 16:11 5-6 .833 4-4 1.000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 2.2 0 3 0 0 1 14 12.5 SOPHOMORE at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 09:16 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 2 1 3 0 2 2 11.0 G - 6-2 - 190 - Columbia S.C. Cardinal Newman HS Totals 0 120:28 31-53 .585 10-17 .588 5-7 .714 1 13 14 2.0 8 17 19 1 6 77 11.0 2019-20 Player Averages • Played in 22 games with two starts. Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Was slowed by injury twice during Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game the season. 7 17.2 11.0 58.5 58.8 71.4 2.0 2.4 2.7 0.9 0.9 0.1 • Scored 6.3 points per game and dished out 51 assists. • Had six games of double-fi gure scoring and two of the fi nal three games of the season. • Had a season-high 20 points against Brescia (Nov. 16).
Before MSU • Joins the Racers from Cardinal Newman High School in Columbia, S.C. • As a junior in 2017-18, he scored 21.8 points and hauled in 5.2 rebounds per game to go with 4.7 assists per game. • He had 19 games of 20 points or more and two games of 30 point scoring.
Personal • Born Nov. 3, 2000, son of Chico Carter and Kitty Carter. • Siblings: Cierra Carter • Majoring in management and entrepreneurship.
CCARTERARTER CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS CARTER, JR., Chico Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 MSU 22-2 396/18.0 48-108 .444 13-34 .382 29-33 .879 3 31 34 1.5 39-0 51 34 3 13 138 6.3 2020-21 MSU 7-0 120/17.2 31-53 .585 10-17 .588 5-7 .714 1 13 14 2.0 8-0 17 19 1 6 77 11.0 TOTAL 29-2 517/17.8 79-161 .491 23-51 .451 34-40 .850 4 44 48 1.7 47-0 68 53 4 19 215 7.4
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 20 vs Brescia 11/16/19 Rebounds 5 vs Brescia 11/16/19, vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 9 vs Brescia 11/16/19 Steals 24 times Blocks 14 times FG Made 7 vs Brescia 11/16/19, vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Austin Peay 12/08/20 FG Attempts 12 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/20 3FG Made 4 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 3FG Attempts 5 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/20 FT Made 5 vs Southern U. 11/09/19, vs Brescia 11/16/19 FT Attempts 6 vs Brescia 11/16/19
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #4 BOSTICK, Dionte Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 14:35 5-6 .833 1-1 1.000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 13 13.0 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 02:20 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 48.5 Transylvania 12/15/2020 06:16 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 1 1 1 36.7 Totals 0 23:11 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1 1 2 0.7 3 2 3 2 3 20 6.7 4 - DionteDionte BostickBostick FRESHMAN Player Averages Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ G - 6-2 - 190 - Clearwater, Fla. FG Pct FT Pct East Lake HS Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game 3 7.7 6.7 72.7 50.0 50.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 Before MSU • Helped East Lake to the Florida State Tournament semifi nals for the fi rst time in school history. • Played for East Lake head coach Britt Taylor • In 2019-20, scored 724 points and dished 138 assists. • His averages were 24.1 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.6 steals. • Was named Florida Dairy Farmers Class 6A Player of the Year and All- State for a second time by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches. • Personal • Born Dionte Jicory Bostick, son of Robert and Jennifer Bostick on May 10, 2001. • Siblings: three brothers and four sisters. Kenny, Willie, Tupac. Kimberly, Candace, D’Tia and Mackenzie. • Undecided on a major.
BBOSTICKOSTICK CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS BOSTICK, Dionte Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 3-0 23/7.7 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1 1 2 0.7 3-0 2 3 2 3 20 6.7 TOTAL 3-0 23/7.7 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1 1 2 0.7 3-0 2 3 2 3 20 6.7
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 13 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Steals 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Blocks 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20 FG Made 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 6 vs Greenville 11/29/20 3FG Made 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20 3FG Attempts 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20 FT Made 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Attempts 3 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #10 BROWN, Tevin Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 * 18:28 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1 7 8 8.0 0 9 2 0 2 10 10.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 * 37:48 4-14 .286 1-7 .143 4-6 .667 2 5 7 7.5 0 3 2 0 1 13 11.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 * 38:29 8-16 .500 3-6 .500 3-5 .600 0 9 9 8.0 1 6 1 1 2 22 15.0 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 * 32:46 7-16 .438 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 0 4 4 7.0 1 1 3 1 2 19 16.0 1100 - TevinTevin BrownBrown at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 * 33:57 1-7 .143 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.0 4 0 1 1 1 3 13.4 Transylvania 12/15/2020 * 29:22 5-10 .500 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 0 3 3 6.3 3 5 0 0 1 12 13.2 JUNIOR at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 * 37:35 8-14 .571 1-7 .143 1-2 .500 0 3 3 5.9 4 5 5 1 1 18 13.9 G - 6-5 - 175 - Fairhope, Ala. Totals 7 228:25 37-84 .440 14-45 .311 9-15 .600 4 37 41 5.9 13 29 14 4 10 97 13.9 Fairhope HS 2019-20 Player Averages • Named to the All-OVC First Team, Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct NABC All-District 18 and Lou Henson Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game All-America. 7 32.6 13.9 44.0 31.1 60.0 5.9 4.1 2.0 2.1 1.4 0.6 • Scored 17.9 points per game (5th OVC), dished out 117 assists (7th OVC) and started all 32 games as only he and Anthony Smith started every game. • Only player in the OVC to rank in the top-10 in scoring (17.9ppg, 5th OVC), assists (3.7apg, 8th OVC) and Assist/ Turnover Ratio (1.4, 10th OVC). • One of three players in the OVC to lead his team in scoring and assists. • Brown was 85-of-203 in the 2019-20 season and was ranked third in the OVC with a percentage of .419 (20th NCAA). His 2.7 made threes per game ranked second. • In two season, has already made 175 3-pointers (9th MSU). 85 made threes (2019-20) is seventh place all time at MSU and his 90 threes from his freshman season (2018-19) is eighth. • Was the only player in NCAA D-I with 522 points, 148 rebounds, 117 assists and 85 made 3-point shots. • 2018-19 • Started all 33 games. • Ranked third in the OVC with 2.7 made 3-point baskets per game. • Was the top 3-point shooter on the team. Made 90-of-242 for a BBROWNROWN CCAREERAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS percentage of .372. • At UT Martin (Jan. 10), tied a MSU BROWN, Tevin record with nine made 3-point Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG baskets 2018-19 MSU 33-33 1082/32.8 130-314 .414 90-242 .372 38-47 .809 19 135 154 4.7 71-1 75 37 19 36 388 11.8 • Scored a season-high 31 points in the UTM 2019-20 MSU 32-32 1196/37.4 172-385 .447 85-203 .419 143-194 .737 12 136 148 4.6 63-0 117 82 12 38 572 17.9 game on 9-of-14 effort from long range. 2020-21 MSU 7-7 228/32.6 37-84 .440 14-45 .311 9-15 .600 4 37 41 5.9 13-0 29 14 4 10 97 13.9 TOTAL 72-72 2506/34.8 339-783 .433 189-490 .386 190-256 .742 35 308 343 4.8 147-1 221 133 35 84 1057 14.7 • Before MSU • Was a fi nalist for Mr. Basketball in Single Game Highs Alabama. Statistic Value • Finished his high school career with more than 2,000 points. Points 31 at UT Martin 01/10/19, at Evansville 12/21/19 Rebounds 11 vs Eastern Ill. 02/07/19 Personal Assists 9 vs Greenville 11/29/20 • Born Sept. 23, 1998, son of Anthony Steals 4 vs SIUE 02/09/19, vs La Salle 11/25/19 Brown and Nicki Shipman. Blocks 3 vs Eastern Ky. 02/27/20 • Siblings: Diamond Smith and Kensli FG Made 10 at UT Martin 01/10/19, at Tennessee St. 02/08/20 McCovery. • Majoring in integrated studies - FG Attempts 21 at Evansville 12/21/19 communications. 3FG Made 9 at UT Martin 01/10/19 3FG Attempts 14 at UT Martin 01/10/19 FT Made 14 at Southeast Mo. St. 01/18/20 FT Attempts 19 at Southeast Mo. St. 01/18/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #11 SMITH, Matt Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 11:48 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 88.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 01:34 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 25.0 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 04:44 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 04:01 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.8 2 0 1 0 0 12.8 111-1- MatthewMatthew SmithSmith Totals 0 22:07 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 7 11 2.8 4 1 2 0 0 11 2.8 R-FRESHMAN G - 6-6 - 225 - Charlotte N.C. Player Averages Independence HS Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game 2019-20 4 5.5 2.8 50.0 0.0 75.0 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 Sat out the season as a redshirt.
Before MSU • Joined the Racers from Independence High School in Charlotte, N.C. • As a junior, he was part of a team that won the North Carolina State class 4A championship in the state’s highest classifi cation in 2017-18. The Patriots were 31-1 in winning the title. • As a junior in 2017-18, he averaged 12 points and nine rebounds per game.
Personal • Born Feb. 13, 2001, son of Toney Smith and Mary Mitchell-Smith. • Siblings: none. • Majoring in architectural engineering tech.
MM.. SSMITHMITH CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS SMITH, Matt Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 4-0 22/5.5 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 7 11 2.8 4-0 1 2 0 0 11 2.8 TOTAL 4-0 22/5.5 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 7 11 2.8 4-0 1 2 0 0 11 2.8
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 8 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Made 4 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 7 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Made 2 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/20 FT Attempts 2 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/20, vs Austin Peay 12/08/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #13 GILMORE, Devin Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 14:11 9-11 .818 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 9.0 1 2 2 2 0 20 20.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 19:24 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 6 7 8.0 4 0 1 1 0 6 13.0 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 11:07 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 4 0 1 0 0 29.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 21:50 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3 3 6 6.3 4 3 0 1 0 78.8 1133 - DevinDevin GilmoreGilmore at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 33:17 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 3 6 9 6.8 1 4 0 0 2 98.8 SENIOR Transylvania 12/15/2020 20:12 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 1 3 6.2 2 1 2 0 1 10 9.0 F - 6-6 - 200 - Picayune, Miss. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 26:60 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 6.1 3 0 0 0 1 68.6 Madison Ridgeland Academy Totals 0 147:01 24-35 .686 0-1 .000 12-15 .800 13 30 43 6.1 19 10 6 4 4 60 8.6 2019-20 Player Averages • Appeared off the Racer bench in Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct all 32 games for an average of 13.6 Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game minutes per game. 7 21.0 8.6 68.6 0.0 80.0 6.1 1.4 0.9 1.7 0.6 0.6 • Was one of the most effi cient players in the OVC with an average of 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. • Made an amazing 73 percent of his shots during the season on 66-of- 90 (.733). • Will rank very high on MSU career fi eld goal percentage if he can get to 200 total attempts. Enters his senior season at 69 percent on 110- 159 (.692). • Has grabbed 61 offensive rebounds in only 70 career games.
2018-19 • Made a big leap in his second season at MSU by appearing in 25 games, including signifi cant minutes in the fi nal 15 games. • In the fi nal 15 games of the season, he played 13.3 minutes per game with 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. • Against Austin Peay (March 2) he scored 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting with fi ve rebounds and a pair of blocked shots. • 2017-18 • Appeared in 13 games. GGILMOREILMORE CAREERCAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS Before MSU GILMORE, Devin • Joined the Racers from Ridgeland Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Academy in Madison, Mississippi. SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG • He was a major player on a Ridgeland 2017-18 MSU 13-0 30/2.3 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 10 12 0.9 3-0 0 1 1 1 10 0.8 team that went 33-9 in 2016-17 and 2018-19 MSU 25-0 244/9.8 39-61 .639 0-3 .000 12-17 .706 24 47 71 2.8 18-0 9 3 13 8 90 3.6 won its third state championship in four 2019-20 MSU 32-0 436/13.6 66-90 .733 1-1 1.000 18-26 .692 35 96 131 4.1 50-1 17 15 14 13 151 4.7 seasons in Mississippi’s Independent 2020-21 MSU 7-0 147/21.0 24-35 .686 0-1 .000 12-15 .800 13 30 43 6.1 19-0 10 6 4 4 60 8.6 Class 4A. TOTAL 77-0 858/11.1 134-194 .691 1-5 .200 42-60 .700 74 183 257 3.3 90-1 36 25 32 26 311 4.0 • As a senior in the 2016-17 season, he scored 18.6 points per game with Single Game Highs 7.2 rebounds per game. • He fi nished his four-year career at Statistic Value Ridgeland eclipsing the 2,000-point Points 20 vs Greenville 11/29/20 mark. Rebounds 10 4 times • Named the Mississippi Independent Assists 4 at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 Schools State Class 4A Mr. Basketball as Steals 25 times a junior and senior. Blocks 3 at Tennessee Tech 02/02/19, vs Morehead St. 02/15/20 Personal FG Made 9 vs Greenville 11/29/20 • Born Oct. 16, 1997, son of Dewayne FG Attempts 11 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Cunningham and Maria Gilmore. 3FG Made 1 at UT Martin 01/16/20 • Siblings: Detrick Goff and De’Andrea 3FG Attempts 15 times Cunningham. FT Made 4 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 • Majoring in integrated studies- FT Attempts 6 vs Tennessee St. 01/26/19 health & exercise. 27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #14 HILL, Justice Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 * 17:50 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 10 10 10.0 0 11 2 0 0 77.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 * 19:41 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 6.0 1 1 3 0 1 45.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 * 31:50 4-9 .444 4-7 .571 3-4 .750 0 0 0 4.0 1 6 3 0 0 15 8.7 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 * 16:07 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 3.3 2 1 1 0 0 37.3 1144 - JusticeJustice HillHill at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 * 24:44 1-8 .125 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.0 2 7 3 0 1 26.2 SOPHOMORE Transylvania 12/15/2020 * 17:33 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 0 2 2 0 0 66.2 G - 6-0- 170 - Little Rock, Ark. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 * 30:44 5-10 .500 2-4 .500 5-7 .714 0 3 3 2.7 1 3 2 0 3 17 7.7 Little Rock Christian HS Totals 7 158:29 19-53 .358 7-18 .389 9-13 .692 2 17 19 2.7 7 31 16 0 5 54 7.7
Before MSU Player Averages • Joins the Racers from Salt Lake Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Community College in Salt Lake City, Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game Utah. 7 22.6 7.7 35.8 38.9 69.2 2.7 4.4 2.3 1.9 0.7 0.0 • Out of Little Rock, Arkansas, he became a NJCAA First Team All-America following the 2019-20 season and was named the Region 18 Player-of-the- Year. • Averaged 13.9 points per game with 4.3 assists per game. • Led the team with 142 assists and made 40 steals. • Was a star multi-sport athlete in football, basketball and track & fi eld at Little Rock Christian. • In football in 2018, was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Arkansas after passing for 3,084 yards and 37 touchdowns against just four interceptions. • Led Little Rock Christian to the school’s fi rst state football title. • Also fi nished second in the 2018 Arkansas State 5A meet in the high jump (6 feet, 2 inches) and was fi fth at state in the long jump (21 feet, 1.75 inches).
Personal • Born May 14, 2000, son of Fitz and Cynthia Hill.
HHILLILL CAREERCAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS HILL, Justice Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 7-7 158/22.6 19-53 .358 7-18 .389 9-13 .692 2 17 19 2.7 7-0 31 16 0 5 54 7.7 TOTAL 7-7 158/22.6 19-53 .358 7-18 .389 9-13 .692 2 17 19 2.7 7-0 31 16 0 5 54 7.7
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 17 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 Rebounds 10 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 11 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Steals 3 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 FG Made 5 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 FG Attempts 10 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 3FG Made 4 vs Illinois St. 12/05/20 3FG Attempts 7 vs Illinois St. 12/05/20 FT Made 5 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 FT Attempts 7 at Austin Peay 12/21/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #22 WHITLEY, Brion Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 * 12:21 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 3 5 0 0 0 77.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 * 16:59 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 45.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 * 09:27 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 2.7 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.7 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 * 23:59 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 2.8 0 1 0 1 0 10 5.3 2222 - BrionBrion WhitleyWhitley at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 * 21:30 5-10 .500 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 3.0 5 0 5 0 1 15 7.2 R-JUNIOR Transylvania 12/15/2020 * 16:43 4-7 .571 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 1 5 6 3.5 0 0 3 0 1 11 7.8 G - 6-4 - 200 - Sarasota, Fla. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 * 18:56 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 2 0 1 0 1 27.0 Riverview HS Totals 7 119:55 18-37 .486 7-21 .333 6-7 .857 3 19 22 3.1 12 7 11 1 3 49 7.0
2019-20 Player Averages • Sat out the season with an injury. Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game 2018-19 7 17.1 7.0 48.6 33.3 85.7 3.1 1.0 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 • Appeared in 30 games on the season. • Hit 21-of-45 from the 3-point line for a percentage of 467. • In the game at Southern Illinois (Dec. 12) came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the fl oor in 11 minutes on the fl oor. • Went 2-of-2 from 3-point range against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 16) and was 3-of-6 at Morehead State (Feb. 28).
2017-18 • Appeared in 14 games on the season. • Had a season high of six points against Marist. • When injury problems for the Racers showed up in the UT Martin game late in the season, he played seven meaningful minutes with a one point, rebound and assist.
Before MSU • Was an outstanding talent at Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida. • Helped the Riverview Rams win 50 games in his junior and senior seasons. • In 2015-17, helped lead his team to a 28-2 record and advance to the Florida 8A State Tournament title WWHITLEYHITLEY CCAREERAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS game. WHITLEY, Brion • He was named All-Tournament and Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring averaged 20 points per game for SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG the season. 2017-18 MSU 15-0 47/3.1 7-14 .500 3-10 .300 5-9 .556 2 4 6 0.4 4-0 3 3 0 1 22 1.5 • As a senior in 2016-17, he scored 19.7 2018-19 MSU 29-0 260/9.0 28-67 .418 21-45 .467 14-20 .700 4 15 19 0.7 25-0 8 11 1 10 91 3.1 points per game with 5.6 rebounds 2020-21 MSU 7-7 120/17.1 18-37 .486 7-21 .333 6-7 .857 3 19 22 3.1 12-1 7 11 1 3 49 7.0 and three assists. TOTAL 51-7 427/8.4 53-118 .449 31-76 .408 25-36 .694 9 38 47 0.9 41-1 18 25 2 14 162 3.2 • Named the Player of the Game at the Sarasota-Manatee All-Star game Single Game Highs when he scored 44 points. Statistic Value • Named MVP of the Alaska Airlines Classic and the Sun Coast Classic. Points 15 at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 • Named All-Sarasota/Manatee First Rebounds 6 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 Team as a junior and a senior. Assists 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 • Scored 1,000 plus points in his two Steals 2 vs Southeast Mo. St. 02/23/19, at Jacksonville St. 01/31/19 seasons at Riverview. Blocks 1 vs Belmont 01/24/19, vs Austin Peay 12/08/20 FG Made 5 at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 Personal FG Attempts 10 at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 • Born June 7, 1998, son of Kent and 3FG Made 3 vs Spalding 11/16/18, at Southern Ill. 12/11/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20 Danielle Whitley. • Siblings: Jordan Whitley, John Whitley, 3FG Attempts 6 at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 Ryan Whitley, Aaron Whitley. FT Made 4 vs Bethel (TN) 12/29/18 • Majoring in political science. FT Attempts 4 at Auburn 12/22/18, vs Bethel (TN) 12/29/18
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #23 WILLIAMS, KJ Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 * 12:03 11-12 .917 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 1 1 1 1 0 22 22.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 * 31:23 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 4.5 2 2 2 0 2 7 14.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 * 30:20 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 3 8 11 6.7 4 1 3 0 2 15 14.7 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 * 29:00 6-6 1.000 0-0 .000 4-5 .800 4 3 7 6.8 2 0 2 0 0 16 15.0 223-3- KJKJ WilliamsWilliams at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 * 22:36 7-11 .636 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2 5 7 6.8 4 0 4 1 0 17 15.4 Transylvania 12/15/2020 * 22:05 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 2 7 9 7.2 1 0 0 1 1 10 14.5 JUNIOR F - 6-10 - 245 - Cleveland, Miss. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 * 29:31 5-5 1.000 0-0 .000 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 6.6 4 1 1 0 1 13 14.3 Cleveland Central HS Totals 7 176:58 44-63 .698 3-8 .375 9-15 .600 13 33 46 6.6 18 5 13 3 6 100 14.3 2019-20 Player Averages • Scored 13.7 points per game (14th Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct OVC) and hauled in 7.4 rebounds per Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game game (7th OVC). 7 25.3 14.3 69.8 37.5 60.0 6.6 0.7 1.9 0.4 0.9 0.4 • Scored a career-high 23 points against Weber State (Nov. 26) in a game where he hit 11-of-15 from the fi eld. • Helped the Racers to a national rank of 12th in defensive rebounding and a ranking of 17th in rebound margin, both were the best in the OVC. • With two seasons in the books, goes into junior season already in the top-50 all-time rebounders at Murray State with 383 total rebounds.
2018-19 • Had a tremendous fi rst season with the Racers including seeing action in 32 games and making 22 starts. • Set the MSU single-season fi eld goal percentage record by hitting 111-of-159 for a clip of .698. He topped the previous mark set by Tony Easley when he shot .689 (115-167) in the 2007-08 season. • Before MSU • Joined the Racers from Cleveland Central High School. • Had a tremendous 2017-18 season for the CCHS Wolves in scoring 21 points per game and grabbing 11 rebounds per game. • Had a triple-double against Indianola FT Attempts 4 at Auburn 12/22/18, vs Bethel (TN) 12/29/18 Gentry with 21 points, 12 rebounds and WWILLIAMSILLIAMS CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS 10 blocked shots. WILLIAMS, Kj • Also a highly regarded quarterback. Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring • Led Cleveland Central to a 12-1 record SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG in 2017 and threw for more than 2,400 2018-19 MSU 32-22 582/18.2 111-159 .698 1-5 .200 20-38 .526 58 93 151 4.7 60-0 15 21 19 18 243 7.6 yards with 21 touchdowns and he rushed 2019-20 MSU 32-8 745/23.3 156-287 .544 18-50 .360 75-112 .670 63 169 232 7.3 73-0 33 50 21 34 405 12.7 for 300 yards. 2020-21 MSU 7-7 177/25.3 44-63 .698 3-8 .375 9-15 .600 13 33 46 6.6 18-0 5 13 3 6 100 14.3 TOTAL 71-37 1505/21.2 311-509 .611 22-63 .349 104-165 .630 134 295 429 6.0 151-0 53 84 43 58 748 10.5 Personal • Born Sept. 3, 1999, son of Marcus Single Game Highs Smith and Arnie Williams, grandson of Statistic Value Shirley Williams. • Siblings: Jeremy Boddie, Antwon Points 23 vs Weber St. 11/26/19 Thomas III. Rebounds 16 at Eastern Ill. 01/17/19 • Undeclared on a major. Assists 4 vs Southeast Mo. St. 01/04/20 Steals 4 vs Austin Peay 02/29/20 Blocks 34 times FG Made 11 vs Weber St. 11/26/19, vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 15 vs SIUE 02/01/20, at Tennessee Tech 01/11/20, vs Weber St. 11/26/19 3FG Made 3 at Belmont 02/06/20, at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 3FG Attempts 5 at Belmont 02/06/20, at Southern Ill. 12/11/20 FT Made 8 vs Eastern Ky. 02/27/20, vs Tennessee St. 01/25/20 FT Attempts 10 vs Eastern Ky. 02/27/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #24 KIRBY, Ja'Queze Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 16:24 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 7 9 9.0 2 2 1 1 1 10 10.0 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 02:20 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.0 Transylvania 12/15/2020 06:16 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 4 5 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 24.0 Totals 0 25:00 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 12 15 5.0 6 3 2 3 2 12 4.0 224-4- Ja’QuezeJa’Queze KirbyKirby FRESHMAN Player Averages Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG FT Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ F - 6-6 - 190 - Hazlehurst, Ga. FG Pct Jeff Davis HS Played game game Pct Pct game game game ratio game game 3 8.3 4.0 85.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.7 1.0 Before MSU • Ja’Queze Kirby joins the Racers from Hazlehurst, Georgia where he played for Coach Bo Boatright at Jeff Davis High School. • In 2019-20 as a senior, scored 19.4 points per game with 11.6 rebounds per game. Additionally, he averaged 4.8 blocked shots per game, 4.1 assists and 2.9 steals. • He recorded 17 double-doubles and three triple-doubles and fi nished with career totals of more than 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds. • Kirby leaves a legacy at JDHS that includes him being a four-time All-State selection by the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association and back-to-back 2A Player of the Year awards. • The Atlanta Journal Constitution named him 2A Mr. Basketball in Georgia in 2020.
Personal • Born Ja’Queze Xavier Kirby on April 4, 2001 to parents Marquita Clements and Jason Kirby. • Siblings: Brothers Ahmod, Jalen, Jashawn and Tyree. Sisters: Octavia, Kalyla, Nijae and Jasmine. • Undecided on a major.
FT Attempts 4 vs Illinois St. 12/05/20 KKIRBYIRBY CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS KIRBY, Ja'queze Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 3-0 25/8.3 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 12 15 5.0 6-0 3 2 3 2 12 4.0 TOTAL 3-0 25/8.3 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 12 15 5.0 6-0 3 2 3 2 12 4.0
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 10 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 9 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Steals 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20 Blocks 1 vs Greenville 11/29/20, vs Austin Peay 12/08/20, vs Transylvania 12/15/20 FG Made 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 6 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Attempts 1 vs Transylvania 12/15/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #25 THOMAS, Rodriguez Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 11:51 4-5 .800 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 12 12.0 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 02:20 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 Transylvania 12/15/2020 05:13 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 Totals 0 19:24 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1.0 3 0 1 1 0 12 4.0 225-5- RodRod ThomasThomas SOPHOMORE Player Averages G - 6-0 - 185 - Paducah, Ky. Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Tilghman HS Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game 2019-20 3 6.5 4.0 57.1 0.0 100.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 • Appeared in nine games for a total of 39 minutes on the fl oor with an average of 0.3 points per game.
Before MSU • Had an outstanding prep career at Paducah Tilghman High School. • Topped 1,600 points in his career with the Blue Tornado. • As a senior in the 2019-20 season, he scored 15.2 points per game to go with 4.2 rebounds per game. • Was named to the Paducah Sun All- Purchase Team twice. • His career high came against University Heights when he scored 30 points as a junior in 2018-19. • Personal • Born June 19, 2001, son of Roderick Thomas and Dianndria Thomas. • Siblings: Destiny Thomas. • Majoring in health and physical education. • His father, Rod, Sr., played for the Racers for two seasons (2000-01) for Coach Tevester Anderson.
TTHOMASHOMAS CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS THOMAS, Rodriguez Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 MSU 9-0 29/3.2 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 5 6 0.7 4-0 2 4 0 1 30.3 2020-21 MSU 3-0 19/6.5 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1.0 3-0 0 1 1 0 12 4.0 TOTAL 12-0 48/4.0 5-12 .417 1-8 .125 4-4 1.000 2 7 9 0.8 7-0 2 5 1 1 15 1.3
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 12 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 3 vs Brescia 11/16/19 Assists 1 vs Brescia 11/16/19, at UT Martin 01/16/20 Steals 1 vs Kennesaw St. 12/16/19 Blocks 1 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 FG Made 4 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 3FG Made 1 vs Brescia 11/16/19 3FG Attempts 3 vs Brescia 11/16/19 FT Made 4 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Attempts 4 vs Greenville 11/29/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #32 MCMULLEN, Nicholas Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 12:01 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 1 4 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 16 16.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 07:04 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 05:37 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 04:55 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3322 - NicholasNicholas McMullenMcMullen at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 01:39 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 FRESHMAN Transylvania 12/15/2020 09:52 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 23.0 F - 6-8 - 235 - Greensboro, N.C. at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 01:59 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.6 Ben L. Smith HS Totals 0 43:07 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 5 9 1.3 5 1 1 0 0 18 2.6 Before MSU Player Averages • Joins the Racers from Ben L. Smith Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG FT Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct High School in Greensboro, North Played game game Pct Pct game game game ratio game game Carolina where he played for Coach 7 6.2 2.6 69.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 Derrick Partee. • In 2019-20 as a senior, averaged 15.5 points per game to go with 9.9 rebounds per game. • Had a game against Eastern Gillford when he had 25 points and 17 rebounds. • Earned All-Piedmont Triad 3A Conference honors and landed a spot on the 3A All-State First Team by the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association. • News & Record named him to it’s All-Greater Greensboro Team. • Personal • Born Nicholas Khalil McMullen on May 13, 2002 to parents Calvin and Kadia McMullen. • Siblings: Calli, Jacob, Christian and Corine. • Undecided on a major.
MMCMULLENCMULLEN CAREERCAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS MCMULLEN, Nicholas Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 7-0 43/6.2 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 5 9 1.3 5-0 1 1 0 0 18 2.6 TOTAL 7-0 43/6.2 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 5 9 1.3 5-0 1 1 0 0 18 2.6
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 16 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 4 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Assists 1 at Austin Peay 12/21/20 FG Made 8 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 11 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Attempts 1 vs Transylvania 12/15/20
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22020-21020-21 GAMEGAME LOGLOG #33 SIVILLS, Jackson Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 13:18 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 2 4 6 6.0 1 0 3 0 2 15 15.0 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 02:20 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 28.5 Transylvania 12/15/2020 09:35 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 88.3 Totals 0 25:13 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000 2 4 6 2.0 3 0 3 0 3 25 8.3 333-3- JacksonJackson SivillsSivills Player Averages FRESHMAN Games Minutes/ Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ G - 6-6 - 200 - Paducah, Ky. FG Pct FT Pct Played game game Pct game game game ratio game game McCracken County HS 3 8.4 8.3 64.3 50.0 100.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Before MSU • Joins the Racers from McCracken County High School in Paducah, Kentucky where he played for Coach Burlin Brower. • Sivills averaged 21.4 points per game to go with 7.9 rebounds in the 2019-20 season for the McCracken County Mustangs. • Finished his prep career with 1,998 points and 871 rebounds, both school records. • Louisville Courier Journal named Sivills to its All-State First Team and the Kentucky Lions Club named him to the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star series, which included being a fi nalist for the Mr. Basketball award. • Recognized by the Lexington Herald Leader as All-State and the Region-1 Player of the Year in 2020. • Honored by Paducah Sun as the Purchase Area Player of the Year in both junior and senior seasons.
Personal • Born Jackson Scott Sivills to parents Scott and Catherine on Nov. 20, 2001. • Siblings are Will and Caroline. • Undecided on a major.
SSIVILLSIVILLS CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS SIVILLS, Jackson Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 MSU 3-0 25/8.4 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000 2 4 6 2.0 3-0 0 3 0 3 25 8.3 TOTAL 3-0 25/8.4 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000 2 4 6 2.0 3-0 0 3 0 3 25 8.3
Single Game Highs Statistic Value Points 15 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Rebounds 6 vs Greenville 11/29/20 Steals 2 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Made 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FG Attempts 9 vs Greenville 11/29/20 3FG Made 1 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 3FG Attempts 2 vs Transylvania 12/15/20 FT Made 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20 FT Attempts 5 vs Greenville 11/29/20
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22015-162020-2101250-1261 GAMEGAME LOGLOG & LLEADERSEADERS Opp W-L Score Rec OVC OT High Scorer High Rebound High Assist High Block High Steal GREEN Won 172-95 1-0 ---- Williams 22 Hill 10 Hill 11 Gilmore 2 Brown, Gilmore, Sivills 2 MTSU Lost 61-78 1-1 ---- Brown, Carter 13 Brown, Gilmore 7 Brown 3 Gilmore 1 Carter, Williams 2 ISU Won 75-61 2-1 ---- Brown 22 Williams 11 Hill/Brown 6 Brown/Robinson 1 Brown, Williams 2 APSU Won 87-57 3-1 1-0 Brown 19 Williams 7 Carter, Gilmore 3 3 with 1 D. Smith 3 SIU Lost 66-70 3-2 ---- Williams 17 Williams, Brown 7 Hill 7 Williams, Brown 1 Gilmore, Robinson 2 TRANSY Won 90-49 4-2 ---- Carter 14 Williams 9 Brown 5 Robinson 2 5 with 1 APSU Lost 70-74 4-3 1-1 Brown 18 Gilmore 6 Brown 5 Brown 1 Hill 3 BEL MOR EIU SIUE SEMO UTM JSU TTU TSU BEL MOR EKU SEMO UTM EIU SIUE JSU TTU
GGAMEAME SSTARTERSTARTERS RRECORDSECORDS FORFOR LINEUPSLINEUPS Opp Date Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward 4-3 Brown, Hill, Whitley, Williams, Robinson Greenville 11-29 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Middle Tennessee 12-02 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Illinois State 12-05 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Austin Peay 12-08 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Southern Illinois 12-11 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Transylvania 12-15 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Austin Peay 12-21 Brown Hill Whitley Williams Robinson Belmont 12-30 Morehead State 01-02 Eastern Illinois 01-07 SSTARTTART CHARTCHART SIUE 01-09 20-21 Streak Career SE Missouri 01-14 Brown 7 71 72 UT Martin 01-16 Williams 7 2 35 Jacksonville St. 01-21 D. Smith 27 30 Robinson 7 31 40 Tennessee Tech 01-23 Carter 0 3 Tennessee State 01-28 Hill 7 7 7 Belmont 01-30 Whitley 7 7 7 Morehead State 02-04 Eastern Kentucky 02-06 SE Missouri 02-11 UT Martin 02-13 Eastern Illinois 02-18 SIUE 02-20 Jacksonville State 02-25 Tennessee Tech 02-27
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22020-21020-21 ALLALL GGAMESAMES FFREEREE THROWSTHROWS IINDIVIDUALNDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUSMISCELLANEOUS Biggest Lead FREE THROW STREAKS 20-PLUS POINTS 20-21 CAREER MSU: 86 vs Greenville 1:41 2H 2020-21 Current Tevin Brown 1 15 Opponents: 24 at MTSU 5:35 2H Devin Gilmore 4 KJ Williams 1 5 Biggest 1H Scoring KJ Williams 3 Chico Carter 1 Murray State: 87 vs Greenville DaQuan Smith 2 Opponent: 41 Greenville Justice Hill 1 10-PLUS ASSISTS 20-21 CAREER Biggest 2H Scoring Tevin Brown 1 Justice Hill 1 1 Murray State: 86 vs Greenville Opponent: 54 Greenville Best of Season 10-PLUS REBOUNDS 20-21 CAREER Biggest deficit overcome to win: Devin Gilmore 13 KJ Williams 1 11 MSU: 5 vs Illinois State 16:02 1H Devin Gilmore 4 Opponents: 10 at APSU 12:23 2H Chico Carter, Jr. 11 Biggest Halftime deficit overcome to win: Tevin Brown 2 MSU: 2019-20 Justice Hill 1 1 Opponents: 6, MSU led at APSU 39-33, lost 74-70 KJ Williams 16 Tevin Brown 15 DOUBLE-DOUBLES 20-21 CAREER PPLAYERLAYER OOFF TTHEHE GGAMEAME Anthony Smith 15 KJ Williams 1 10 2018-19 Devin Gilmore 3 11-29 Greenville Devin Gilmore* Ja Morant 22 Tevin Brown 2 12-02 Middle Tennessee Demond Robinson Ja Morant 19 Justice Hill 1 1 12-05 Illinois State Tevin Brown* 2017-18 12-08 Austin Peay Chico Carter* Jonathan Stark 39, 21 MSU Recent Triple Doubles 12-11 Southern Illinois Brion Whitley* 12-15 Transylvania Jackson Sivills* Ja Morant 18 Name Date P R A Opponent 12-21 Austin Peay Tevin Brown 2016-17 *Ja Morant 03-21-19 17 11 16 vs Marquette 12-30 Belmont Bryce Jones 25 Ja Morant 02-28-19 11 10 10 at Morehead St. 01-02 Morehead State Gee McGhee 24 Ja Morant 11-24-18 29 13 12 Missouri State 2015-16 Ja Morant 12-28-17 11 10 14 Eastern Illinois Bryce Jones 23 Isacc Miles 02-23-09 13 10 11 UT Martin 2014-15 T.J. Sapp 15 Current Consecutive Games with Made 3-pointer Cameron Payne 14 12 Tevin Brown 2013-14 Jeffery Moss 22 Cameron Payne 20
MSU CONSECUTIVE MADE FT RECORDS Jonathan Stark (2017-18) 39 Greg Coble (1989-90) 33
LLEDED TTHEHE RRACERSACERS IIN...N... RRACERACER BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS Matthew Smith Fr. 02-13-2001 SCORING 20-21 CAREER STEALS 20-21 CAREER Ja’Queze Kirby Fr. 04-04-2001 Tevin Brown 4 26 Tevin Brown 2 20 Matt McMahon HC 04-26-1978 KJ Williams 1 7 KJ Williams 2 13 Dionte Bostick Fr. 05-10-2001 Chico Carter 2 3 Devin Gilmore 2 7 Nicholas McMullen Fr. 05-13-2002 DaQuan Smith 1 DaQuan Smith 1 6 Justice Hill So. 05-14-2000 Devin Gilmore 1 2 Demond Robinson 1 4 Brion Whitley Jr. 06-07-1998 Brion Whitley 1 Rod Thomas So. 06-19-2001 REBOUNDING 20-21 CAREER Chico Carter, Jr. 1 3 KJ Williams Jr. 09-03-1999 KJ Williams 4 20 Jackson Sivills 1 1 Tevin Brown Jr. 09-23-1998 Tevin Brown 2 8 Justice Hill 1 1 Demond Robinson So. 10-11-2000 Devin Gilmore 2 6 Devin Gilmore Sr. 10-16-1997 Demond Robinson 3 BLOCKS 20-21 CAREER Chico Carter, Jr. So. 11-02-2000 Justice Hill 1 1 KJ Williams 1 15 Jackson Sivills Fr. 11-20-2001 Demond Robinson 2 14 DaQuan Smith So. 12-23-1999 ASSISTS 20-21 CAREER Tevin Brown 4 10 Tevin Brown 5 19 Devin Gilmore 3 7 DaQuan Smith 10 DaQuan Smith 2 Justice Hill 4 4 Brion Whitley 1 1 Chico Carter, Jr. 4 Chico Carter Jr. 1 KJ Williams 3
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MSU Player & Opponent Player With 20 Points James Singleton (23/14) H vs Tennessee State, 12-20-01 LLASTAST TTIMEIME IITT HHAPPENEDAPPENED Tevin Brown (24), Terry Taylor (27), Austin Peay, 03-06-20 James Singleton (21/11) at Louisville, 12-08-01 Tevin Brown (21), Jomaru Brown (24) EKU, 02-27-20 Isaac Spencer (42/15) H vs Tennessee State, 02-27-01 MSU Player 30+ Pts Jaiveon Eaves (21), Jordyn Adams (20) Austin Peay, 02-13-20 Isaac Spencer (26/10) H vs Tennessee Tech, 02-22-01 Tevin Brown (31) Evansville, A, L, OT, 12-21-19 Tevin Brown (28), Jylan Washington (24), TSU, 02-08-00 Isaac Spencer (30/12) at Eastern Kentucky, 02-17-01 Ja Morant (36) Belmont, N, W, 03-09-19 KJ Williams (20), Tyresse Williford (22), SIUE, 02-01-20 Isaac Spencer (27/13) at Morehead State, 02-15-01 Ja Morant (40) SIUE, H, W, 01-19-19 Brown (24), Josiah Wallace (24), EIU, 01-30-30 Isaac Spencer (22/10) at Eastern Illinois, 01-13-01 Tevin Brown (31) UT Martin, H, W, 01-10-19 Tevin Brown )24), Adam Kunkel (23), Belmont, 01-23-20 Isaac Spencer (20/11) H vs UT Martin, 01-06-01 Ja Morant (34) Eastern Kentucky, H, W, 01-05-19 Tevin Brown (29), DQ Nichols (21), SEMO, 01-18-20 Tevin Antoine Whelchel (21/10) H vs Western Kentucky, 12-05-00 Ja Motant (38) Alabama, A, L, 11-26-18 Tevin Brown (23), Parker Stewart (33), UT Martin, 01-02-29 Antoine Whelchel (27/12) H vs Gardner-Webb, 11-20-00 Jonathan Stark (36) SE Missouri, H, W, 01-04-18 Tevin Brown (31), Artur Labinowicz, Evansville (24), 12-21-19 Isaac Spencer (23/11) H vs Eastern Illinois, 03-04-00 Jonathan Stark, (37), Morehead State, N, W, 03-02-17 KJ Williams (23), Cody John, Weber State (20), 11-26-19 Aubrey Reese (24/12) at SE Missouri, 02-12-00 Jonathan Stark, (41), Tenn. Tech, N, W, 2PT, 03-01-17 Aubrey Reese (23/12) H vs UT Martin, 02-05-00 Jonathan Stark, (32) SDSU, A, L, OT, 12-17-16 MSU 20 Points & 10 Rebounds Ray Cunningham (20/16) H vs Tennessee State, 02-08-00 Jeffery Moss, (33) UTM, H, W, 2-27-16 Tevin Brown (21/10) H vs Eastern Kentucky, 02-27-20 Isaac Spencer (23/12) H vs Austin Peay, 01-18-00 Cameron Payne (31) UTM, A, W, 2-28-15 KJ Williams (20/14) H vs Eastern Kentucky, 02-27-20 Isaac Spencer (21/11) N vs Rhode Island, 12-29-00 Cameron Payne (33) EIU, A, W, 1-22-15 KJ Williams (20/15) H vs SIUE, 02-01-20 Ray Cunningham (25/13) H vs Alabama State, 12-11-99 Cameron Payne (32) UE, A, W, 12-13-14 Anthony Smith (22/10) at SE Missouri, 01-18-20 Isaac Spencer (28/11) H vs Detroit Mercy, 12-04-99 Jeffery Moss (31), Tenn. Tech, H, W, 1-23-14 Ja Morant (25/11) H vs Prairie View, 12-01-18 Ray Cunningham (20/13) H vs Colorado Springs, 11-20-99 Isaiah Canaan (31), UT Martin, H, L, 2-28-13 Ja Morant (29/13) H vs Missouri State, 12-01-18 Isaac Spencer (25/15) H vs Colorado-Springs, 11-20-99 Isaiah Canaan (35), Morehead State, A, W, 2OT, 2-20-13 Darnell Cowart (22/13) H vs UT Martin, 02-21-19 Darnell Cowart (23/12) H vs Eastern Illinois , 02-07-19 MSU 15+ rebounds Opponent 30+ Pts Terrell Miller (27/17) N vs West Virginia, 03-16-18 Anthony Smith (15) Belmont, 01-23-20 Terry Taylor (30), APSU, A, L, 12-21-20 Terrell Miller (20/12) at Eastern Illinois, 02-22-18 KJ Williams (16) Eastern Illinois, 01-17-19 Parker Stewart (33), UTM, H, W, 01-02-20 Terrell Miller (21/11) H vs Morehead State, 01-25-18 Terrell Miller (17) West Virginia, 03-16-18 Tyreese Williford (33), SIUE, A, W, 01-19-19 Terrell Miller (24/15) H vs Auburn, 12-19-17 Terrell Miller (18) Jacksonville State, 03-02-18 Nick Mayo (36), Eastern Kentucky, H, W, 01-05-19 Terrell Miller (21/10) at Wright State. 11-18-17 Terrell Miller (15) Auburn, 12-19-17 Denzel Mahoney (30), SEMO, A, W, 02-01-18 Terrell Miller (28/10) at Jacksonville State, 01-05-17 Jarvis Williams (15) SEMO, 3-1-14 Milik Yarbrough (30), Illinois State, A, W, 12-09-17 Terrell Miller (21/11) H vs Wright State, 12-22-16 Jarvis Williams (15) TTU, 1-23-14 Nick King (31), Middle Tennessee, H, L, 11-13-17 Terrell Miller (27/10) at Ole Miss, 12-15-16 Jarvis Williams (15) UT Martin, 1-05-14 Jacolby Mobley (33), UT Martin, A, L, 02-25-17 Cameron Payne (21/10) H vs Eastern Kentucky, 01-29-15 Jarvis Williams (18) SEMO, 1-02-14 Mike Daum (39), South Dakota State, A, L, OT, 12-17-16 Jarvis Williams (25/14) H vs Texas El Paso, 03-17-15 Kenny Gaines (35), Georgia, A, L, 11-20-15 Jarvis Williams (23/10) H vs Morehead State, 03-06-15 MSU 6+ 3-pointers D.J. Ballentine (31), Evansville, A, L, 12-13-14 Jarvis Williams (23/11) H vs SE Missouri, 02-05-15 Tevin Brown (6) Cumberland 12-28-19 Kevin Murphy (31), Tennessee Tech, W, N, 3-2-12 Jarvis Williams (25/11) at Jacksonville State, 01-11-15 Tevin Brown (9) at UTM 01-10-19 Jarvis Williams (24/12) H vs Western Kentucky, 12-06-14 Tevin Brown (6) at SIU 12-12-18 MSU two players 20+ points Jarvis Williams (20/10) N vs Drake, 11-30-14 Ja Morant (6) H MOST 11-24-18 Brown (29), A. Smith (22), SEMO, 1-18-20 Jarvis Williams (28/12) at Middle Tennessee, 11-18-14 Jonathan Stark (6) H EKU 01-27-18 Morant (30), Cowart (22), UTM, 02-21-19 Jarvis Williams (20/10) at Missouri State, 03-19-14 Jonathan Stark (7) at JSU 01-11-18 Morant (23), Cowart (23), EIU, 02-07-19 Jarvis Williams (25/15) at SE Missouri, 03-01-14 Jonathan Stark (6) H UTM 1-06-18 Morant (25), Buchanan (21), Auburn 12-22-18 Jarvis Williams (21/13) at Belmont, 02-16-14 Jonathan Stark (7) N Morehead State 3-02-17 Morant (23), Brown (20), SIU 12-12-18 Jarvis Williams (28/14) at Austin Peay, 01-31-14 Jonathan Stark (7) N Tennessee Tech 3-01-17 Morant (29), Buchanan (20), MOST 11-24-18 Jarvis Williams (20/15) H vs UT Martin, 01-05-14 Jonathan Stark (6) at UTM 2-25-17 Stark (29), Morant (23), SEMO 02-01-18 Jarvis Williams (25/13) H vs Bethel (TN), 11-19-13 Jonathan Stark (6) H SIUE 2-16-17 Stark (23), Miller (21), Morehead State 01-25-18 Ed Daniel (21/13) at Austin Peay, 01-12-13 Jonathan Stark (6) H Morehead State 02-08-17 Miller (24), Stark (21), Auburn 12-19-17 Ed Daniel (21/15) at Evansville, 12-08-12 Terrell Miller (6) at Jacksonville State 01-05-17 Stark (33), Miller (27), Morehead State 02-08-17 Ed Daniel (23/14) Bethel (TN), 12-04-12 Jonathan Stark (9) at South Dakota State 12-17-16 Miller (28), Stark (23), Jacksonville State 01-05-17 Ed Daniel (20/18) at Lipscomb, 11-26-12 Jonathan Stark (6) at Bowling Green 11-21-16 Stark (21), Miller (21), Wright State 12-22-16 Ed Daniel (20/10) N vs Colorado, 11-18-12 Jeffery Moss (6) H SEMO 2-13-16 Croaker (23), Stark (23), MTSU 11-15-16 Ivan Asla (21/10) at Morgan State, 11-14-11 Jeffery Moss (7) at SEMO 2-4-16 Jones (24), Moss (21), MOR 3-3-16 Danero Thomas (23/11) H vs Austin Peay, 02-06-10 Jeffery Moss (6) H TTU, 1-7-16 Bruce Carter (24/12) H vs Tennessee Tech, 03-05-08 Jeffery Moss (7) TTU H 1-23-14 MSU three players 20+ points Cuthbert Victor (22/13) H vs Texas A&M CC, 02-23-04 Brown (31), Morant (26), Buchanan (21) Cuthbert Victor (26/17) H vs Morehead State, 01-31-04 Opponent 6+ 3-pointers A UTM 01-10-19 Cuthbert Victor (22/15) H vs Eastern Kentucky, 01-29-04 Jordan Bowden, (6) at Tennessee 11-12-19 Stark (26), Croaker (25), Jones (21) Cuthbert Victor (21/12) at Delaware State, 12-28-03 Demetrius McReynolds (6) Eastern Illinois 02-18-17 H TSU 12-31-16 Cuthbert Victor (26/20) at Western Kentucky, 12-07-03 OT Jacolby Mobley (7) H UT Martin 02-28-17 Payne (29), Williams (21) & Sapp (20) Cuthbert Victor (22/11) N vs Austin Peay, 03-07-03 Kenny Gaines (7) at Georgia 11-20-15 A Belmont 2-6-14 Cuthbert Victor (23/13) at UT Martin, 03-01-03 Eric McGill (6) at SEMO 02-04-16 Payne (27), Moss & Williams (20) Cuthbert Victor (25/10) H vs Tennessee State, 02-24-03 Kevin Murphy (7) at Tennessee Tech 02-25-12 H UT Martin 1-5-14 James Singleton (24/12) H vs Tennessee State, 02-24-03 B.J. Miller (6) at Jacksonville State 01-13-11 Canaan (32), Wilson (21), Daniel (20) James Singleton (37/18) H vs Eastern Illinois, 02-13-03 Wes Channels at Austin Peay 01-31-08 Lipscomb 11-26-12 Chris Shumate (23/10) at Eastern Illinois, 01-18-03 Lester Hudson at UT Martin 01-19-08 Mayes (23), Rainey (21), Townsend (21) Cuthbert Victor (22/12) H vs Eastern Kentucky, 01-25-03 J. Robert Merritt (8) N Samford 03-04-06 SEMO 2-6-97 James Singleton (28/14) at Tennessee State, 01-27-03 Maurice Hampton (7) H Austin Peay 02-12-05 James Singleton (20/17) H vs Morehead State, 01-23-03 Tim Lewis (6) at Jacksonville State 01-15-05 MSU two players with 30+ points James Singleton (22/11) at SE Missouri, 01-18-03 Cameron Crisp (8) Tennessee Tech H 03-02-04 Brown 30, Rainey 30 UT-Martin 2-17-96 James Singleton (21/11) at Middle Tennessee, 12-16-02 Courtney Pritchard (6) Wagner 11-22-03 Cuthbert Victor (23/13) H vs West Florida, 11-22-02 John Humphrey (6) H Middle Tennessee 01-01-03 MSU six players in double figures Antoine Whelchel (20/11) at Morehead State, 01-24-02 Toot Young (7) at Chattanooga 12-22-01 Miller (22), Croaker, McGhee & Dupree (14), Stark 13, James Singleton (25/18) H vs Eastern Illinois, 02-26-02 Brian Chase (7) N Virgina Tech 12-07-01 Thomas 12. H APSU 2-11-17 James Singleton (20/11) at UT Martin, 02-02-02 Leigh Gayden (7) H Tennessee Tech 02-22-01 James Singleton (20/15) H vs Gardner Webb, 01-05-02 Henry Domercant (6) H Eastern Illinois 02-10-01
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Andi Hornig (5) at Eastern Illinois, 02-04-04 MSU buzzer beaters LLASTAST TTIMEIME IITT HHAPPENEDAPPENED Cuthbert Victor (6) at Eastern Kentucky, 02-20-03 Ja Morant H Evansville, MSU won 66-64 Cary Cochran (6) at Nebraska 12-30-00 James Singleton (5) H Indiana State, 12-19-02 Contested lay up down the lane Kent Williams (6) at Southern Illinois 12-17-00 12-18-18 at CFSB Center, Murray, Ky. Brett Bohanan (6) H Morehead State 02-19-00 Last MSU player with a triple-double Josh Heard (6) H Tennessee Tech 01-29-00 Ja Morant 17p, 11r, 16a vs Marquette 03-21-19 Danero Thomas vs Vanderbilt, MSU won 66-54 Ja Morant 11p, 10r, 10a at MOR 02-28-19 Jumper from the elbow off out of bounds play MSU 10+ assists Ja Morant 29pts, 13r, 12a, MOST 11-24-18 03-18-10 at NCAA Tournament in San Jose, Calif. Justice Hill (11) Greenville 11-29-20 Ja Morant 11pts, 10r, 14a, EIU 12-28-17 Ja Morant (16) Marquette 03-21-19 Isacc Miles 13pts, 10r, 11a, UT Martin 2-23-09 Isacc Miles H Austin Peay, MSU won 65-63 Ja Morant (13) APSU, 03-02-19 Jumper just inside 3-point line from left wing Ja Morant (10) MOR, 02-28-19 Last MSU game two players double-double 02-06-10 at CFSB Center, Murray, Ky. Ja Morant (12) SEMO, 02-23-19 Anthony Smith 17p/11r, & KJ Williams 15p/11r, Ja Morant (14) EKU, 02-16-19 H APSU, 02-29-20 Antoine Whelchel vs Tennessee State, MSU won 67-66 Ja Morant (11) EIU, 02-07-19 3-point shot from just inside half court Ja Morant (11) JSU, 01-31-19 KJ Williams 20p/14r & Tevin Brown 21p/10r 02-20-01 at CFSB Center, Murray, Ky. Ja Motant (11) SIUE, 01-19-19 h vs EKU 02-27-20 Ja Morant (14) SEMO, 01-12-19 Aubrey Reese vs SE Missouri, MSU won 62-61 Ja Morant (18) UT Martin, 01-10-19 Ja Morant 23p/12a & Darnell Cowart 12p/12r Length of the floor run & contested 15-foot jumper Ja Morant (10) Eastern Kentucky, 01-05-19 h vs SEMO 02-23-19 02-28-99 OVC Tournament finals in Nashville, Tenn. Ja Morant (13) Morehead State, 01-03-19 Ja Morant (13) Bethel, 12-29-18 Jalen Dupree 12pts/13reb & Terrell Miller 16pts/11reb Aubrey Reese at SE Missouri, MSU won 71-70 Ja Morant (10) Evansville, 12-18-18 at Belmont 01-18-18 Length of the floor run & runner in the lane Ja Morant (14) Jackson State, 12-15-18 01-14-99 at Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Ja Morant (13) Southern Illinois, 12-12-18 Bryce Jones 14pts/10reb & Wayne Langston 13pts/11 reb Ja Morant (12) Missouri State, 11-24-18 12-02-15 Houston Opponent buzzer beaters (Final shot of the game) Ja Morant (11) Wright State, 11-10-18 Trey Freeman at Old Dominion, MSU lost 72-69 Ja Morant (10) Austin Peay, 02-08-18 Jarvis Williams 25pts/14reb & Cameron Payne 14pts/10a Running , 3-pointer after length of the floor run Ja Morant (14) Eastern Illinois, 12-28-17 3-17-15 UTEP 3-25-15 at Norfolk, Va., NIT Quarterfinals Ja Morant (10) Marist, 12-16-17 Ja Morant (11) Brescia, 11-10-17 Last MSU game three players double-double Travis Peterson at Samford, Bryce Jones (10) Austin Peay, 2-11-17 Kennedy, 14pts/12 reb, Griffith, 11 pts/11/reb, Redding, Disputed play clock didn’t start with 0.7 on clock & a Bryce Jones (10) South Dakota State 12-17-16 10pts/10 reb Morehead State 12-10-05 3-point basket was made Bryce Jones (10) Bowling Green 11-21-16 12-20-07 at Hanna Center, Birmingham, Ala. Bryce Jones (10) Houston, 12-02-15 Last MSU game of two players with 10-plus rebounds Cameron Payne (10) UTEP, 3-17-15 A. Smith (11), Williams (11), H APSU, 02-29-20 Brandon Heath vs San Diego State Cameron Payne (12) APSU, 1-31-14 A. Smith (12), Williams (15), H SIUE, 02-01-20 half-court shot at Saint Mary’s Tournament B.J. Jenkins (10) WKU, 12-18-10 Cowart (12), Brown (11) H EIU, 02-07-19 11-10-06 at Moraga, Calif., McKeon Pavilion Miller (10), McGhee (10) TTU 03-01-17 OVC Tournament MSU 5+ steals Fairell (10), Sapp (10) H SIUE 02-12-15 Last MSU player unable to shoot free throws Ja Morant (5) TTU, 02-02-19 Daniel (18), Garrett (10) H TSU 02-9-17 Ja Morant, replaced by Brion Sanchious, 12-15-18 vs Jack- Ja Morant (5) SIUE, 01-19-19 Victor (13), Singleton (13) at UTM 03-01-03 son State Shaq Buchanan (6) Eastern Kentucky, 01-05-19 Shaq Buchanan (7) Middle Tennessee , 12-08-18 MSU scores 100+ points Ed Daniel, replaced by Ivan Aska vs Eastern Ja Morant (5) vs Spalding, 11-16-18 Home vs Greenville @ 173-95, 11-29-20 Illinois, 1-20-11 Ja Morant (5) vs SEMO, 01-04-18 Home vs Tennessee State W 100-62, 01-26-19 Jonathan Stark (5) vs Auburn, 12-19-17 Home vs Bethel W 110-82, 12-29-18 Last time MSU did not have a player in double-figure Cameron Payne (6) vs EKU, 01-29-14 Home vs Spalding W 106-36, 11-16-18 scoring and won: Cameron Payne (6) vs Brescia, 11-20-14 Home vs Marist W 100-63, 12-16-17 Eastern Illinois, Home 11-25-06, 53-50 Cameron Payne (5) at MTSU, 11-18-14 Home vs Brescia W 118-61, 11-10-17 Home vs Austin Peay W 102-58 02-11-17 Last time MSU did not have a player in double-figure MSU 5+ blocks Away vs Morehead State L 101-100 OT 02-08-17 scoring and lost: Demond Robinson (6) N Belmont 03-07-20 Home vs Bethel W 103-65 12-12-16 vs Evansville, away, 12-10-16, 78-46 Jarvis Williams (6) SIUE, 2-12-15 Home vs Brescia W 101-75 12-30-15 vs Tennessee, away, 12-1-06, 89-64 Jarvis Williams (5) H Yale, 04-03-14 Jonathan Fairell (5) H Yale. 04-03-14 Opponent scored 100+ points Perfect game from the free throw line for MSU player: Jarvis Williams (5) H Omaha, 3-24-14 at Morehead State L 101-100 OT 2-08-17 minimum of 8 attempts Ed Daniel (6) H Tennessee State, 2-9-13 8-8, KJ Williams vs TSU 01-25-20 Ed Daniel (5) at Lipscomb, 11-26-12 Last MSU 10-plus winning streak 21-21, Ja Morant vs SIUE 01-19-19 Tony Easley (7) H SEMO, 02-16-10 (13) From 01-20-18 through 03-03-18 12-12, Jonathan Stark vs MOR 01-25-18 Tony Easley (7) at UT Martin, 01-30-10 14-14, Jonathan Stark vs SEMO 01-04-18 Tony Easley (6) H Tennessee State, 03-02-10 MSU 5-game losing streak 8-8, Jonathan Stark vs SIUE 12-30-17 Tony Easley (6) at SEMO, 01-23-10 12-02-15 through 12-22-15, Houston, Evansville, Illinois 9-9, Ja Morant vs MTSU 11-13-17 Tony Easley (5) H Eastern Illinois, 01-11-10 State, SIU, Wright State 10-10, Bryce Jones vs TSU 1-16-16 Tony Easley (5) N James Madison, 11-20-09 14-14, Cameron Payne vs UTM 1-5-14 Pearson Griffith (8) H UT Martin, 02-28-06 12-21-1991 through 1-11-1992, Evansville, Missouri, 14-14, Jeffery McClain vs St. Catharine, 11-29-08 Pearson Griffith (7) at San Antonio, 12-03-05 Arkansas State, Texas, APSU 13-13, Trey Pearson vs SIUE, 11-20-04 Pearson Griffith (5) H San Antonio, 12-01-04 Cuthbert Victor (6) H Corpus Christi, 02-23-04 Perfect from the free throw line for opposing player: Cuthbert Victor (6) H Eastern Kentucky, 01-29-04 6-6, Junior Clay, TTU, 01-11-20 Cuthbert Victor (5) H Chicago State, 12-13-03 10-10, Parker Stewart, UTM, 01-02-20 10-10, Jomaru Brown, Eastern Kentucky 02-16-19 11-11, Tyreese Williford, SIUE, 01-19-19
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
16-16, Mike Daum, S. Dakota State, 12-17-16 MSU 10+ made three-point baskets 15-15, Torrance Row, TTU, 1-7-16 (12) Belmont, 01-23-20 12-12, Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State 1-14-10 (10) UT Martin, 01-02-20 12-12, Roy Booker, Southeast Missouri 1-28-06 (10) Cumberland, 12-28-19 (10) SEMO, 02-23-19 Last best perfect FG game for MSU player (11) Auburn, 12-22-18 5-5 KJ Williams A vs Austin Peay, 12-21-20 (11) SIU, 12-12-18 7-7 Devin Gilmore H vs Southeast Missouri, 01-04-20 (11) SEMO, 02-01-18 7-7 KJ Williams H vs Morehead State, 01-03-19 (11) EKU, 01-27-18 7-7 Devin Gilmore H vs Spalding, 11-16-18 (11) TSU, 01-20-18 9-9, Jarvis Williams at EKU, 1-8-14 (10) JSU, 01-11-18 9-9, Ivan Aska vs UMSL, 11-14-09 (10) SIUE, 12-30-17 8-8, Jeffery McClain vs EIU, 1-11-10 (10) Marist, 12-16-17 7-7, Jarvis Williams at Belmont 2-6-14 (12) Wright State, 11-28-17 7-7, Kevin Thomas vs UT Martin, 1-5-09 (13) Brescia, 11-10-17 6-6, Brandon Garrett vs Old Dominion, 11-24-12 (10) UT Martin 03-03-17 (12) Morehead State 03-02-17 MSU consecutive games with a made 3-point basket (13) Morehead State 02-08-17 40 Isaiah Canaan, 2012-13 (10) UT Martin 01-28-17 23 Jonathan Stark, 2017-18 (13) Jacksonville State 01-05-17 21 Jonathan Stark, 2016-17 (17) South Dakota State, 12-17-16 20 Cameron Payne, 2014-15 (13) SIU, 11-29-16 18 Jonathan Stark, 2017-18 (14) SEMO, 2-13-16 14 Tevin Brown, 2019-20 (14) Tulsa, 3-23-15 (14) SEMO, 3-1-14 Last four-point play by MSU: (15) Tennessee Tech, 1-23-14 Tevin Brown was fouled on a 3-point try in the first half of the OVC Tournament semifinal game vs APSU 03-06-20. He Opponent 10+ made three-point baskets hit the three and made the free throw. (20) Greenville, 11-29-20 (12) Belmont, 01-23-20 DaQuan Smith was fouled on a 3-point try in the second (10) UT Martin, 01-02-20 half with 18:31 left. He made the shot and hit the free (14) La Salle, 11-25-19 throw against Tennessee State (01-25-20) (12) Tennessee, 11-12-19 (11) Florida State, 03-23-19 Shaq Buchanan hit a 3 and was fouled H vs EIU 02-07-19 (10) SEMO, 02-23-19 and hit the FT in the second half. (12) Eastern Illinois, 02-07-19 (12) Morehead State, 01-03-19 Jonathan Stark hit a 3 and was fouled at TTU in the second (13) Auburn, 12-22-18 half 2018. (14) Belmont, 01-18-18 (12) Auburn, 12-19-17 (12) Illinois State, 12-09-17 Bryce Jones hit a 3 and was fouled at home vs UT Martin (11) UT Martin, 03-03-17 01-28-17 (10) Tenn. Tech, 03-01-17 (12) SEMO, 02-23-17 Jonathan Stark hit a 3 and was fouled at South Dakota (15) Eastern Illinois, 02-18-17 State 12-17-16 (10) Morehead State, 02-08-17 (10) Austin Peay, 01-21-17 Gee McGhee hit a 3 and was fouled vs Evansville 12-05-15 (10) Eastern Illinois 01-12-17 (13) Brescia 12-29-16 Jarvis Williams made basket and was fouled. He missed FT, scored off his own miss at MTSU 11-18-14 MSU failed to hit a three-pointer in a game 0-15, Austin Peay, 3-6-09 Isaiah Canaan made a three-pointer and was fouled, and 0-15, Wright State, 12-22-08 made the FT vs SDSU, 2-23-13 0-7, Samford, 12-21-06, broke a streak of 581 games
Last four-point play by opponent Opponent failed to hit a three-pointer in a game Jared Harper hit a 3-pointer and was fouled. He made the (Regular Season) free throw with :50 remaining in the first half. 0-7, Tennessee Tech, 2-10-11 (span of 660 games) 0-3, Middle Tennessee, 1-30-89 Treyshaad Williams scored and was fouled. Missed the free throw, Ronnye Beamon rebounded the ball and scored for Opponent failed to hit a three-pointer in a game a 4-point play for a 77-74 lead at Morehead State 02-08- (Post Season) 17. 0-2, Eastern Illinois, 3-5-10, OVC Tournament
Ali, Ismail, Bowling Green, 11-21-16 Last time trailing with 5:00 remaining and win A TTU 02-02-19 down 63-60 -3, won 67-60 Casey Teson, EIU 2-25-16 H UE 12-18-18 down 56-51 -5, won H ISU 11-11-16 down 57-55 -2, won 73-70 Travis Betran, APSU 1-12-13 H AAMU 11-28-15 down -4, won 63-61 A SEMO 2-14-15 down -9, won 94-92 OT Dewayne Wright, Eastern Illinois, 1-11-10 H EKU, 1-29-15 down -5, won 85-78 OT A MOSU, 3-19-14 down -2, won 66-63 H UE, 12-4-13 down -2, won 65-63
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE OOVERTIMEVERTIME GGAMESAMES ((SINCESINCE 11983)983)
Date Opponent H/A/N W/L Score Span Tot Notes 11-29-1983 *Tennessee State Home Won 65-58 ------02-03-1984 *Austin Peay Home Won 90-85 16 --- 01-14-1985 *Youngstown State Home Won 66-62 25 --- 02-09-1985 *Tennessee Tech Away Lost 51-53 8 2OT 12-16-1985 Bowling Green Home Won 70-63 14 --- 12-05-1986 Southern Cal Neutral Lost 53-54 25 --- Wendy’s Classic, Bowling Green, Ky. 02-07-1987 *Morehead State Home Lost 72-84 17 --- 01-05-1988 Memphis State Away Lost 70-76 18 --- 01-09-1989 Lamar Home Won 80-78 34 --- 12-09-1989 Southern Illinois Home Lost 108-114 20 3OT 12-29-1989 Texas-San Antonio Neutral Won 107-101 4 --- Lamar Invitational, Beaumont, Texas 02-19-1990 *Tennessee State Home Won 90-89 13 --- 03-15-1990 Michigan State Neutral Lost 71-75 8 --- NCAA Tournament, Knoxville, Tenn. 12-28-1990 South Alabama Neutral Won 88-78 13 --- BMA Holiday Classic, Kansas City, Mo. 02-08-1992 *Morehead State Away Won 93-91 41 --- 02-17-1992 *Tennessee Tech Home Won 103-99 3 --- 12-19-1992 Evansville Away Won 87-78 11 --- 01-09-1993 *Austin Peay Away Won 82-76 6 --- 01-30-1993 *Tennessee Tech Home Won 117-112 7 --- 03-01-1997 *Austin Peay Neutral Won 88-85 129 --- OVC Tournament Final, Nashville, Tenn. 01-03-1998 *Middle Tennessee Away Won 76-71 49 --- 12-30-1998 Florida State Neutral Lost 76-80 32 --- Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii 02-13-1999 *#Eastern Illinois Home Won 94-89 15 2OT 01-18-2000 *Austin Peay Home Lost 75-77 22 --- 01-22-2000 *Morehead State Away Won 87-86 2 --- 12-08-2000 Ala.-Birmingham Home Won 84-72 21 --- 02-06-2001 *Austin Peay Home Lost 79-84 16 --- 01-24-2002 *Morehead State Away Lost 83-92 27 --- 02-07-2003 *Austin Peay Neutral Lost 56-59 44 --- OVC Tournament Semi, Nashville, Tenn. 12-07-2003 Western Kentucky Away Won 100-95 7 2OT 01-08-2004 *Eastern Kentucky Home Won 80-78 42 --- 11-19 2005 Cincinnati Away Lost 75-79 17 --- Season Opener 12-03-2005 Texas-San Antonio Away Won 89-79 2 --- 02-02-2006 *Austin Peay Away Won 69-68 17 --- 12-07-2006 *Eastern Kentucky Away Lost 66-72 21 --- 01-04-2007 *Tennessee State Away Won 86-83 4 --- 02-14-2007 *Tennessee State Home Lost 64-60 11 --- 01-03-2008 *Eastern Illinois Away Lost 83-80 16 --- 01-31-2008 *Austin Peay Away Lost 92-87 9 --- 02-28-2009 *Eastern Kentucky Home Won 70-65 37 --- 11-26-2011 Southern Miss Neutral Won 90-81 44 2OT Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska 02-02-2013 *Austin Peay Home Won 75-68 48 --- 02-20-2013 *Morehead State Away Won 106-100 5 2OT 03-09-2013 *Belmont Neutral Lost 70-68 5 --- OVC Tournament Final, Nashville, Tenn. 03-01-2014 *Southeast Missouri Away Lost 118-115 28 2OT Final game of the regular season 01-29-2015 *Eastern Kentucky Home Won 85-78 28 --- MSU pushed win streak to 16 02-14-2015 *Southeast Missouri Away Won 94-92 5 --- MSU Pushed win streak to 21 12-05-2015 Evansville Home Lost 85-81 22 --- 11-29-2016 Southern Illinois Away Lost 89-85 29 --- 1st OT at SIU, 1st since 1989 at MSU 12-17-2016 South Dakota State Away Lost 88-84 5 --- Stark ties MSU record with nine 3-point baskets 01-21-2017 *Austin Peay Away Lost 84-81 9 --- 1st loss at APSU since 2009. Broke 6-gm win streak. 02-08-2017 *Morehead State Away Lost 101-100 4 --- Jonathan Stark career-high 33 points. 03-01-2017 *Tennessee Tech Neutral Won 85-84 6 2OT OVC Tournament 1st Round. Stark 41 points. 12-21-2019 Evansville Away Lost 78-76 78 --- Tevin Brown 31 points. 01-18-2020 Southeast Missouri Away Won 96-91 7 --- Matt McMahon 100th win * OVC Game
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
CFSB CENTER INDIVIDUAL RECORDS CCFSBFSB CENTERCENTER MSU High Scorer Isaac Spencer 42 points vs Tennessee State 2001
Opponent High Scorer Ricky Minard(Morehead) 37 points vs Murray State 2002
MSU High Rebound Jarvis Williams & James Singleton 18 vs EIU 2003, 18 vs SEMO 2013
Opponent High Reb. Nick Murphy(Jack State) 18 vs Murray State 2008
MSU High Assist Ja Morant 14 vs Jackson State 2018 14 vs Eastern Illinois 2017
Opponent High Assist Eric Parham(Middle Tenn.) 11 vs Murray State 2003
MSU High Steals Danero Thomas 6 vs UT Martin (1 of 5) 2010 The 2020-21 season is the 23rd for Racer Basketball in the CFSB Center. The arena has a capacity of 8,600 and was built with a price tag of $21 million in 1998. Opponent High Steals Michael Haney(EKU) 6 vs Murray State 2002 CFSB CENTER TOP ATTENDED GAMES CFSB CENTER BY THE NUMBERS Date Att. Opponent Result Score All-Time CFSB OVC Rec 163-28 .846 MSU High Blocks Pearson Griffith 03-02-2019 9,012 Austin Peay Won 94-83 All-Time CFSB Non-OVC Rec 119-17 .866 8 vs UT Martin 2006 02-18-2012 8,825 St. Mary’s Won 65-51 Total CFSB Center Record 282-45 .855 02-11-1999 8,602 SE Missouri Won 62-52 Opponent High Blocks Michael Harris(Rice) 02-29-2020 8,229 Austin Peay Won 75-61 MSU All-Time Home Records 6 vs Murray State 2005 03-02-2013 7,489 SE Missouri Lost 68-84 Location Years Seasons Record Pct. 12-07-2002 7,288 Western Ky. Won 83-72 Wilson Hall 1925-26 2 15-7 .673 02-19-2000 7,199 Morehead St. Won 80-65 CFSB CENTER TEAM RECORDS Lovett Aud. 1927-37 10 84-15 .849 02-22-2001 7,076 Tenn. Tech Lost 71-94 MSU High Winning Margin 11-22-2008 7,038 Western Ky. Won 89-61 Carr Health Bld 1937-55 17 141-38 .811 78 points vs Greenville (173-95) 2020 12-04-2004 6,612 Western Ky. Lost 72-82 Racer Arena 1954-98 44 503-135 .788 MSU High Scoring Game 02-17-2018 6,495 Tenn. Tech Won 73-65 CFSB Center 1998- 22 282-45 .854 173 vs Greenville (MSU won 173-95) 2020 12-17-2003 6,422 S. Illinois Won 68-64 TOTAL 96 1,025-240 .807 Opponent Low Scoring Game 01-30-2015 6,302 UT Martin Won 65-62 33 points by Anderson (MSU won 78-33) 2006 02-24-2011 6,096 Morehead St. Won 70-62 MSU Longest CFSB Winning Streak 25 01-30-2006 6,089 Samford Won 59-38 from 01-22-09 to 01-08-11 HHOMEOME WWINNINGINNING SSTREAKSTREAKS MSU Longest Home Winning Streak 47 from 11-23-1996 to 01-15-2000 MSU CURRENT STREAK (25) Last loss: 79-66 Belmont 01-24-19 Date Opponent Score 01-26-19 Tennessee State 100-82 MSU ALL-TIME BEST HOME WINNING STREAKS 02-07-19 Eastern Illinois 86-75 Tot Begin Opponent Result End Opponent Result Coach 02-09-19 SIUE 86-55 47 01-06-96 Belmont 84-45 01-15-00 SEMO 84-78 Gottfried/Anderson 02-21-19 UT Martin 86-75 32 02-15-35 MTSU 33-28 01-06-39 Transylvania 42-32 Cutchin 02-23-19 SE Missouri 103-67 27 11-30-68 TX Arlington 91-83 02-28-70 WKU 77-75 Luther 03-02-19 Austin Peay 94-83 25 01-26-19 Tenn. State 100-82 McMahon ------25 02-23-09 UTM 74-59 01-08-11 APSU 66-64 Kennedy 11-09-19 Southern 69-49 23 12-17-30 Oakland City 46-35 01-20-33 WKU 35-28 Cutchin 11-16-19 Brescia 114-48 19 02-25-85 Morehead 76-58 01-10-87 MTSU 64-57 Greene/Newton 11-19-19 Southern Illinois 77-69 19 12-15-41 SW Kansas 38-36 12-11-43 SEMO 36-29 Hodges 12-07-19 Middle Tennessee 85-52 18 12-28-17 Eastern Illinois 80-52 01-24-19 Belmont 79-66 McMahon 12-16-19 Kennesaw State 74-38 18 11-20-14 Brescia 89-56 12-05-15 Evansville 85-81OT Prohm/McMahon 12-28-19 Cumberland 81-46 18 01-22-11 SEMO 96-58 02-09-12 TSU 72-68 Kennedy/Prohm 01-02-20 UT Martin 89-76 18 12-22-93 Ole Miss 87-68 01-23-95 TSU 78-75 Edgar 01-04-20 Southeast Missouri 81-59 18 02-03-72 Parsons 80-66 02-28-73 APSU 75-73 Luther 01-23-20 Belmont 85-75 18 01-25-64 Morehead State 102-89 12-11-65 Abilene Chr. 82-72 Luther 01-25-20 Tennessee State 74-62 15 12-04-13 Evansville 65-63 11-14-14 Houston 77-74 Prohm 01-31-20 Eastern Illinois 73-70 15 12-30-04 Rice 83-65 12-21-06 Samford 55-44 Cronin/Kennedy 02-01-20 SIUE 74-66 15 02-18-80 New Orleans 65-56 12-05-81 Arkansas Col 50-48 Greene 02-15-20 Morehead State 85-57 14 01-06-01 UTM 76-69 12-29-01 SIU 67-63 Anderson 02-27-20 Eastern Kentucky 74-62 12 01-25-03 EKU 92-80 01-15-04 Samford 61-58 Anderson/Cronin 02-29-20 Austin Peay 75-61 12 01-17-04 JSU 89-84 12-04-04 WKU 82-72 Cronin ------12 02-11-95 TTU 114-90 02-15-96 TSU 78-72 Edgar/Gottfried 11-29-20 Greenville 173-95 12 12-01-70 MacMurray 101-50 02-15-71 EKU 82-81 Luther 12-05-20 Illinois State 76-65 12 02-07-33 MTSU 39-36 02-12-35 WKU 44-24 Cutchin 12-08-20 Austin Peay 87-57 11 12-05-85 Evansville 58-50 02-23-85 EKU 76-70 Greene 12-11-20 Transylvania 90-49 11 12-04-79 Roosevelt 106-74 02-16-80 WKU 56-55 Greene
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22020-21020-21 MSUMSU SEASONSEASON BOXBOX SCORESCORE
Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 4-3 4-0 0-3 0-0 Murray St. 311 312 0 623 CONFERENCE 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-2 3-0 0-2 0-0 Opponents 226 262 0 488
Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 23 WILLIAMS, KJ 7-7 176:58 25.3 44-63 .698 3-8 .375 9-15 .600 13 33 46 6.6 18 0 5 13 3 6 100 14.3 10 BROWN, Tevin 7-7 228:25 32.6 37-84 .440 14-45 .311 9-15 .600 4 37 41 5.9 13 0 29 14 4 10 97 13.9 2 CARTER, JR., Chico 7-0 120:28 17.2 31-53 .585 10-17 .588 5-7 .714 1 13 14 2.0 8 0 17 19 1 6 77 11.0 13 GILMORE, Devin 7-0 147:01 21.0 24-35 .686 0-1 .000 12-15 .800 13 30 43 6.1 19 0 10 6 4 4 60 8.6 33 SIVILLS, Jackson 3-0 25:13 8.4 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000 2 4 6 2.0 3 0 0 3 0 3 25 8.3 14 HILL, Justice 7-7 158:29 22.6 19-53 .358 7-18 .389 9-13 .692 2 17 19 2.7 7 0 31 16 0 5 54 7.7 00 ROBINSON, Demond 7-7 144:36 20.7 25-28 .893 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 11 22 33 4.7 15 0 12 17 4 4 50 7.1 22 WHITLEY, Brion 7-7 119:55 17.1 18-37 .486 7-21 .333 6-7 .857 3 19 22 3.1 12 1 7 11 1 3 49 7.0 4 BOSTICK, Dionte 3-0 23:11 7.7 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1 1 2 0.7 3 0 2 3 2 3 20 6.7 1 SMITH, DaQuan 7-0 146:07 20.9 16-33 .485 2-15 .133 4-4 1.000 1 10 11 1.6 12 1 14 4 1 7 38 5.4 24 KIRBY, Ja'Queze 3-0 25:00 8.3 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 12 15 5.0 6 0 3 2 3 2 12 4.0 25 THOMAS, Rodriguez 3-0 19:24 6.5 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 12 4.0 11 SMITH, Matt 4-0 22:07 5.5 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 7 11 2.8 4 0 1 2 0 0 11 2.8 32 MCMULLEN, Nicholas 7-0 43:07 6.2 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 5 9 1.3 5 0 1 1 0 0 18 2.6 Team 9 10 19 4 Total 7 1400 254-446 .570 45-132 .341 70-98 .714 72 222 294 42.0 128 2 132 116 24 53 623 89.0 Opponents 7 1400 170-441 .385 65-210 .310 83-126 .659 74 136 210 30.0 110 1 79 108 20 43 488 69.7
Team Statistics Team Results MSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 623 488 11/29/2020 Greenville W 173-95 1218 Points per game 89.0 69.7 12/02/2020 at Middle Tenn. L 61-78 100 Scoring margin +19.3 - 12/05/2020 Illinois St. W 76-65 1290 Field goals-att 254-446 170-441 12/08/2020 Austin Peay W 87-57 1290 Field goal pct .570 .385 12/11/2020 at Southern Ill. L 66-70 0 3 point fg-att 45-132 65-210 12/15/2020 Transylvania W 90-49 1290 3-point FG pct .341 .310 12/21/2020 at Austin Peay L 70-74 502 3-pt FG made per game 6.4 9.3 Free throws-att 70-98 83-126 Free throw pct .714 .659 F-Throws made per game 10.0 11.9 Rebounds 294 210 Rebounds per game 42.0 30.0 Rebounding margin +12.0 - Assists 132 79 Assists per game 18.9 11.3 Turnovers 116 108 Turnovers per game 16.6 15.4 Turnover margin -1.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.7 Steals 53 43 Steals per game 7.6 6.1 Blocks 24 20 Blocks per game 3.4 2.9 Winning streak 0 - Home win streak 4- Attendance 5088 602 Home games-Avg/Game 4-1272 3-201 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
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22020-21020-21 MSUMSU SEASONSEASON BOXBOX SCORESCORE (OVC)(OVC) Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 10 BROWN, Tevin 2-2 70:21 35.2 15-30 .500 6-17 .353 1-2 .500 0 7 7 3.5 5 0 6 8 2 3 37 18.5 23 WILLIAMS, KJ 2-2 58:31 29.3 11-11 1.000 0-0 .000 7-8 .875 5 5 10 5.0 6 0 1 3 0 1 29 14.5 14 HILL, Justice 2-2 46:51 23.4 6-16 .375 2-5 .400 6-9 .667 0 4 4 2.0 3 0 4 3 0 3 20 10.0 2 CARTER, JR., Chico 2-0 30:51 15.4 8-13 .615 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1.5 3 0 4 5 0 3 19 9.5 1 SMITH, DaQuan 2-0 43:48 21.9 6-12 .500 0-5 .000 2-2 1.000 0 4 4 2.0 3 0 2 1 0 4 14 7.0 13 GILMORE, Devin 2-0 48:50 24.4 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 5 7 12 6.0 7 0 3 0 1 1 13 6.5 22 WHITLEY, Brion 2-2 42:55 21.5 5-10 .500 0-5 .000 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.0 2 0 1 1 1 1 12 6.0 4 BOSTICK, Dionte 1-0 02:20 2.3 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44.0 00 ROBINSON, Demond 2-2 37:38 18.8 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 4.5 7 0 1 6 0 1 63.0 33 SIVILLS, Jackson 1-0 02:20 2.3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.0 11 SMITH, Matt 1-0 04:01 4.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.0 24 KIRBY, Ja'Queze 1-0 02:20 2.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 25 THOMAS, Rodriguez 1-0 02:20 2.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 32 MCMULLEN, Nicholas 2-0 06:54 3.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 1 1 1 Total 2 400 62-104 .596 11-37 .297 22-29 .759 14 43 57 28.5 42 0 23 29 5 17 157 78.5 Opponents 2 400 47-109 .431 13-37 .351 24-36 .667 26 30 56 28.0 29 1 14 32 1 9 131 65.5
Team Statistics Team Results MSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 157 131 12/08/2020 Austin Peay W 87-57 1290 Points per game 78.5 65.5 12/21/2020 at Austin Peay L 70-74 502 Scoring margin +13.0 - Field goals-att 62-104 47-109 Field goal pct .596 .431 3 point fg-att 11-37 13-37 3-point FG pct .297 .351 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 6.5 Free throws-att 22-29 24-36 Free throw pct .759 .667 F-Throws made per game 11.0 12.0 Rebounds 57 56 Rebounds per game 28.5 28.0 Rebounding margin +0.5 - Assists 23 14 Assists per game 11.5 7.0 Turnovers 29 32 Turnovers per game 14.5 16.0 Turnover margin +1.5 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.4 Steals 17 9 Steals per game 8.5 4.5 Blocks 5 1 Blocks per game 2.5 0.5 Winning streak 0 - Home win streak 1- Attendance 1290 502 Home games-Avg/Game 1-1290 1-502 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
27 OVC Regular Season Titles / 17 OVC Tournament Titles / 17 NCAA Appearances 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
22020-21020-21 MSUMSU SEASONSEASON BOXBOX SCORESCORE (HOME(HOME GAMES)GAMES)
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 23 WILLIAMS, KJ 4-4 93:28 23.4 29-38 .763 0-1 .000 5-10 .500 9 21 30 7.5 8 0 2 6 2 3 63 15.8 10 BROWN, Tevin 4-4 119:05 29.8 24-49 .490 11-27 .407 4-7 .571 1 23 24 6.0 5 0 21 6 2 7 63 15.8 2 CARTER, JR., Chico 4-0 68:12 17.0 21-31 .677 8-10 .800 2-4 .500 0 9 9 2.3 1 0 13 8 1 2 52 13.0 13 GILMORE, Devin 4-0 67:20 16.8 15-19 .789 0-0 .000 9-10 .900 7 14 21 5.3 11 0 6 5 3 1 39 9.8 00 ROBINSON, Demond 4-4 79:32 19.9 17-18 .944 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 7 17 24 6.0 7 0 8 8 4 1 34 8.5 33 SIVILLS, Jackson 3-0 25:13 8.4 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000 2 4 6 2.0 3 0 0 3 0 3 25 8.3 14 HILL, Justice 4-4 83:20 20.8 11-26 .423 5-10 .500 4-6 .667 0 12 12 3.0 3 0 20 8 0 0 31 7.8 22 WHITLEY, Brion 4-4 62:30 15.6 11-21 .524 4-12 .333 2-3 .667 2 14 16 4.0 5 0 6 4 1 1 28 7.0 4 BOSTICK, Dionte 3-0 23:11 7.7 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1 1 2 0.7 3 0 2 3 2 3 20 6.7 1 SMITH, DaQuan 4-0 80:47 20.2 9-18 .500 1-9 .111 1-1 1.000 1 6 7 1.8 6 1 10 2 1 5 20 5.0 32 MCMULLEN, Nicholas 4-0 32:25 8.1 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 4 8 2.0 5 0 0 1 0 0 18 4.5 24 KIRBY, Ja'Queze 3-0 25:00 8.3 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 12 15 5.0 6 0 3 2 3 2 12 4.0 25 THOMAS, Rodriguez 3-0 19:24 6.5 4-7 .571 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 12 4.0 11 SMITH, Matt 3-0 20:33 6.9 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 6 9 3.0 4 0 1 2 0 0 93.0 Team 5 7 12 3 Total 4 800 177-280 .632 31-76 .408 41-61 .672 46 152 198 49.5 70 1 92 62 20 28 426 106.5 Opponents 4 800 94-276 .341 40-144 .278 38-65 .585 45 70 115 28.8 66 1 43 61 12 23 266 66.5
NON-CONFERENCE 0-222020-21020-20-01 MSUMSU0 -2SEASONSEASON0- 0BOXBOOpponentsX SCORESCORE (AWAY(AWAY GAMES)GAMES)107 115 0 222 Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 23 WILLIAMS, KJ 3-3 83:30 27.8 15-25 .600 3-7 .429 4-5 .800 4 12 16 5.3 10 0 3 7 1 3 37 12.3 10 BROWN, Tevin 3-3 109:20 36.4 13-35 .371 3-18 .167 5-8 .625 3 14 17 5.7 8 0 8 8 2 3 34 11.3 2 CARTER, JR., Chico 3-0 52:16 17.4 10-22 .455 2-7 .286 3-3 1.000 1 4 5 1.7 7 0 4 11 0 4 25 8.3 14 HILL, Justice 3-3 75:09 25.0 8-27 .296 2-8 .250 5-7 .714 2 5 7 2.3 4 0 11 8 0 5 23 7.7 22 WHITLEY, Brion 3-3 57:25 19.1 7-16 .438 3-9 .333 4-4 1.000 1 5 6 2.0 7 1 1 7 0 2 21 7.0 13 GILMORE, Devin 3-0 79:41 26.6 9-16 .563 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 6 16 22 7.3 8 0 4 1 1 3 21 7.0 1 SMITH, DaQuan 3-0 65:19 21.8 7-15 .467 1-6 .167 3-3 1.000 0 4 4 1.3 6 0 4 2 0 2 18 6.0 00 ROBINSON, Demond 3-3 65:05 21.7 8-10 .800 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4 5 9 3.0 8 0 4 9 0 3 16 5.3 11 SMITH, Matt 1-0 01:34 1.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.0 32 MCMULLEN, Nicholas 3-0 10:42 3.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 4 3 7 1 Total 3 600 77-166 .464 14-56 .250 29-37 .784 26 70 96 32.0 58 1 40 54 4 25 197 65.7 Opponents 3 600 76-165 .461 25-66 .379 45-61 .738 29 66 95 31.7 44 0 36 47 8 20 222 74.0
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22020-21020-21 MSUMSU GAMEGAME BYBY GAMEGAME
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 173-95 W 77-105 .733 5-13 .385 14-16 .875 16 63 79 79.0 17 45 22 8 8 173 173.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 61-78 L 23-58 .397 3-16 .188 12-16 .750 11 26 37 58.0 14 11 18 1 7 61 117.0 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 76-65 W 29-58 .500 9-21 .429 9-13 .692 9 35 44 53.3 21 20 17 2 5 76 103.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 87-57 W 34-57 .596 8-20 .400 11-15 .733 10 24 34 48.5 19 11 11 4 7 87 99.3 at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 66-70 L 26-61 .426 8-23 .348 6-7 .857 11 25 36 46.0 21 17 18 2 8 66 92.6 Transylvania 12/15/2020 90-49 W 37-60 .617 9-22 .409 7-17 .412 11 30 41 45.2 13 16 12 6 8 90 92.2 at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 70-74 L 28-47 .596 3-17 .176 11-14 .786 4 19 23 42.0 23 12 18 1 10 70 89.0 Total 623 254-446 .570 45-132 .341 70-98 .714 72 222 294 42.0 128 132 116 24 53 623 89.0 Opponents 488 170-441 .385 65-210 .310 83-126 .659 74 136 210 30.0 110 79 108 20 43 488 69.7
Murray St. Averages Games Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game Pct game game game ratio game game 7 89.0 57.0 34.1 71.4 42.0 18.9 16.6 1.1 7.6 3.4
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Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG Greenville 11/29/2020 173-95 W 30-107 .280 20-74 .270 15-23 .652 17 14 31 31.0 19 17 17 3 13 95 95.0 at Middle Tenn. 12/02/2020 61-78 L 30-66 .455 9-29 .310 9-12 .750 12 25 37 34.0 16 12 14 5 8 78 86.5 Illinois St. 12/05/2020 76-65 W 25-62 .403 5-23 .217 10-21 .476 11 23 34 34.0 17 11 11 4 2 65 79.3 Austin Peay 12/08/2020 87-57 W 21-53 .396 6-19 .316 9-13 .692 11 14 25 31.8 12 4 17 0 2 57 73.8 at Southern Ill. 12/11/2020 66-70 L 20-43 .465 9-19 .474 21-26 .808 2 25 27 30.8 11 14 18 2 5 70 73.0 Transylvania 12/15/2020 90-49 W 18-54 .333 9-28 .321 4-8 .500 6 19 25 29.8 18 11 16 5 6 49 69.0 at Austin Peay 12/21/2020 70-74 L 26-56 .464 7-18 .389 15-23 .652 15 16 31 30.0 17 10 15 1 7 74 69.7 Total 488 170-441 .385 65-210 .310 83-126 .659 74 136 210 30.0 110 79 108 20 43 488 69.7 Murray St. 623 254-446 .570 45-132 .341 70-98 .714 72 222 294 42.0 128 132 116 24 53 623 89.0
Opponents Averages Games Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game Pct game game game ratio game game 7 69.7 38.5 31.0 65.9 30.0 11.3 15.4 0.7 6.1 2.9
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