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2012-13 MURRAY STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Dave Winder, Assistant AD - Media Relations • Office: (270) 809-4271 • Cell: (270) 293-0566 • [email protected] @MSURacers @RacersHoops • www.facebook.com/murraystateracers • www.GoRacers.com • Press Row: (270) 809-5551 GGame-30ame-30 - OVCOVC TournamentTournament - MunicipalMunicipal AuditoriumAuditorium - Nashville,Nashville, Tenn.Tenn. GGAMEAME IINFORMATIONNFORMATION MURRAY STATE RACERS (20-9) No. 2 Seed Date-Time: March 8, 8 p.m. CT Head Coach: Steve Prohm (Alabama, 1997) Site: Municipial Auditorium (8,000) TV: Career Record: 51-11 (2nd season) • Record at MSU: Same OVC Record: 25-7 ESPNU (delayed 12:30 a.m. CT Saturday) Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch STORY LINES Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM Neal Bradley & Paul Bubb The Murray State Racers (20-9) look for their 16th OVC Tournament title Web Streaming: Video- ESPN3 and second straight when they begin play in the semifinals Friday at 8 Audio-GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com p.m. CT at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The game will be Live Stats: OVC.StatBroadcast.com heard over the air on WGFE 103.7 FM and online at Froggy103.com and Twitter In Game: @MSURacers @RacerDave23 GoRacers.com. ESPN3 will air the game live online and a replay will come at 12:30 a.m. Saturday on ESPNU. MSU IN OVC TOURNAMENT Overall: 62-32 Championships: 15 The Racers’ opponent was to be determined as the event began with Semifinals: 21-13 Finals: 15-9 (Has won last 5) games on Wednesday. MSU won the west division with a 10-6 mark Municipal Auditorium: 10-6 and earned the No. 2 seed and exemption past the first round and the quarterfinals into the Steve Prohm in OVC Tournament: 2-0 Longest Win Streak: 11 from 1990 to 2000 semifinals. MSU waits as No. 6 Southeast Missouri who knocked off No. 7 Eastern Illinois 78-68 MSU Last Game: 3-3-12 Won title 54-52 over TSU in the first round. The Redhawks now face No. 3 Eastern Kentucky Thursday with the winner MSU Last Loss: 3-4-11 To TTU in Semis meeting the Racers on Friday. As the No. 2 seed, the Racers break a streak of being the No. 1 seed in each of the last three 22012-13012-13 SCHEDULE-RESULTSSCHEDULE-RESULTS seasons. The last time MSU didn’t get the top seed was 2009 when they were third. NOVEMBER 09 Brescia Home Won 88-43 Municipal Auditorium is hosting the OVC Tournament for the third straight season and the ninth 15 ^Auburn (ESPN3) Neutral Won 79-59 overall. The years that the arena has hosted the event are 1967, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2008, 16 ^St. John’s (ESPN3) Neutral Won 72-67 2011, 2012 and 2013. 18 ^Colorado (ESPN2) Neutral Lost 74-81 24 Old Dominion (ESPN3) Home Won 79-72 MSU’s All-America Isaiah Canaan has 1,999 points and is posed to become the sixth member of 26 Lipscomb (ESPN3) Away Won 88-79 the MSU 2000-Point Club and the 17th in the OVC. Canaan is first in the OVC and sixth nationally DECEMBER with 21.6 points per game. Canaan also owns the school-record for consecutive games with at 04 Bethel (OVCDN) Home Won 76-54 08 Evansville (RTVN) Away Won 82-70 least one made three-point basket at 39 straight games. 16 Western Ky. (FoxCS) Home Won 75-70 19 Arkansas State (RTVN) Away Won 61-54 Ed Daniel is 12th this week nationally with 10.3 rebounds a game. He ranks 12th all-time at MSU 22 Dayton (CBSCS) Away Lost 77-68 with 707 and is the 12th Racer to reach 700 rebounds. He is six blocked shots from becoming 29 Valparaiso (ESPN3) Home Lost 66-64 the all-time leader at MSU. JANUARY 03 *UT Martin (RTVN) Away Won 73-62 Canaan and Daniel each earned All-OVC First Team honors this week with Canaan being named 05 *SE Missouri (ESPNU) Away Won 74-66 Co-Player of the Year. He is one of three MSU players to be selected to one the All-OVC teams 09 *Eastern Ky. (OVCDN) Home Lost 77-65 in all four seasons at school and his back-to-back OVC Player of the Year honors puts him in an 12 *Austin Peay (RTVN) Away Won 71-68 exclusive group of five at Murray State that have won mulitple awards. 17 *Eastern Illinois (OVCDN) Home Won 70-49 19 *SIUE (OVCDN) Home Won 70-61 Daniel is an All-OVC pick for the first time as he, Canaan and Jordan Burge make up the winningest 24 *Tennessee Tech (ESPNU) Away Won 47-39 class in Racer history with 105 wins. 26 *Jacksonville St. (RTVN) Away Lost 65-64 FEBRUARY 02 *Austin Peay (ESPNU) Home OT Won 75-68 MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTINGTARTING LLINEUPINEUP 07 *Belmont (ESPNU) Home Won 79-74 09 *Tennessee St. (OVCDN) Home Won 69-48 14 *SIUE (RTVN) Away Lost 65-60 16 *Eastern Illinois (RTVN) Away Lost 79-70 20 *Morehead State (RTVN) Away 2OT Won 106-100 23 #S. Dakota State (ESPN2) Home Won 73-62 28 *UT Martin (OVCDN) Home Lost 69-68 MARCH 02 *SE Missouri (OVCDN) Home Lost 84-68 G • 6-1• SR G • 6-2 • JR G • 6-3 • SR F • 6-7 • SR F • 6-9 • SR OVC TOURNAMENT ISAIAH CANAAN DEXTER FIELDS STACY WILSON ED DANIEL BRANDON GARRETT 08 Semifinals (ESPNU/3) Neutral 8 p.m. 09 Championship (ESPN2) Neutral 6 p.m. PTS 21.6 PTS 6.5 PTS 13.0 PTS 13.5 PTS 6.7 * OVC Games OVCDN-OVC Digital Net RTVN-Racer TV Net REB 3.3 REB 2.6 REB 3.7 REB 10.3 REB 5.0 ^ Charleston Classic - TD Arena. # Ramada BracketBusters OVC Tournament - Nashville, Tenn., Municipal Auditorium AST 4.0 AST 1.4 AST 2.5 BLK 1.6 BLK 0.6 STL 1.5 STL 0.9 STL 1.0 STL 1.1 STL 0.7 2012-13 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GoRacers.com / @MSURacers / @RacersHoops PPROGRAMROGRAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE RROSTEROSTER Location Murray, Ky. (42071) No Player Pos Cl-Exp Ht Wt Hometown (Previous School) Founded 1922 1 Stacy Wilson G/F SR-1L 6-3 201 Mullins, S.C (Coffeyville CC/Mullins) Enrollment 10,830 2 Edward Daniel F SR-3L 6-7 228 Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn) Colors Navy & Gold 3 Isaiah Canaan G SR-2L 6-1 195 Biloxi, Miss. (Biloxi) Nickname Racers 4 Latreze Mushatt F SR-1L 6-5 225 Saginaw, Mich. (UMKC) (Saginaw) Conference Ohio Valley 11 C.J. Ford G FR-HS 6-1 177 Fayetteviklle, N.C. (Westover) Arena CFSB Center (8,600) 12 Tyler Rambo F FR-RS 6-5 217 Grandview, Mo. (Christian Life) (Grandview) President Dr. Randy J. Dunn 13 Brandon Garrett F SR-2L 6-9 205 Phoenix, Ariz. (Indian Hills CC) (Paradise Valley) Director of Athletics Allen Ward 14 Erik McCree F FR-HS 6-7 207 Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange) Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler 22 Tiger Warford G FR-HS 6-1 170 Greenville, Ky. (Muhlenberg County) 23 Dexter Fields G JR-RS 6-2 190 Orlando, Fla. (UAB, Olympia) 2011-12 Season 31-2 31 Jeffery Moss G/F FR-HS 6-4 195 Maidson, Ala. (Bob Jones) 2011-12 OVC 15-1 (Champion) 33 Jordan Burge G SR-SQ 5-11 175 Mayfi eld, Ky. (Northside Baptist Christian) Final Rankings 12 AP/16 ESPN-USA Today 34 Terron Gilmore F FR-HS 6-7 200 Jackson, Miss. (Callaway) First Season 1925-26 35 Zay Henderson F FR-HS 6-8 221 Monroe, La. (Neville) Coaching Staff & Suport Staff Seasons 88 Head Coach: Steve Prohm, 2nd Season, Alabama 1997 All-Time Record 1,498-833 (.642) Assistant Coaches: William Small, 2nd Season, Belhaven 1993. Matt McMahon, 2nd Season, All-Time OVC Record 609-318 (.658) Appalachian State 2000. James Kane, 2nd Season, Florida 2005 Graduate Assistant Manager: Bryan Sherrer, 2nd Season, South Alabama 2011 OVC Regular Season Championships 23 Managers: Tim MacCallister, Laramie Locke, Kevin Hargis, J.T. Toenjes, Conrad Gholson 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, Strength & Conditioning Coach: Greg Goldin, 1st Season, Canisius 2011 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Athletic Trainer: Eric Frederick, 20th Season, Texas Christian 1992 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 Sports Information Director: Dave Winder, 12th Season, Murray State 1987 OVC Tournament Championships 15 Secretary: Becky Hudson, 3rd Season, Lambuth 1975 1951, 1964, 1988, 1990,1991,1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 MMEDIAEDIA INFORMATIONINFORMATION NCAA Tournament Appearances 15 Weekly News Conference: Head Coach Steve Prohm conducts a weekly question and answer 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, session with area media members at the Racer Room in Stewart Stadium at noon. Lunch is 1997,1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 provided. Video will be available on GoRacers.com. In most weeks, the news conference is on Monday. Consecutive Winning Seasons 26 Streak started in 1987 Practice Coverage: MSU practices are generally open. Player interviews are limited to one day per week for players. Coach Prohm is available every day before or after practice. Contact the All-Time Coaches 15 MSU Media Relations Department to arrange. OVC MVP’s 16 All-Conference Selections 121 Video Service: Any television stations and networks needing video of individual MSU players and game footage are asked to call Brooks Santanello 618-698-2727 for FTP instructions. Pronunciations Isaiah Canaan: CANN-none (loose cannon) Post-Game Interviews: For home games, Coach Prohm and select MSU players will be Latreze Mushatt: Luh-TREZ MOO-Shat available in the media interview area, which is in the weight room down the hall from the Steve Prohm: PROAM like Rome MSU locker room.