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2015-16 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 • GoRacers.com • Press Row: (270) 809-5551 GGAME-17AME-17 CCURBURB EEVENTVENT CCENTERENTER - NNASHVILLE,ASHVILLE, TTENN.ENN. EEVENTVENT IINFORMATIONNFORMATION MURRAY STATE RACERS (8-8, 2-1 OHIO VALLEY) Date-Time: Jan. 14 - 8 p.m. CT Head Coach: Matt McMahon (Appalachian State, 2000) Site: Nashville, Tenn. Arena: Curb Event Center Career Record: 8-8 (1st season) • At MSU: Same • OVC: 2-1 TV: ESPNU Dr. Jerry Punch & Mo Cassara Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM BELMONT BRUINS (11-6, 3-0 OHIO VALLEY) Neal Bradley & Kenny Roth Head Coach: Rick Byrd Green (Tennessee, 1976) Web Streaming: Audio: GoRacers.com & Career Record: 721-373 (35th season) • At BU: 629-318 (30th) • OVC: 41-9 Froggy103.com Video: ESPN3 Live Stats: BelmontBruins.com STORY LINES Twitter In Game: @RacersHoops @RacerDave23 The Murray State Racers take to the road for the first time in Ohio Valley Conference play Thursday when they travel to Nashville for a game with the Belmont Bruins. The 8 p.m. tip from the Curb Event Center will Series air on ESPNU with Dr. Jerry Punch and Mo Cassara calling the action. Overall: Racers lead 6-4 Home: Racers lead 5-0 All Murray State games are heard over free radio on WFGE Froggy 103.7 FM and online at Froggy103.com Away: Tied 1-1 and GoRacers.com. Neal Bradley is in his 25th season as the Voice of the Racers. Former MSU assistant coach Neutral: Racers trail 0-3 Kenny Roth provides analysis and commentary. The game is also available on WatchESPN. OVC: Racers lead 2-1 OVC Tournament: Racers trail 0-2 Stat Comparison The Racers are coming off a split of games at home last week in a 71-65 loss Last Meeting: 2004 Home Won 89-84 MSU BEL to Tennessee Tech and a 69-54 win over Jacksonville State. MSU’s senior First Meeting: 2015 Away Won 84-57 16 ALL GAMES 17 post-presence, Wayne “Lefty” Langston, had a week of 37 points on 55 Next .432 FG% .491 percent shooting while grabbing 18 rebounds. Langston enters the week Racers: Jan. 16 away vs Tennessee State .437 OPP FG% .427 ranked 12th in NCAA D-I by making 64 percent of his shots. He’s second in Bruins: Jan. 16 home vs Austin Peay .317 3PT% .731 the OVC behind only Belmont’s Evan Bradds (2nd nationally) who makes 70 372 OPP. 3P% .359 percent of his. 22015-16015-16 SSCHEDULECHEDULE .704 FT% .351 NOVEMBER +1.1 REB MARGIN -2.0 Coming into the Belmont game, the Racers have a run of eight-straight OVC 13 Harris-Stowe OVCDN WON 105-55 224 ASSISTS 289 road wins. Their last loss was at SEMO in the final regular-season game in 17 Middle Tennessee ASN WON 76-65 198 TURNOVERS 237 2014. MSU has won eight-straight OVC road openers since losing at Eastern 20 Georgia ESPN3 LOST 63-52 113 STEALS 77 Kentucky in 2007. 23 ^Milwaukee WON 66-63 36 BLOCKS 42 24 ^Pepperdine WON 59-55 69.9 PPG 82.5 The Racers are pleased that All-OVC Preseason Team pick Jeffery Moss has 25 ^Weber State LOST 75-59 68.0 OPP PPG 77.2 been shooting the ball well of late. MSU’s do-it-all senior recently had a 28 Alabama A&M OVCDN WON 63-61 streak of six straight games with an assist. In two games last week, he scored DECEMBER 37 points on 13-of-29 from the field and 9-of-20 from 3-point range. An excellent free throw shooter, Moss 02 Houston ESPN3 LOST 93-78 is perfect from the free throw line in three OVC games at 8-of-8 and has started 85-straight games at Murray 05 Evansville OVCDN LOST OT 85-81 State. 13 Illinois State ESPN3 LOST 63-61 18 Southern Illinois OVCDN LOST 88-73 The Racers are up against one of the top offensive teams in the nation as Belmont is 22nd in the country 22 Wright State ESPN3 LOST 65-49 hitting nearly 50 percent from the field. In addition to Bradds, Belmont has sharp-shooter Craig Bradshaw. 30 Brescia OVCDN WON 101-75 The OVC Preseason MVP is 60th in the nation hitting 42 percent from the 3-point line. JANUARY 02 Morehead State* CBS WON 62-57 The Racers lead the all-time series with Belmont 6-4 and are 2-1 in the regular season since they began 07 Tennessee Tech* OVCDN LOST 71-65 playing the Bruins as an OVC game. In a short time, the Racers and Bruins have given fans a lot of excitement 09 Jacksonville State* OVCDN WON 69-54 with several games coming down to the last possession. Unfortunately for the Racers, they saw Belmont take 14 Belmont* ESPNU Nashville 8p an OVC Tournament semifinal game in 2013 and last season’s championship game with last second shots. 16 Tennessee State* OVCDN Nashville 7:30p 21 Eastern Illinois* OVCDN CSFB Center 7p After the game at Belmont, the Racers head over to Tennessee State Saturday to take on the Tigers at 7:30 23 SIUE* OVCDN CSFB Center 7p p.m. in the Gentry Center. MSU returns home next week for games against EIU (Jan. 21) and SIUE (Jan. 23). 27 Eastern Kentucky* OVCDN Richmond, Ky. 7p 30 UT Martin* CBS Martin, Tenn. 3p MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE PPOSSIBLEOSSIBLE SSTARTINGTARTING LLINEUPINEUP FEBRUARY 04 SE Missouri* ESPNU Cape Girardeau, Mo.8p 06 Austin Peay* OVCDN CSFB Center 7p 11 SIUE* OVCDN Edwardsville, Ill. 7p 13 SE Missouri* OVCDN CSFB Center 7p 20 Austin Peay* OVCDN Clarksville, Tenn. 6:30p 25 Eastern Illinois* CBS Charleston, Ill. 830p 27 UT Martin* OVCDN CSFB Center 7p 1 1122 2 4 0 MARCH G • 6-0 • JR. G • 6-5 • JR. F • 6-4 • SR. G • 6-8 • FR. F • 6-7 • SR. 02 #1st Round OVCDN Nashville 6p/8p 03 #Quarterfinals OVCDN Nashville 6p/8p BRYCE JONES GEE MCGHEE JEFFERY MOSS BRION SANCHIOUS WAYNE LANGSTON 04 #Semifinals ESPNU Nashville 630p/830p PTS 12.4 PTS 8.9 PTS 11.9 PTS 1.9 PTS 13.9 05 #Championship ESPN2 Nashville 5p REB 4.2 REB 4.8 REB 3.6 REB 3.1 REB 6.9 * OVC Games BOLD - Home Game ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase, Estero, Fla. - Germain Arena AST 65 AST 32 AST 23 AST 7 AST 19 # - OVC Tournament, Nashville - Municipal Auditorium STL 17 STL 18 STL 14 STL 5 STL 16 2015-16 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GoRacers.com / @MSURacers / @RacersHoops PPROGRAMROGRAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE RROSTEROSTER Location Murray, Ky. (42071) No Player P Class Ht Wt Hometown (Previous School) Founded 1922 0 Wayne Langston F 6-7 245 Sr. Washington, D.C. (McLennan CC/Wise HS) Enrollment 11,000 1 Bryce Jones G 6-0 170 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Jones County JC/Boys & Girls HS) Colors Navy & Gold 2 Jeffery Moss F 6-4 190 Sr. Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) Nickname Racers 4 Brion Sanchious F 6-8 230 Fr. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Northeast HS) Conference Ohio Valley 10 Chad Culbreath G 5-9 165 Fr. Henning, Tenn. (Ripley HS) Arena CFSB Center (8,600) 11 Damarcus Croaker G 6-2 190 Jr. Orlando, Fla (Texas/Jones HS) President Dr. Bob Davies 12 Gee McGhee G 6-5 225 Jr. Baton Rouge, La. (Chattanooga/Redemptorist HS) Director of Athletics Allen Ward 13 Charles Brown F 6-5 210 Fr. New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine HS) Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler 23 Justin Seymour G 6-3 215 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Utah/Wheeler HS) 32 A.J. Patty F 6-9 215 Jr. Winchester, Ill. (Vincennes/St. Joseph HS) 2014-15 Season 29-6 34 Terron Gilmore F 6-7 230 Sr. Jackson, Miss. (Callaway HS) 2014-15 OVC 16-0 (1st West, 1st Overall) First Season 1925-26 Coaching Staff & Suport Staff Seasons 91st in 2015-16 Head Coach: Matt McMahon, 1st Season, Appalachian State 2000 (5th season at Murray State) All-Time Record (season start) 1,552-853 (.642) Assistant Coaches: James Kane, 5th Season, Florida 2005. Tim Kaine, 1st Season, Winthrop All-Time OVC Rec (season start) 638-322 (.659) 2002. Shane Nichols, 1st Season, Wofford 2008. OVC Regular Season Championships 24 Graduate Assistant Manager: Jewuan Long, 2nd Season, Murray State 2012 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, Managers: Laramie Locke, Kyle Janes, Blake Wetherington, Kyle Morris, Brenden Thomas, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Strength & Conditioning Coach: David Land, 3rd Season, Appalachian State 2011 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 Athletic Trainer: Eric Frederick, 23rd Season, Texas Christian 1992 OVC Tournament Championships 15 Sports Information Director: Dave Winder, 15th Season, Murray State 1987 1951, 1964, 1988, 1990,1991,1992, 1995, 1997, Administrative Secretary: Becky Hudson, 6th Season, Lambuth 1975 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 NCAA Tournament Appearances 15 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, MMEDIAEDIA IINFORMATIONNFORMATION 1997,1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 Weekly News Conference: Head Coach Matt McMahon conducts a weekly question and NIT Tournament Appearances 8 answer session with area media members at the Gene Ray Center For Racer Basketball which 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2015 is adjacent to the CFSB Center. Lunch is provided. Video will be available on GoRacers.com. In CIT Tournament Appearances 1 most weeks, the news conference is on Monday and is usually held at noon.