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2018-19 MURRAY STATE BASKETBALL Dave Winder, Assistant AD - Media Relations • Office: (270) 809-4271 • Cell: (270) 293-0566 • [email protected] @MSURacers @RacersHoops • Facebook.com/MurrayStateRacers • GoRacers.com GGAME-1AME-1 CCFSBFSB CENTERCENTER - MMURRAY,URRAY, KKY.Y. EEVENTVENT IINFORMATIONNFORMATION WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (25-10, 14-4 Horizon League, 2nd Place) Date: Nov. 10 Time: 7 p.m. CT Site: Murray, Ky. Head Coach: Scott Nagy (Delta State, 1988) Arena: CFSB Center Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM - PXP-Neal Bradley, Analyst Kenny Roth Career Record: 455-262 (24th season) • At WSU: 232-112 (3rd season) TV: None Web Streaming Video: ESPN+ Audio: MURRAY STATE RACERS (26-6, 14-2 OVC Champions in 2017-18) GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com Live Stats: Head Coach: Matt McMahon (Appalachian State, 2000) StatBroadcst.com Twitter: @MSURacers @RacersHoops @RacerDave23 Series: WSU leads Career Record: 59-37 (4th season) • At MUR: Same • OVC: 34-16 4-1 Home: WSU leads 0-1 Away: WSU leads 2-1 Neutral: WSU leads 0-1 Last MSU Win: 2017 at The 93rd season of collegeiate basketball for the Murray State Racers commences Saturday with the 21st WSU 80-61. MSU Next: 11-10 home vs Spalding season of hoops in the CFSB Center when the Racers host the Wright State Raiders in a 7 p.m. tip on the WSU Next: 11-14 home vs Toledo Racers’ home court in Murray, Kentucky. Froggy 103 (WFGS 103.7 FM) airs every MSU game with “Voice of the Racers” Neal Bradley calling the action in his 28th season. Former MSU assistant coach Kenny Roth provides commentary. Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com has free online streaming audio. The game can also be seen online at ESPN+. After meeting only twice in 18 seasons, the Racers and Raiders are staging their fourth-straight game since 2015. The Racers picked up their first win in the series in five meetings last season with a road win at WSU’s Nutter Center by an 80-61 score. Murray State first met Wright State in 1990 and again at the San Juan MSU Home Openers vs D-I In CFSB Center Shootout in 2008. Year Opponent W-L Score 1998 Southern Illinois Won 65-62 2003 Wagner Won 92-68 The Racers have won 19-of-20 home openers at the 2007 Rider Won 66-65 CFSB Center with the only blemish being a 77-74 2010 East Tennessee State Won 50-39 thriller to the Houston Cougars in 2014. Against NCAA 2014 Houston Lost 77-74 D-I teams, the Racers have won 5-of-6 home openers 2016 Illinois State Won 73-70 with the last also being a thriller with the Racers beating Illinois State at the buzzer in 2016. The Racers are at home for a fifth-straight season opener since they 22018-19018-19 SCHEDULESCHEDULE opened at Valparaiso in 2013. NOVEMBER 10 Wright State H ESPN+ 7p Murray State’s exhibition tune up occured Monday when the Racers hosted Brescia and won 99-61. The 16 Spalding H ESPN+ 7p Racers put 11 players in the scoring column led by Ja Morant with 17 points. Tevin Brown and Shaq Buchanan 24 Missouri State H ESPN+ 7p each tossed in 15 and Brion Whitley scored 13. Anthony Smith, Brion Whitley and Darnell Cowart all grabbed 26 Alabama A SEC NET 7P six rebounds. The Racers also shared the ball in recording 28 assists on their 42 field goals and they scored DECEMBER 64 points in the paint to go with 32 points on fast breaks. 01 Prairie View A&M H ESPN+ 7p 08 Middle Tennessee A ESPN+ 7P Certainly, a player can only MSU Recent Scoring Debuts vs NCAA D-I Opponents 12 Southern Illinois A ESPN+ 7p make a debut at Murray State Year Player Opponent W/L H/A Score Stats 15 Jackson State H ESPN+ 7p once. The Racers have had 2016 Jonathan Stark Illinois State W H 73-70 19pts 18 Evansville H ESPN+ 7p some memorable debuts 2013 Cameron Payne Valparaiso L A 77-74 21pts 22 Auburn A SEC NET 330p in recent seasons including 2010 B.J. Jenkins ETSU W H 50-39 14pts 29 Bethel (TN) H ESPN+ 7p the one that Jonathan Stark 2009 Isaiah Canaan California L A 75-70 8pts JANUARY turned in against Illinois State 2006 Bruce Carter San Diego State L N 87-84 19pts 03 *Morehead State H ESPN+ 7p in 2016 where he scored 19 05 *SE Missouri H ESPN+ 7p points and hit the game winning shot with two seconds remaining. Other recent MSU debuts includes MSU’s 10 *UT Martin A ESPN+ 730p pair of current NBA players Isaiah Canaan (2009 at California with eight points) and Cameron Payne (2013 12 *SE Missouri A ESPN+ 415p at Valparaiso with 21 points). Bruce Carter had a 19-point effort in Coach Billy Kennedy’s first Murray State 17 *Eastern Illinois A ESPN+ 715p at Saint Mary’s (CA) in 2006. Incidentally, the Racers lost that game when Aztec guard Brandon Heath hit a 19 *SIUE A ESPN+ 7p halfcourt shot. 24 *Belmont H ESPNU 8p 26 *Tennessee State H ESPN+ 7p 31 *Jacksonville State A ESPN+ 715p MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS ((2017-182017-18 SSTATS)TATS) FEBRUARY 02 *Tennessee Tech A ESPN+ 730p 07 *Eastern Illinois H ESPN+ 7p 09 *SIUE H ESPN+ 7p 14 *Austin Peay A ESPNU 6p 16 *Eastern Kentucky A ESPN+ 6p 21 *UT Martin H ESPN+ 7p 23 *SE Missouri H ESPN+ 7p 1111 1100 1122 2244 4 28 *Morehead State A ESPN+ 635p MARCH G • 6-3 • SR. G • 6-5 • FR. G • 6-2 • SO. G • 6-7 • SR. F • 6-8 •SR. 02 *Austin Peay H ESPN+ 7p SHAQQ BUCHANAN TEVIN BROWN JA MORANT ANTHONY SMITH BRION SANCHIOUS 06 #OVC Round One N ESPN+ 6p/8p PTS 9.2 PTS 0.0 PTS 12.6 PTS 3.6 PTS 3.0 07 #OVC Quarterfinals N ESPN+ 6p/8p REB 4.0 REB 0.0 REB 6.6 REB 3.5 REB 2.8 08 #OVC Semifinals N ESPNU 7p/9p AST 33 AST 0 AST 199 AST 9 AST 809 #OVC Championship N ESPN2 7p * OVC Games BOLD - Home Game Doubleheader STL 50 STL 0 STL 29 STL 19 BLK 18 # - OVC Tournament, Evansville - Ford Center 2018-19 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GoRacers.com / @MSURacers / @RacersHoops 22018-19018-19 MURRAYMURRAY SSTATETATE MMEN’SEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL RROSTEROSTER No Player P H W C Hometown (Previous School) 0 Mike Davis F 6-7 210 Jr. East Brewton, Ala. (Coastal Alabama North CC/W.S. Neal HS) Alphabetical Roster 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 175 Fr. Holly Springs, Miss. (Holly Springs HS) 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 180 Fr. 4 Brion Sanchious F 6-8 245 Sr. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Northeast HS) 11 Shaq Buchanan G 6-3 190 Sr 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 180 Fr. Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope HS) 32 Darnell Cowart F 6-8 295 Jr. 11 Leroy “Shaq” Buchanan G 6-3 190 Sr. Madison, Miss. (NE Mississippi CC/Madison HS) 0 Mike Davis F 6-7 210 Jr. 12 Temetrius “Ja” Morant G 6-3 175 So. Dalzell, S.C. (Crestwood HS) 14 Jaiveon Eaves G 6-2 195 Jr. 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 So. Picayune, Miss. (Madison Ridgeland Academy) 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 So. 14 Jaiveon Eaves G 6-2 195 Jr. Madisonville, Ky. (John A. Logan JC/Madisonville-N. Hopkins HS) 25 Jalen Johnson G 6-1 175 Fr. 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 So. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS) 12 Ja Morant G 6-3 175 So. 23 KJ Williams F 6-9 240 Fr. Cleveland, Miss. (Cleveland Central HS) 4 Brion Sanchious F 6-8 245 Sr. 24 Anthony Smith F 6-7 225 Sr. Suitland, Md. (Barton County CC/Potomac HS) 24 Anthony Smith F 6-7 225 Sr. 25 Jalen Johnson G 6-1 175 Fr. Hopkinsville, Ky. (Hopkinsville HS) 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 175 Fr. 32 Darnell Cowart F 6-8 295 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Cowley County CC/Agua Fria HS/) 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 So. 23 KJ Williams F 6-9 240 Fr. Head Coach: Matt McMahon (Appalachian State 2000) 4th Season (Assistant 4 seasons, 2011-15) Assistant Coaches: Shane Nichols - 4th Season (Wofford 2008) Pronunciations Tim Kaine - 4th Season (Winthrop 2002) Darnell Cowart Co-WART Casey Long - 2nd Season (Chattanooga 2007) Jaiveon Eaves Jay-VEE-ON Video Coordinator: Mike Chapman (Florida 2017) Tim Kaine Cane Senior Associate AD-Basketball Administrator: Matt Kelly (Alma College 1994) 17th season Matt McMahon Mick-Man Athletic Trainer: Eric Frederick (TCU 1992) 26th season Ja Morant J-ah More-RANT Team Doctors: Dr. Richard Blalock, Dr. Richard Blalock II Brion Sanchious Bree-ON SANG-Chus Strength & Conditioning Coach: Zach Whitman (Appalachian State 2013) 2nd season DaQuan Smith Day-quan Brion Whitley Bree-ON Wit-LEE Media Relations: Dave Winder (Murray State 1987) 18th Season Administrative Assistant: Crystal Morrow (Murray State 1994) 22nd Season Team Managers: Trevor Breedlove, Nathan Huddy, Chase McAtee, Jack Seltsman, Nick Virden, Drew Waddell All-Time Coaches 16 Video Service: Any television stations and networks PPROGRAMROGRAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION Carlisle Cutchin 16 1925-41 347 256-91 needing video of individual MSU players and game Location Murray, Ky. 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