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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 C CFSBFSB CENTERCENTER - MURRAY,MURRAY, 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 STATESTATE 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 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 Jonathan Harkey (270) Founded 1922 John Miller 6 1942-48 134 74-60 809-6184. [email protected] is his email. Enrollment 10,017 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 lot 4 Nickname Racers Cal Luther 16 1958-74 395 241-154 of the home of the Racers, the CFSB Center. The Conference Ohio Valley Fred Overton 4 1974-78 103 44-59 entrance is off of the Highway 121 Bypass on the Arena CFSB Center (8,600) Ron Greene 7 1978-85 197 119-78 southwest side. The address for the CFSB Center is: President (Interim) Dr. Bob Jackson Steve Newton 6 1985-91 181 116-65 1401 KY-121, Murray, KY 42071 Director of Athletics (Interim) Velvet Milkman Scott Edgar 4 1991-95 118 79-40 Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler Mark Gottfried 3 1995-98 92 68-24 Post-Game Interviews: For home games, Coach Tevester Anderson 5 1998-03 155 103-52 McMahon and select MSU players will be available 22017-18017-18 SEASONSEASON Mick Cronin 3 2003-06 93 69-24 in the media interview area, which is in the room 2017-18 Overall 26-6 OVC 16-2 (Champion) Billy Kennedy 5 2006-11 128 107-53 next to the MSU locker room. Interviews begin after First Season 1925-26 Steve Prohm 4 2011-15 132 104-29 a 10 minute cooling off period. Visiting coaches Seasons 93rd in 2017-18 (70th in OVC) Matt McMahon 3 2015-18 96 59-37 can come to the media area at their discretion. Total Winning Seasons 78 Record at start of season For road games, Coach McMahon will be available All-Time Record 1611-890 (.644) OVC MVP’s 19 for interviews after he is ﬁ nished with his radio All-Time OVC Record 672-337 (.666) Jim Jennings (1964), Claude Virden (1969) interview. This could be done on the court or at the Les Taylor (1972) (1973), Gary Hooker (1980), home team’s interview area. Glen Green (1983), Jeff Martin (1988) (1990), RRACERACER HISTORYHISTORY Popeye Jones (1990) (1991), Marcus Brown (1995) OVC Teleconference: The Ohio Valley Conference OVC Regular Season Championships 25 & (1996), De’Teri Mayes (1998), Aubrey Reese will hold teleconferences during the season. 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, (2000), Cuthbert Victor (2004), Isaiah Canaan (2012) Contact Kyle Schwartz of the OVC for phone dates, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, & (2013 Co-MVP), Cameron Payne (2015), Jonathan number and passcode. (615) 371-1688. His email 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018 Stark (2018) is: [email protected]. You can also contact Dave OVC Tournament Championships 16 All-Conference Selections 133 Winder for the information. 1951, 1964, 1988, 1990,1991,1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018 MMEDIAEDIA INFORMATIONINFORMATION NCAA Tournament Appearances 16 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997,1998, Weekly News Conference: Head Coach Matt OOVCVC CCONTACTONTACT 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018 McMahon conducts a weekly Q&A session with Kyle Schwartz NIT Tournament Appearances 8 area media members at the CFSB Center. Lunch is Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2015 provided. Video will be available on GoRacers.com. Ofﬁ ce: (615) 690-6685 CIT Tournament Appearances 1 In most weeks, the news conference is on Monday Cell: (615) 775-1937 2014 (Champion) and is usually held at noon. E-mail: [email protected] Practice Coverage: MSU practices are generally Web Page: http://www.OVCSports.com open. Player interviews are limited to one day per Twitter: @OVCSports week for players. Coach McMahon is available every day before or after practice.

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Racer Observations Murray State vs Wright State Series  There are 64 NCAA D-I games on the Saturday schedule OOVCVC PPRESEASONRESEASON POLLPOLL Year H/A/N W/L Score and the Wright State at Murray State clash is only one of two Home: 0-1 Away: 1-2 Neutral: 0-1 2018-19 Preseason OVC Predicted Order of Finish matchups that involve two NCAA Tournament participants from 1990 Away Lost 76-79 1. Belmont (8 fi rst-place votes) 227 last March. The other is Texas Southern vs Gonzaga. 2008 ¹Neutral Lost 41-57 2. Murray State (9) 221 2015 Away Lost 49-65 3. Jacksonville State (7) 211  Coach Matt McMahon is leading the Racers into his fourth 2016 Home Lost 62-77 4. Austin Peay 188 season opener and all have come at the CFSB Center. His three 2017 Away Won 80-61 5. Tennessee Tech 135 previous openers included a home win over Brescia (118-61) in 1 San Juan Shootout, Puerto Rico 6. Eastern Kentucky 118 2017, a home win over Illinois State (73-70) in 2016 and a home 7. Eastern Illinois 116 win over Harris-Stowe (105-55) in 2015. 8. Tennessee State 101 9. Southeast Missouri 82  Wright State opened the season at home Wednesday with a 96-73 win over Western Carolina. Bill 10. Morehead State 78 Wampler had the hot hand with 26 points, including five three pointers. Loudon Love scored 17 points 11. UT Martin 77 with seven rebounds and Skyelar Potter hit for 16 points. 12. SIUE 30 11 points awarded for a first-place vote, 10 for  The early part of the season finds the Racers enjoying their second, etc. - Coaches and SID’s could not vote first three games at home. MSU stays at home to take on for their own teams Spalding (Nov. 16) before Missouri State comes to town (Nov. 24) for a Saturday game after Thanksgiving. 22018-19018-19 OVCOVC PRESEASONPRESEASON TEAMTEAM  Racer fans should mark Dec. 15 on the calendar for a special Name School P Ht Class day when MSU hosts Jackson State. Coach Tevester Anderson Shaq Buchanan MUR G 6-3 Sr. will be back on campus for the game that involves the last Ledarius Brewer SEMO G 6-5 So. two teams he coached at during his distinguished career. Jason Burnell JSU F 6-7 Sr. Anderson assisted Mark Gottfried from 1995-98 and had a C. Cunningham JSU F 6-7 Sr. big part in three OVC regular season titles and a pair of NCAA Lamontry Harris MOR F 6-7 Sr. appearances. As head coach from 1998-03, Coach T’s Murray Fatod Lewis UTM G 6-8 Sr. State teams won 103 games in five seasons including two Terrell Lewis EIU G 5-7 Sr. OVC titles and two trips to the Big Dance. Anderson ended his Nick Mayo EKU F 6-9 Sr. career at Jackson State (2003-13) by winning two SWAC titles Kevin McClain BEL G 6-3 Sr. and taking JSU to one NCAA appearance. Ja Morant MUR G 6-3 So. Terry Taylor APSU F 6-5 So.  The Racers get the regular season going Saturday when they *Dylan Windler BEL F 6-8 Sr. host the Wright State Raiders Saturday at 7 p.m. at the CFSB * OVC Preseason Player of the Year Center. It’s a double-header day with the MSU women’s team playing Oakland City at 5 p.m. MMSUSU OVCOVC PRESEASONPRESEASON POYPOY MSU goes into the 2018-19 season trying to replace the big Since 1993 production they got from graduated seniors Jonathan Stark 1994-95 *Marcus Brown (OVC Player of the Year) 21.4ppg and Terrell Miller (All-OVC 1995-96 *Marcus Brown First Team) 15.1ppg. Their combined 1,168 points represented 46 percent of the team’s scoring. Replacing 1997-98 *DT Mayes that won’t be easy, but the Racers believe they have the pieces necessary to once again battle for the top 1999-00 Isaac Spencer spot in the OVC. 2000-01 Isaac Spencer 2005-06 Trey Pearson At the top level of professional basketball, the Racers enjoy having two of their former stars playing 2006-07 Shawn Witherspoon every day in the NBA this season. Cameron Payne (2013-15) is with the Chicago Bulls and has made 2012-13 *Îsaiah Canaan 11 starts this season and is playing 25 minutes per game with 9.4 points per game with 3.7 assists per 2014-15 *Cameron Payne game. The Bulls are 3-8. All of a sudden it seems, Isaiah Canaan (2009-13) is in his sixth NBA season and 2017-18 *Jonathan Stark is becoming one of the most reliable veterans in the league as he toils for the Phoenix Suns. A starter * Also reg. sea. MVP ^Shared with Ian Clark (BEL) in the fi rst nine games of the season, Canaan was playing 28 minutes a game at the point guard slot and averaging 10.0 points per game and three assists per game. In Tuesday’s 104-82 loss, he scored 13 points and dished out four assists. The Suns are 2-7. Former Racers Jonathan Stark and Terrell Miller are RRECENTECENT OOVCVC CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS competing in the G League with the Iowa Wolves and the Erie Bayhawks. Season Reg. Rec Tournament 2001-02 Tenn. Tech 13-3 Murray State The Racers return three starters including sophomore point guard Ja Morant (Dalzell, S.C.) who was 2002-03 APSU/MOR 13-3 Austin Peay named All-OVC First Team and All-OVC Newcomer Team as a freshman. Morant started every one of the 2003-04 Austin Peay 16-0 Murray State Racers’ 32 games and was 15th nationally with 6.2 assists per game. Among NCAA D-I freshman, only 2004-05 Tenn. Tech 12-4 E. Kentucky Oklahoma’s Trea Young was better with 8.7. Morant enters his sophomore season as the fi fth returning 2005-06 Murray State 17-3 Murray State scorer in the OVC at 12.7ppg, the eighth returning rebounder at 6.5rpg and the fi rst returning assister at 2006-07 Austin Peay 16-4 E. Kentucky 6.3apg. 2007-08 Austin Peay 16-4 Austin Peay 2008-09 UT Martin 14-4 Morehead St. Shaq Buchanan and Brion Sanchious are seniors and give the Racers a total of three returning starters 2009-10 Murray State 17-1 Murray State along with Morant. Sanchious (Pompano Beach, Fla.), is the glue that holds the Racers together on both 2010-11 Murray State 14-4 Morehead St. ends of the fl oor and doesn’t score a lot, but he did make 61 percent of his 70 shots from 2017-18. 2011-12 Murray State 15-1 Murray State Buchanan (Madison, Miss.) became a starter in the third game of the season and became a player that 2012-13 Belmont 14-2 Belmont can do just about everything a team needs to win. He led the team with 50 steals (4th in the OVC) and 2013-14 Belmont 14-2 E. Kentucky tossed in 9.1ppg and grabbed 3.9rpg. Senior Anthony Smith (Suitland, Md.) appeared in all 32 games off 2014-15 Murray State 16-0 Belmont the bench for the Racers and his experience and high energy will be even more important to the team this 2015-16 Belmont 12-4 Austin Peay season. 2016-17 Belmont 15-1 Jacksonville State 2017-18 Murray State 16-2 Murray State

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Racer Newcomers DaQuan Smith (Holly Springs, Miss.) and KJ Williams Final Conference Rankings by MMSUSU CURRENTCURRENT STREAKSSTREAKS (Cleveland, Miss.) were both honored to represent their home state at KenPom.com (2017-18) the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Series (March 16) in which the top high 17 Colonial Athletic All Games L1 school players from the Yellowhammer State and the Magnolia State 18 Western Athletic WVU play an exhibition game. Representing Mississippi, Smith and Williams 19 Big West Last Win: BEL in OVC Tournament title game helped their team as Mississippi broke the 1994 record for most points 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic At CFSB Center W9 with a 127-90 win. Smith and Williams were both named to the Clarion 21 Southern EIU, SIUE, SEMO, , UTM, MOR, EKU, APSU, JSU, TTU Ledger’s Dandy Dozen. Each year, Mississippi’s largest newspaper selects 22 Ivy League Last Loss: Auburn their top high school players in the preseason and the postseason and 23 Ohio Valley On the Road W6 this Racer freshman duo was picked for both. 24 American East TSU, SEMO, UTM, SIUE, EIU, APSU 25 Big South Last Loss: BEL Guard Tevin Brown (Fairhope, Ala.) fi nally gets to get on the fl oor 26 Horizon League Neutral Floor L1 with the Racers after a foot injury caused him to miss the entire 2017- 27 Patriot League WVU 18 season. Brown, a 2017 Alabama 6A All-State selection, starts his Last Win: BEL in OVC Tournament title game freshman season a year later and is part of a rookie class that is highly Non-OVC Home L1 touted including the aforementioned Mississippi duo of DaQuan Smith and KJ Williams. Guard Jalen AUB Johnson (Hopkinsville, Ky.) fi nishes out this great class after a Kentucky All-State career at Hopkinsville. Last Win: Marist Non-OVC Road W1 Racer sophomores Devin Gilmore (Picayune, Miss.) and Brion Whitley (Sarasota, Fla.) are ready to gain UDM more responsibility in the 2018-19 season. Last Loss: Auburn OVC Overall W11 The Racers have also signed up a versatile trio of players from the JUCO ranks. Darnell Cowart (Chicago, TSU, MOR, EKU, SEMO, UTM, APSU, SIUE, JSU, TTU, Ill.), Mike Davis (East Brewton, Ala.) and Jaiveon Eaves (Madisonville, Ky.) will have a chance to make a big EIU, APSU impact on the season. Cowart appeared in 31 games at Cowley County CC in Kansas and averaged 15.9 Last Loss: BEL points per game and hauled in 7.7 rebounds. He had nine games of 20-point scoring. Davis was an all- OVC Home W9 league player at Coastal Alabama North CC where he scored 16.2ppg and grabbed 8.1rpg and Eaves was EIU, SIUE, SEMO, UTM, MOR, EKU, APSU, JSU, TTU named the NJCAA Region-24 Player of the Year at John A Logan JC by scoring 16.1ppg. Last Loss: EIU (Final home game of 16-17 season) OVC Road W6 The Racers are coming off an impressive 2017-18 season that saw them win the Ohio Valley Conference TSU, SEMO, UTM, SIUE, EIU, APSU regular season title and OVC Tournament title and appear in the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time since Last Loss: BEL 2012. Head Coach Matt McMahon leads the Racers into his fi fth season after he became the eighth-straight Racer coach to reach the NCAA Tournament.

MSU (26-6, 16-2 OVC) won their ﬁ nal 12 games to win the OVC regular season championship. After RRECORDECORD VSVS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS losing at Belmont (Jan. 18) 79-72, the Racers ran the table. As the No. 1 seed at the OVC Tournament in Opponent First Last W L Evansville, the Racers defeated Jacksonville State and Belmont to reach their 16th NCAA Tournament. MSU Wright State 1990 2017 1 4 was a No. 12 seed and lost to No. 5 seed West Virginia in San Diego by an 85-68 score. Spalding FIRST MEETING The 2018-19 season is the 21st for the Racers in the CFSB Center. Formerly known as the Regional Special Missouri State 1943 2014 2 2 Southern Illinois 1929 2016 18 17 MMSUSU LEAD-DEFICITLEAD-DEFICIT COMPARISONCOMPARISON Alabama 1957 1991 1 3 Prairie View A&M 1990 1994 3 0 Opp I------Largest Lead------I I-----Largest Deﬁ cit------I Lead Changes Ties Leading Trailing Middle Tennessee 1930 2016 104 36 WSU Southern Illinois 1929 2018 18 17 SU Jackson State 1972 1972 1 0 MOST Evansville 1943 2016 25 12 ALA PVAM Auburn 1996 2013 1 4 MTSU Bethel 1926 2016 21 3 SIU Morehead State 1934 2017 111 50 JSU Eastern Kentucky 1934 2017 100 61 UE UT Martin 1979 2018 49 7 AUB SE Missouri 1931 2018 58 21 BETH Eastern Illinois 1981 2017 46 11 MOR SIU Edwardsville 1975 2017 19 3 EKU Belmont 1986 2018 7 7 UTM SEMO Tennessee State 1983 2018 53 17 EIU Jacksonville State 2004 2018 21 2 SIUE Tennessee Tech 1930 2018 128 49 BEL Austin Peay 1941 2017 82 43 TSU JSU MMSUSU BESTBEST RUNSRUNS TTU EIU Opponent H/A Run Pts 1/2 SIUE APSU EKU UTM SEMO MOR APSU

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Events Center, the arena opened in the fall of 1998. Just like they did for 48 years at Racer Arena, MSU has enjoyed a home winning percentage at “The Bank”. Last season they were 14-2 at home and carry a OOVCVC AACTIVECTIVE LLEADERSEADERS winning streak of nine in a row into the 2018-19 season. MSU didn’t lose an OVC game at home last season POINTS SCORED and their last loss was to Auburn (Dec. 19). Coming into the 2018-19 season, MSU is 245-44 (.847) overall 1582 Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky and 146-27 (. 843) in OVC games. Their non-conference mark is 99-17 (.853). 1009 Terrell Lewis, Eastern Illinois 985 Dylan Windler, Belmont The Racers have led the OVC in scoring average in the last two seasons. In 2016-17, they scored 80.0 726 Kevin McClain, Belmont points per game, while Morehead State was at 79.0. Then last season in 2017-18 MSU led the OVC at 78.6, 690 Lamontray Harris, Morehead State just ahead of Belmont at 77.6. Having Jonathan Stark on the floor certainly made that happen as he led the 652 Christian Cunningham, Jacksonville State league in scoring in both seasons. 633 Fatodd Lewis, UT Martin 564 Jordan Walker, Morehead State Racer Basketball By The Numbers 530 Terry Taylor, Austin Peay 2 NBA Draft selections since 2013. Isaiah Canaan to Rockets in 2013, Cameron Payne to OKC in 2015. 485 Christian Ellis, SIUE 3 NCAA Tournament wins - Beat NC State (1988), Vanderbilt (2010), Colorado State (2012) 460 Armani Chaney, Tennessee State 8 National Invitational Tournament Appearances - 2015 Quarterfinalists 460 Zach Glotta, Austin Peay 456 Chris Porter-Bunton, Austin Peay 8 Consecutive coaches that have led MSU to the NCAA Tournament (Newton, Edgar, Gottfried, Anderson, 405 Ja Morant, Murray State Cronin, Kennedy, Prohm and McMahon) 16 OVC Tournament Championships REBOUNDS 16 NCAA Tournament Appearances 642 Dylan Windler, Belmont 16 Head Coaches - Matt McMahon was hired on June 9, 2015 619 Christian Cunningham, Jacksonville State 19 OVC Player of the Year Awards - last was Jonathan Stark in 2018 563 Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky 25 OVC Regular Season Championships - 16-2 in 2017-18 442 Courtney Alexander II, Tennessee Tech 77 Winning Seasons - - Since 1987 MSU Has 30 winning seasons in last 31 390 Fatodd Lewis, UT Martin 94 Total Seasons in 2018-19 - All-Time 1,611-890 (.644), OVC 672-337 (.666) 380 Lamontray Harris, Morehead State 291 Terry Taylor, Austin Peay 268 Brion Sanchious, Murray State 257 Chris Porter-Bunton, Austin Peay 254 Christian Ellis, SIUE

ASSISTS 501 Terrell Lewis, Eastern Illinois 209 Jonathan Dalton, Southeast Missouri 201 Ja Morant, Murray State 197 Christian Ellis, SIUE 192 Armani Chaney, Tennessee State

STEALS 110 Terrell Lewis, Eastern Illinois 81 Dylan Windler, Belmont 80 Armani Chaney, Tennessee State 71 Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky 65 Chris Porter-Bunton, Austin Peay 50 Shaq Buchanan, Murray State

BLOCKED SHOTS 161 Christian Cunningham, Jacksonville State 122 Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky 79 Dylan Windler, Belmont 74 Aboubacar Diallo, Eastern Illinois 59 Micaiah Henry, Tennessee Tech 52 Courtney Alexander II, Tennessee Tech 42 Brion Sanchious, Murray State

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE 2017-18 STANDINGS (FINAL) I---- OVC ----I I------Overall ------I SCHOOL OVC PCT TOT PCT H A N ST Murray State 16-2 .889 24-5 .828 14-2 10-3 0-0 W11 Belmont 15-3 .833 23-8 .742 14-2 9-6 0-0 W1 Austin Peay 12-6 .667 17-13 .567 12-4 5-9 0-0 L1 Jacksonville State 11-7 .611 20-11 .645 12-4 7-7 1-0 W2 Tennessee Tech 10-8 .556 18-13 .581 11-3 5-10 2-0 L1 Tennessee State 10-8 .556 15-14 .517 9-5 6-9 0-0 L3 Southeast Missouri 8-10 .444 14-17 .452 7-7 6-9 1-1 L2 Eastern Illinois 7-11 .389 11-18 .379 7-6 4-12 0-0 W1 Eastern Kentucky 5-13 .278 11-20 .355 6-7 5-11 0-2 L1 UT Martin 5-13 .278 10-21 .323 5-9 5-12 0-0 W1 SIUE 5-13 .278 9-20 .310 4-9 5-11 0-0 L3 Morehead State 4-14 .222 8-21 .276 7-6 1-15 0-0 W2

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HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH MMATTATT MMCMAHONCMAHON VVSS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS MMCMAHONCMAHON FFILEILE

With satisfaction of winning the Ohio Valley Conference Alabama A&M ...... 2-0 Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tenn. regular season and tournament title in the record books, Alabama ...... 0-0 Birthdate: April 26, 1978 the Racers and head coach Matt McMahon have basked Auburn ...... 0-1 Education: Appalachian State, 2000 in the glory of taking the Racers to it’s 16th NCAA Bethel ...... 1-0 Degree: Marketing Tournament. As McMahon enters his fourth season Bowling Green ...... 0-1 High School: Oak Ridge at Murray State, the 2018-19 season fi nds the Racers Brescia ...... 3-0 Family developing talent and trying to replace the best player Detroit Mercy ...... 2-0 Wife - Mary in the OVC and perhaps the second best player. Evansville ...... 0-2 Children Florida A&M ...... 1-0 Maris (8) Named the Racers’ 16th head coach on June 9, 2015. Georgia ...... 0-1 Mason (6) McMahon was the third youngest rookie among NCAA Green Bay ...... 1-0 Mabry (5) D-I coaches. Harris-Stowe ...... 2-0 Houston ...... 0-1 He had previously taken the associate head coach position at Louisiana Tech, Illinois State ...... 2-1 before coming back to Murray State two weeks later when Steve Prohm was Jackson State ...... 0-0 suddenly given the opportunity to coach at Iowa State. McMahon was a key Kansas City ...... 0-1 component on Prohm’s staff as an assistant and was part of 104 victories over Marist ...... 1-0 four seasons (2011-15), including a pair of Ohio Valley Conference championships, Milwaukee ...... 1-0 a CollegeInsider Tournament Championship and an appearance in the National Middle Tennessee ...... 1-2 Invitation Tournament quarterfi nals. Missouri State ...... 2-2 Mississippi ...... 0-1 The Racers’ 2017-18 season was another historic campaign that saw MSU win Pepperdine ...... 1-0 26 games and take their 25th OVC regular season title at 16-2. The Racers won Prairie View A&M...... 0-0 the OVC Tournament (held at the Ford Center in Evansville for the fi rst time) with Saint Louis ...... 0-1 wins over Jacksonville State and Belmont which sent the Racers to the NCAA South Dakota State ...... 0-1 Tournament for the 16th time. Playing in the NCAAs for the fi rst time since 2012, Southern Illinois ...... 1-2 the Racers were a No. 12 seed and sent out west to San Diego where they battled Spalding ...... 0-0 No. 5 West Virginia. With OVC Player of the Year Jonathan Stark and All-OVC pick Weber State...... 0-1 Terrell Miller leading the way, the Racers had the nation’s longest winning streak West Virginia ...... 0-1 (13) before falling to WVU. MSU had a fi nal NCAA RPI of No. 48 and KenPom. Wright State ...... 1-2 com had MSU as the No. 62 team in the nation. Coach McMahon was named the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) District 19 Coach of the Year and OVC OPPONENTS he was also a fi nalist for the CollegeInsider.com Coach Skip Prosser Award and Austin Peay ...... 4-2 Coach Hugh Durham Award. Belmont ...... 1-3 Eastern Illinois ...... 5-2 McMahon’s expertise in college basketball is far reaching. Known in the fi eld as Eastern Kentucky ...... 3-0 an excellent recruiter, he also is among the best in the nation in the area of player Jacksonville State ...... 4-1 development and game planning. In 2012, McMahon was named to the list of best Morehead State ...... 3-2 assistant coaches by FoxSports.com and CollegeInsider.com. SIUE ...... 6-0 Southeast Missouri ...... 4-2 In his seven seasons at MSU, McMahon has coached an impressive group of All- Tennessee Tech...... 3-2 Ohio Valley Conference performers including Isaiah Canaan, Donte Poole, Ivan Tennessee State ...... 2-1 Aska, Ed Daniel, Jarvis Williams, Cameron Payne, Jeffery Moss, Jonathan Stark, UT Martin ...... 4-3 Terrell Miller and Ja Morant. At Appalachian State, McMahon coached Southern Conference MVP Donald Sims as well as All-Conference picks Jeremy Clayton and D.J. Thompson. At UNCW, McMahon recruited Adam Smith, a Parade Second MMCMAHONCMAHON CCOACHINGOACHING HHISTORYISTORY Team All-America selection. Season School Position Rec Conf Finish Tourney Post Season McMahon, a native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., 2000-01 Appalachian State GA 11-20 7-9 T-3rd North Quarterfinals graduated from Appalachian State in 2001-02 Tennessee GA 15-16 7-9 4th SEC East Quarterfinals 2000 with a degree in marketing. His 2002-03 Appalachian State Assistant 19-10 11-5 T-3rd North Quarterfinals wife Mary is a former standout for the 2003-04 Appalachian State Assistant 9-21 4-12 T-1st North 1st Round Furman women’s basketball team. The 2004-05 Appalachian State Assistant 18-12 9-7 6th North Quarterfinals couple has two daughters, Maris (8) and 2005-06 Appalachian State Assistant 14-16 6-8 T-2nd North Quarterfinals Mabry (5), and a son, Mason (6). 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 10-6 West T1/T5 Quarterfinals 2016-17 Murray State Head Coach 16-17 8-8 West 3rd/T6 Semifinals 2017-18 Murray State Head Coach 26-6 16-2 Champion Champion NCAA 1st Rd Overall Home Away Neutral OVC OVC Home OVC Away Head Coach Totals 59-37 34-10 17-22 8-5 34-16 20-5 14-11

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 12 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 Ja Morant Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    G 6-3 175 SO Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Dalzell, S.C. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Crestwood HS Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18

2017-18 • Was 14th in the nation in assists per game at 6.2, was and senior at Crestwood High School. • Named All-OVC First Team & All-OVC Newcomer second among all freshmen nationally. • Finished as the school’s all-time scorer with 1,679 Team. • Was 16th nationally with 201 assists, which was just the points. • Started every one of the Racers’ 32 games as a third season in MSU history of 200 in a single-season. • As a senior in 2016-17 and before that as a junior in freshman. • His 6.2 assists per game marked the best in MSU 2015-16, he averaged nearly a triple-double with 27 • Had just MSU’s second triple-double in records that history since Chad Townsend averaged 7.1 in 1996-97. points, eight rebounds and eight assists per game. date back to 1984 when he had 11 points, 10 rebounds • He joined Marshall’s Jon Elmore as one of only two • Had a high-scoring game of 47 points against Sumter. and 14 assists at home vs EIU. players in NCAA D-I with 400 points, 200 rebounds, Personal • Had four games this season 12-plus rebounds, and 200 assists. • Born Aug. 10, 1999, son of Tee and Jamie Morant. including a pair of 12 rebound games vs Saint Louis • Had six double-doubles on the season. • Undeclared on a major. and SIUE. Before MSU • Was 40th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (2.62). • Named South Carolina Class 3A All-State as a junior

22018-19018-19 GAMEGAME BYBY GGAMEAME TOTAL 3-POINTERS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS OPPONENT DATE S M FG FGA PCT 3 3A PCT FT FTA PCT O D T AVG PF FO A TO B S P AVG Wright State 11-10-18 Spalding 11-16-18 Missouri St. 11-24-18 Alabama 11-26-18 Prairie View 12-01-18 Middle Tenn. 12-08-18 Southern Illinois 12-12-18 Jackson St. 12-15-18 Evansville 12-18-18 Auburn 12-22-18 Bethel 12-29-18 Morehead St. * 01-03-18 Eastern Ky. * 01-05-18 UT Martin * 01-10-18 SE Missouri * 01-12-18 Eastern Illinois * 01-17-18 SIUE * 01-19-18 Belmont * 01-24-18 Tennessee St. * 01-26-18 Jacksonville St. * 01-31-18 Tennessee Tech * 02-02-18 Eastern Illinois * 02-07-18 SIUE * 02-09-18 Austin Peay * 02-14-18 Eastern Ky. * 02-16-18 UT Martin * 02-21-19 SE Missouri * 02-23-19 Morehead St. * 02-28-19 Austin Peay * 03-02-19

MMORANTORANT CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS

YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2017-18 32 32 1088 34.0 133 290 .459 27 88 .307 112 139 .806 55 153 208 6.5 64 0 201 79 13 30 405 12.7 TOTAL 32 32 1088 34.0 133 290 .459 27 88 .307 112 139 .806 55 153 208 6.5 64 0 201 79 13 30 405 12.7

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 0 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 Mike Davis Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    F 6-7 210 JR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 East Brewton, Ala. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Coastal Alabama North CC Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU • Posted eight games with 20 or more points including • Joins the Racers after two seasons with Coastal his season-best of 35 points against Northwest Florida Alabama North Community College. State. • He had a big season for the Coastal Eagles in starting • His top rebound game was 14 twice against Atlanta all 32 games with a scoring average of 16.2 points per Metro and Enterprise State. game to go with a rebound average of 8.1. • He was named the Player of the Year in the Alabama • A multitalented shooter, he made 54 percent from Community College Conference (ACCC) and to the the ﬁ eld (175-of-322) and ranked 18th in the National Region-22 NJCAA All-Conference First Team. Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) in 3-point • Davis played his prep basketball at W.S. Neal High shooting at 48 percent (58-of-122). School in East Brewton, Alabama. • He was ranked in the top-50 NJCAA rebounders and Personal had 92 offensive rebounds. • Born Aug. 22, 1988, son of Christy Williams.

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 1 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 DaQuan Smith Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    G 6-1 175 FR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Holly Springs, Miss. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Holly Springs HS Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU • Had nine games of 30 or more points in 2017-18. • Was selected to play in the The Mississippi/Alabama • Led Holly Springs to the Mississippi 3A state • Finished as the all-time leading scoring at Holly All-Star Game, where he scored 13 points and grabbed tournament championship game where they ﬁ nished Springs with 2,788 points. six rebounds. runner up. • He surpassed Clevin Hannah (2003-06) who had 2,300 • Led his team to the Mississippi State Tournament in • Helping HSHS to 23 wins in the 2017-18 season, he points and went on to play at Wichita State. four-straight seasons. scored 26.3 points per game to go with 7.3 rebounds • Named to the Daily Journal All-Area Team after the • Was his class president. and 2.6 steals. season. This team is drawn from more than 50 high Personal • Scored 816 points in 31 games as a senior. schools in north Mississippi. • Born Dec. 23, 1999, son of Justin and Tifﬁ ny Martin. • Was an 80 percent free throw shooter and had a • Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen as one game against Lake Cormorant where he was 15-of-15 of the top 12 players in the state in the preseason. and ended with 47 points. • Was named to the Clarion Ledger All-State Team. • Scored a career-high 50 points against Palmer. • Was a four-time Mississippi All-State selection.

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: 7 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 Points: 9 Brescia 12-29-16 FG: 3 SIUE 02-10-18 FG: 4 Eastern Illinois 01-12-17 FGA: 7 SIUE 02-10-18 FGA: 5 Harris-Stowe 11-28-17 4 3PT: 3PT: 3PTA: 3PTA: FT: 2 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17 FT: 3 Brescia 12-29-16 FTA: 3 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17 FTA: 6 Brescia 12-29-16 Brion Sanchious Reb: 8 Belmont 03-03-18 Reb: 10 Brescia 12-29-16 Assists: 1 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 Assists: 2 Eastern Kentucky 01-19-17    F 6-8 245 SR Blocks: 2 Belmont 03-03-18 Blocks: 4 Brescia 12-29-16 Pompano Beach, Fla. Steals: 4 SIUE 02-10-18 Steals: 4 SIUE 02-10-18 Northeast HS Minutes: 33 SIUE 02-10-18 Minutes: 37 South Dakota State 12-17-16

2017-18 2016-17 Before MSU • Started six games in the pre-conference portion of • Grabbed six rebounds vs Illinois State in the season • Joined the Racers from Northeast High School the season and then started the last nine games of opener. (Florida Class 5A) where he was a two-sport star for the season. • Scored in 27 of the 33 games he appeared in. the Hurricanes. • Scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting in the two Played in a career-high 37 minutes in the game at • Led the state in blocked shots in 2014-15. games of the OVC Tournament. South Dakota State. Sun-Sentinel All-Broward County. • Had a season-high seven points against Middle • 2015-16 • Hails from same HS that produced former Racer great Tennessee. • First start as a Racer was at Houston. T.J. Sapp.(2013-15). • Had a season-high eight rebounds vs Belmont. grabbed nine rebounds vs Jacksonville State. • Sanchious was also an outstanding quarterback. Made 61 percent from the ﬁ eld on 43-of-70 shots. • Made his fourth-straight start against Belmont on Personal Jan. 14, but suffered a season-ending knee injury. • Born Jan. 21, 1997, Son of Clifton and Joanne Sanchious. Majoring in integrated studies-exercise studies

22018-19018-19 GAMEGAME BYBY GGAMEAME

TOTAL 3-POINTERS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS OPPONENT DATE S M FG FGA PCT 3 3A PCT FT FTA PCT O D T AVG PF FO A TO B S P AVG Wright State 11-10-18 Spalding 11-16-18 Missouri St. 11-24-18 Alabama 11-26-18 Prairie View 12-01-18 Middle Tenn. 12-08-18 Southern Illinois 12-12-18 Jackson St. 12-15-18 Evansville 12-18-18 Auburn 12-22-18 Bethel 12-29-18 Morehead St. * 01-03-18 Eastern Ky. * 01-05-18 UT Martin * 01-10-18 SE Missouri * 01-12-18 Eastern Illinois * 01-17-18 SIUE * 01-19-18 Belmont * 01-24-18 Tennessee St. * 01-26-18 Jacksonville St. * 01-31-18 Tennessee Tech * 02-02-18 Eastern Illinois * 02-07-18 SIUE * 02-09-18 Austin Peay * 02-14-18 Eastern Ky. * 02-16-18 UT Martin * 02-21-19 SE Missouri * 02-23-19 Morehead St. * 02-28-19 Austin Peay * 03-02-19

SSANCHIOUSANCHIOUS CAREERCAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS

YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2015-16 18 5 239 13.3 14 26 .538 0 0 .000 4 10 .400 24 28 52 2.9 38 0 7 12 11 5 32 1.8 2016-17 33 30 775 23.5 46 72 .639 0 0 .000 22 50 .440 46 82 128 3.9 86 1 15 28 19 8 114 3.5 2017-18 32 15 553 17.3 43 70 .614 0 0 .000 7 25 .280 33 56 89 2.8 65 0 9 23 12 19 93 2.9 TOTAL 83 50 1567 18.9 103 168 .613 0 0 .000 33 85 .388 103 166 269 3.2 189 1 31 63 42 32 239 2.9

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Same As Season Highs FG: FGA: 10 3PT: 3PTA: FT: FTA: Tevin Brown Reb: Assists:    G 6-5 180 FR Blocks: Fairhope, Ala. Steals: Fairhope HS Minutes: 2017-18 Personal • Missed the season with a foot injury and was a redshirt. • Born Sept. 23, 1998, son of Anthony Brown and Before MSU Nicki Shipman. • Named Alabama All-State Class 7A as a junior and • Majoring in biology/pre-physical therapy. senior at Fairhope High School. • Was a ﬁ nalist for Mr. Basketball in Alabama. • Averaged 24 points per game in his junior season with an average of 11 rebounds per game. • Finished his high school career with more than 2,000 points. • Had a 39-point game against Murphy High School in Mobile when he hit nine 3-point baskets.

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 21 Florida A&M 12-02-17 FG: FG: 8 Florida A&M 12-02-17 FGA: FGA: 15 Wright State 11-18-17 11 3PT: 3PT: 3 Illinois State 12-09-17 3PTA: 3PTA: 5 Saint Louis 12-12-17 FT: FT: 4 Austin Peay 02-24-18 FTA: FTA: 7 Austin Peay 02-24-18 Shaq Buchanan Reb: Reb: 8 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17 Assists: Assists: 5 Harris-Stowe 11-28-17    G 6-3 190 SR Blocks: Blocks: 2 UT Martin 01-06-18 Madison, Miss. Steals: Steals: 4 Belmont 03-03-18 Northeast Mississippi JC/Madison HS Minutes: Minutes: 38 Morehead State 01-25-18 2017-18 Before MSU Personal • Became a starter in the third game of the season • Had an outstanding career at Northeast Mississippi. • Born Jan. 30, 1997, son of Leroy Buchanan and and started the last 30 games. • Scored 34 points NJCAA Region 23 championship Stephanie Latiker. • Against FAMU, scored a season-high 21 points. contest against Jones County Junior College • Majoring in integrated studies-health and exercise. Recorded a steal in 25 games and had 50 to lead • Selected to play in the 2017 National Junior College the team. Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Star Game. • Was fourth in the OVC with 1.6 steals per game. • He ﬁ nished his two-year run at Northeast with 927 • Had a season-high four steals against Belmont. points, 361 rebounds, 169 assists, 104 steals and 58 • Had a season-high eight rebounds against Eastern blocks. Illinois. • Played high school basketball at Madison Central • In the OVC Tournament championship game victory in Madison, Miss. over Belmont, he hit a late 3-pointer to seal the win.

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YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2017-18 32 30 878 27.4 117 231 .506 20 65 .308 38 54 .704 33 92 125 3.9 67 0 35 42 12 50 292 9.1 TOTAL 32 30 878 27.4 117 231 .506 20 65 .308 38 54 .704 33 92 125 3.9 67 0 35 42 12 50 292 9.1

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 4 Brescia 11-10-17 FG: FG: 2 Brescia 11-10-17 FGA: FGA: 4 Brescia 11-10-17 24 3PT: 3PT: 3PTA: 3PTA: FT: FT: FTA: FTA: 2 Brescia 11-10-17 Devon Gilmore Reb: Reb: 3 Brescia 11-10-17 Assists: Assists:    F 6-6 200 SO Blocks: Blocks: 1 Brescia 11-10-17 Picayune, Miss. Steals: Steals: 1 Marist 12-16-17 Madison Ridgeland Academy Minutes: Minutes: 9 Brescia 11-10-17 2017-18 points per game with 7.2 rebounds per game. • Majoring in marketing. • Appeared in 13 games. • He ﬁ nished his four-year career at Ridgeland eclipsing • Had a season-high four points against Brescia. the 2,000-point mark. Before MSU • Named the Mississippi Independent Schools State • Joins the Racers from Ridgeland Academy in Class 4A Mr. Basketball as a junior and senior. Madison, Mississippi. • Named Clarion Ledger Third Team All-State as a • He was a major player on a Ridgeland team that went junior and senior. 33-9 in 2016-17 and won its third state championship Personal in four seasons in Mississippi’s Independent Class 4A. • Born Oct. 16, 1997, son of Dewayne Cunningham • He scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in and Maria Gilmore. the 2017 state title win over Hartﬁ eld Academy 73-42. • Has one brother, Detrick Goff, and a sister, De’Andrea • As a senior in the 2016-17 season, he scored 18.6 Cunningham.

GGILMOREILMORE CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS

YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2017-18 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 TOTAL 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

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 14 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 Jaiveon Eaves Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    G 6-2 195 JR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Madisonville, Ky. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Madisonville-North Hopkins HS Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU when he was 8-of-9 from the 3-point line. • Born Feb. 10, 1998, son of Falisha Springﬁ eld and • Joins the Racers out of John A. Logan College. • Was named National Junior College Athletics Tony Watson. • Had a productive sophomore season at John A. Association Second Team All-America after he was Logan in scoring 16.1 points per game and grabbing named the NJCAA Region-24 Player of the Year and 4.7 rebounds. the Great Rivers Athletics Conference Player of the Year. • His team was 26-6 and won the Great Rivers Athletic • Played prep basketball at Madisonville-North Hopkins Conference regular season championship and ended High School where he led the Maroons with 19.4 points the season No. 22 in the nation. per game and was named KHSAA Honorable Mention • He hit 48 percent from the ﬁ eld overall and was 44 All-State during his senior season of 2015-16. percent from the 3-point line (65-of-148). • He was a four-time All-Region II selection and scored • Had six games of 20 points or more and had a season- more than 1,600 points in his career. best game of 33 points against West Kentucky Tech Personal

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 6 Marist 12-16-17 FG: FG: 3 Brescia 11-10-17 FGA: FGA: 4 Brescia 11-10-17 22 3PT: 3PT: 1 Tenn. Tech 01-13-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 5 Brescia 11-10-17 FT: FT: 2 Marist 12-16-17 FTA: FTA: 2 UT Martin 02-03-18 Brion Whitley Reb: Reb: 2 Brescia 11-10-17 Assists: Assists: 1 UT Martin 02-03-18    G 6-4 200 SO Blocks: Blocks: Sarasota, Fla. Steals: Steals: 1 Brescia 11-10-17 Riverview HS Minutes: Minutes: 13 Brescia 11-10-17

2017-18 and senior seasons. and a senior. • Appeared in 14 games. • In 2015-17, helped lead his team to a 28-2 record and • Scored 1,000 plus points in his two seasons at • had a season high scoring game of six points against advance to the Florida 8A State Tournament title game. Riverview. Marist. • He was named All-Tournament and averaged 20 Personal • When injury problems for the Racers showed up points per game for the season. • Born June 7, 1998, son of Kent and Danielle Whitley. in the UT Martin game late in the season, he played • As a senior in 2016-17, he scored 19.7 points per • Undeclared on a major. seven meaningful minutes with a one point, rebound game with 5.6 rebounds and three assists. and assist. • Named the Player of the Game at the Sarasota- Before MSU Manatee All-Star game when he scored 44 points. • Was an outstanding talent at Riverview High School • Named MVP of the Alaska Airlines Classic and the in Sarasota, Florida. Sun Coast Classic. • Helped the Riverview Rams win 50 games in his junior • Named All-Sarasota/Manatee First Team as a junior

WWHITLEYHITLEY CCAREERAREER SSTATISTICSTATISTICS

YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2017-18 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 TOTAL 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

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 23 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 KJ Williams Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    F 6-9 240 FR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Cleveland, Miss. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Cleveland Central HS Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU • Was named Mississippi All-State Third Team and • Born Sept. 3, 1999, son of Arnie and Shirley Williams. • Joins the Racers from Cleveland Central High School. was included in the Clarion Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as • Had a tremendous 2017-18 season for the CCHS one of the top-12 high school players in the state . Wolves in scoring 21 points per game and grabbing • Played Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game. 11 rebounds per game. • Named to the Bolivar Commercial All-Area Team. • Helped his team to a record of 23-9 and advanced to • Was Bolivar Commercial Player of the Year in 2017. the second round of the Mississippi State Tournament. • Also a highly regarded quarterback. • Had 16 double-doubles in 27 games in his senior • Led Cleveland Central to a 12-1 record in 2017 and season including a 27 point/28 rebound effort against threw for more than 2,400 yards with 21 touchdowns West Tallahatchie. and he rushed for 300 yards. • Had a triple-double against Indianola Gentry with 21 • Also played baseball in his high school career. points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. Personal

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 14 Southern Illinois 11-25-17 FG: FG: 4 Austin Peay 02-24-18 FGA: FGA: 4 Austin Peay 02-24-18 24 3PT: 3PT: 3PTA: 3PTA: FT: FT: 7 Florida A&M 12-02-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Florida A&M 12-02-17 Anthony Smith Reb: Reb: 8 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 Assists: Assists: 3 UT Martin 01-06-18    F 6-7 225 SR Blocks: Blocks: 2 SE Missouri 02-01-18 Suitland, Md. Steals: Steals: 3 Marist 12-16-17 Barton County CC/Potomac HS Minutes: Minutes: 31 Austin Peay 02-24-18 2017-18 Before MSU • Played at Potomac High School in Suitland, Maryland. • Had a big game against SIU (Nov. 25) with 12 points • Joins the Racers after two seasons at Barton County • Led his team to the Maryland 2A State Title in the on 4-4 FG in 20 minutes. Community College in Kansas. 2013-14 season with a 25-3 record. • Had 10 point game in 31 minutes vs APSU (Feb. 24). • Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Personal • His season high scoring game was a 14-point outcome Conference First Team honors and a selection to the • Born March 16, 1997, son of Michael Smith and against Southern Illinois. NJCAA All-Region 6 team. Marie Hemby. • His best rebounding game of the season was eight • He played in all 33 games and scored 12.7 points • Majoring in organizational communication. against Middle Tennessee. per game and hauled in a team-best 8.3 rebounds • Went 4-of-4 from the ﬁ eld against Austin Peay on per game. a night when he was on the ﬂ oor for a season-best • Had a career-high 32 points and 11 rebounds in a win 31 minutes. over Pratt and a 21 point/13 rebound effort against • Appeared in all 32 games for the Racers off the bench. the 2017 National Champions, Hutchinson.

SSMITHMITH CAREERCAREER STATISTICSSTATISTICS

YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO A TO B S PTS AVG 2017-18 32 0 463 14.5 31 59 .525 1 2 .500 51 74 .689 48 64 112 3.5 93 3 9 38 18 19 114 3.6 TOTAL 32 0 463 14.5 31 59 .525 1 2 .500 51 74 .689 48 64 112 3.5 93 3 9 38 18 19 114 3.6

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 25 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 Jalen Johnson Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    G 6-1 175 FR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Hopkinsville, Ky. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Hopkinsville HS Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU in 2017 and was on the Courier Journal All-State Team • Joins the Racers out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. as a junior and senior. • In 2017-18 as a senior with the Hopkinsville Tigers, he • Finished his career at Hopkinsville with 1,663 points. averaged 18 points per game to go with six rebounds • Will play in the Kentucky/Indiana All-Star game in and 3.8 assists while shooting 41 percent from behind summer of 2018. the 3-point arc. • Was also a member of the Kentucky Junior All-Star • Helped lead Hopkinsville to 119 wins in ﬁ ve seasons, team in 2017. which included three KHSAA Region-II championships Personal and three trips to the Kentucky Sweet 16 State • Born Dec. 30, 1999, son of Darrell and Carla Johnson Tournament where HHS advanced to the quarterﬁ nals twice in 2013-14 and 2014-15. • Named named KHSAA All-State Honorable mention

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22018-19018-19 SEASONSEASON HIGHSHIGHS CCAREERAREER HHIGHSIGHS Points: Points: 20 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FG: FG: 8 SE Missouri 02-01-18 FGA: FGA: 16 UT Martin 02-03-18 32 3PT: 3PT: 3 UT Martin 02-03-18 3PTA: 3PTA: 4 UT Martin 01-06-18 FT: FT: 9 Middle Tennessee 11-13-17 FTA: FTA: 9 Marist 12-16-17 Darnell Cowart Reb: Reb: 12 SIUE 02-10-18 Assists: Assists: 14 Eastern Illinois 12-28-17    G 6-8 295 JR Blocks: Blocks: 2 Tennessee Tech 02-17-18 Chicago, Ill. Steals: Steals: 5 SE Missouri 01-04-18 Agua Fria HS / Cowley County CC Minutes: Minutes: 39 Jacksonville State 03-02-18 Before MSU • His best games included: 28 points and 10 rebounds • Comes to MSU after playing the 2017-18 season at against Garden City, 27 points/15 rebounds against Cowley County Community College. Neosho County, 22 points and 15 rebounds against • He played for Cowley Coach Tommy DeSalme in No. 6 Hutchinson and 27 points and 10 rebounds Arkansas City, Kansas. against Pratt. • Originally from Chicago, Cowart will be a junior with • Had nine games of 20-point scoring in the season. the Racers in the 2017-18 season. • Named First Team All-Jayhawk Community College • Appeared in 31 games for Cowley County and Conference (KJCCC) and Second Team All Region-6 averaged 15.9 points per game and hauled in 7.7 of the National Junior College Athletic Association rebounds in only 22.3 minutes per game. (NJCAA) • Both of his totals for points and rebounds was tops on his team.

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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 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 2017-18 season was the 20th for Racer Basketball in the CFSB Center. Opponent High Steals Michael Haney(EKU) The arena has a capacity of 8,600 and was built with a price tag of $21 million in 1998. 6 vs Murray State 2002

CFSB CENTER TOP ATTENDANCE CFSB CENTER BY THE NUMBERS MSU High Blocks Pearson Griffith Date Att. Opponent Result Score All-Time CFSB OVC Rec 146-27 .846 8 vs UT Martin 2006 02-18-12 8,825 St. Mary’s Won 65-51 All-Time CFSB Non-OVC Rec 98-17 .857 01-14-12 8,691 Tennessee Tech Won 82-74 Total CFSB Center Record 244-44 .844 Opponent High Blocks Michael Harris(Rice) 01-28-12 8,673 Eastern Illinois Won 73-58 6 vs Murray State 2005 02-09-12 8,668 Tennessee St. Lost 68-72 MSU All-Time Home Records 02-11-99 8,602 SE Missouri Won 62-52 Location Years Seasons Record Pct. CFSB CENTER TEAM RECORDS 02-11-12 8,587 Austin Peay Won 82-63 Wilson Hall 1925-26 2 15-7 .673 02-02-12 8,369 SE Missouri Won 81-73 MSU High Winning Margin Lovett Aud. 1927-37 10 84-15 .849 01-23-99 8,352 Austin Peay Won 89-58 65 points vs Colorado Springs (109-44) 2004 11-11-98 7,633 Southern Illinois Won 65-62 Carr Health Bld 1937-55 17 141-38 .811 MSU High Scoring Game 03-02-13 7,489 SE Missouri Won 84-68 Racer Arena 1954-98 44 503-135 .788 118 vs Brescia (MSU won 118-61) 2017 12-07-02 7,288 Western Ky. Won 83-72 CFSB Center 1998- 20 244-44 .844 Opponent Low Scoring Game 02-23-13 7,231 S. Dakota State Won 73-62 TOTAL 93 987-239 .805 38 points by Samford (MSU won 59-38) 2006 02-19-00 7,199 Morehead State Won 80-65 MSU Longest CFSB Winning Streak 25 02-07-13 7,141 Belmont Won 79-75 from 01-22-09 to 01-08-11 12-16-12 7,080 Western Ky. Won 75-70 MSU Longest Home Winning Streak 47 from 11-23-1996 to 01-15-2000

MSU ALL-TIME BEST HOME WINNING STREAKS HHOMEOME WWINNINGINNING SSTREAKSTREAKS Tot Begin Opponent Result End Opponent Result Coach MSU CURRENT STREAK (9) 47 01-06-96 Belmont 84-45 01-15-00 SEMO 84-78 Gottfried/Anderson Last loss: 81-77 Auburn, 12-19-17 32 02-15-35 MTSU 33-28 01-06-39 Transylvania 42-32 Cutchin Date Opponent Score 27 11-30-68 TX Arlington 91-83 02-28-70 WKU 77-75 Luther 12-28-17 Eastern Illinois 80-52 25 02-23-09 UTM 74-59 01-08-11 APSU 66-64 Kennedy 12-30-17 SIUE 87-63 23 12-17-30 Oakland City 46-35 01-20-33 WKU 35-28 Cutchin 01-04-18 SE Missouri 89-73 19 02-25-85 Morehead 76-58 01-10-87 MTSU 64-57 Greene/Newton 01-06-18 UT Martin 82-68 19 12-15-41 SW Kansas 38-36 12-11-43 SEMO 36-29 Hodges 01-25-18 Morehead State 87-81 18 11-20-14 Brescia 89-56 12-05-15 Evansville 85-81OT Prohm/McMahon 01-27-18 Eastern Kentucky 88-73 18 01-22-11 SEMO 96-58 02-09-12 TSU 72-68 Kennedy/Prohm 02-08-18 Austin Peay 84-63 18 12-22-93 Ole Miss 87-68 01-23-95 TSU 78-75 Edgar 02-15-18 Jacksonville State 68-60 18 02-03-72 Parsons 80-66 02-28-73 APSU 75-73 Luther 02-17-18 Tennessee Tech 75-65 18 01-25-64 Morehead 102-89 12-11-65 Abilene Chr. 82-72 Luther 15 12-04-13 Evansville 65-63 11-14-14 Houston 77-74 Prohm 15 12-30-04 Rice 83-65 12-21-06 Samford 55-44 Cronin/Kennedy 15 02-18-80 New Orleans 65-56 12-05-81 Arkansas Col 50-48 Greene 14 01-06-01 UTM 76-69 12-29-01 SIU 67-63 Anderson 12 01-25-03 EKU 92-80 01-15-04 Samford 61-58 Anderson/Cronin 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 12 12-01-70 MacMurray 101-50 02-15-71 EKU 82-81 Luther 12 02-07-33 MTSU 39-36 02-12-35 WKU 44-24 Cutchin 11 12-05-85 Evansville 58-50 02-23-85 EKU 76-70 Greene 11 12-04-79 Roosevelt 106-74 02-16-80 WKU 56-55 Greene 10 02-20-82 TTU 60-58 02-11-82 TTU 76-73 Greene

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22017-18017-18 MSUMSU SEASONSEASON BOXBOX SCORESCORE (ALL(ALL GGAMES)AMES) |------TOTAL-----| |------3-PTS---| |-----REBOUNDS------| ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 02 STARK, Jonathan 32 32 1165 36.4 221 490 .451 110 276 .399 133 149 .893 12 73 85 2.7 56 1 126 78 6 43 685 21.4 00 MILLER, JR., Terrell 32 32 979 30.6 178 355 .501 70 174 .402 57 79 .722 34 241 275 8.6 80 1 50 59 16 26 483 15.1 12 MORANT, Ja 32 32 1088 34.0 133 290 .459 27 88 .307 112 139 .806 55 153 208 6.5 64 0 201 79 13 30 405 12.7 11 BUCHANAN, Shaq 32 30 878 27.4 117 231 .506 20 65 .308 38 54 .704 33 92 125 3.9 67 0 35 42 12 50 292 9.1 25 HAWKINS, Byron 30 2 560 18.7 70 158 .443 35 88 .398 40 57 .702 15 23 38 1.3 44 0 30 24 0 19 215 7.2 40 DUPREE, Jalen 30 17 522 17.4 56 100 .560 0 0 .000 58 88 .659 60 72 132 4.4 68 1 4 25 25 7 170 5.7 24 SMITH, Anthony 32 0 463 14.5 31 59 .525 1 2 .500 51 74 .689 48 64 112 3.5 93 3 9 38 18 19 114 3.6 04 SANCHIOUS, Brion 32 15 553 17.3 43 70 .614 0 0 .000 7 25 .280 33 56 89 2.8 65 0 9 23 12 19 93 2.9 22 WHITLEY, Brion 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 23 TAYLOR, Jachai 16 0 87 5.4 6 19 .316 3 11 .273 0 2 .000 1 9 10 0.6 11 0 0 2 1 1 15 0.9 35 HOPEWELL, Zach 13 0 27 2.1 3 9 .333 2 5 .400 3 9 .333 1 1 2 0.2 4 0 4 2 0 0 11 0.8 13 GILMORE, Devin 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 TM TEAM...... 45 47 92 2.9 0 8 0 Total...... 32 870 1803 .483 271 719 .377 504 687 .734 341 845 1186 37.1 559 6 471 384 104 216 2515 78.6 Opponents...... 32 761 1841 .413 199 649 .307 396 547 .724 317 688 1005 31.4 581 - 322 402 105 174 2117 66.2

22017-18017-18 MSUMSU SEASONSEASON BOXBOX SCORESCORE (OVC(OVC GAMES)GAMES) |------TOTAL-----| |------3-PTS---| |-----REBOUNDS------| ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 02 STARK, Jonathan 18 18 677 37.6 139 289 .481 71 165 .430 102 112 .911 5 34 39 2.2 29 0 73 47 2 23 451 25.1 00 MILLER, JR., Terrell 18 18 546 30.3 92 191 .482 35 101 .347 20 32 .625 20 126 146 8.1 46 0 28 33 3 17 239 13.3 12 MORANT, Ja 18 18 640 35.6 80 163 .491 13 47 .277 60 78 .769 35 90 125 6.9 40 0 112 49 7 20 233 12.9 25 HAWKINS, Byron 17 0 332 19.5 42 94 .447 25 55 .455 28 40 .700 8 13 21 1.2 30 0 14 15 0 11 137 8.1 11 BUCHANAN, Shaq 18 18 480 26.7 55 113 .487 8 34 .235 23 31 .742 14 58 72 4.0 34 0 13 22 7 24 141 7.8 40 DUPREE, Jalen 16 12 294 18.4 27 52 .519 0 0 .000 25 43 .581 30 42 72 4.5 39 1 3 14 12 5 79 4.9 24 SMITH, Anthony 18 0 274 15.2 17 32 .531 1 11.000 21 33 .636 24 37 61 3.4 50 0 7 17 9 11 56 3.1 04 SANCHIOUS, Brion 18 6 312 17.3 26 44 .591 0 0 .000 4 16 .250 18 38 56 3.1 35 0 6 11 8 13 56 3.1 22 WHITLEY, Brion 8 0 14 1.8 2 21.000 2 2 1.000 1 4 .250 1 1 2 0.3 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.9 35 HOPEWELL, Zach 7 0 10 1.4 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 1 6 .167 0 1 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.9 13 GILMORE, Devin 7 0 9 1.3 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 7 8 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3 23 TAYLOR, Jachai 7 0 11 1.6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 22 30 52 2.9 0 5 0 Total...... 18 483 986 .490 156 407 .383 285 395 .722 178 478 656 36.4 310 1 257 215 48 124 1407 78.2 Opponents...... 18 428 1029 .416 106 355 .299 217 310 .700 177 384 561 31.2 322 - 169 217 57 97 1179 65.5

22017-18017-18 MSUMSU WEEKWEEK BOXBOX SCORESCORE (OVC(OVC TOURNAMENT)TOURNAMENT) |------TOTAL-----| |------3-PTS---| |-----REBOUNDS------| ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 02 STARK, Jonathan 2 2 79 39.5 17 42 .405 6 22 .273 6 7 .857 0 5 5 2.5 3 0 5 3 0 2 46 23.0 00 MILLER, JR., Terrell 2 2 68 34.0 10 24 .417 6 12 .500 3 5 .600 0 26 26 13.0 6 0 3 5 1 2 29 14.5 12 MORANT, Ja 2 2 73 36.5 8 23 .348 4 9 .444 6 8 .750 4 4 8 4.0 2 0 13 4 0 1 26 13.0 11 BUCHANAN, Shaq 2 2 69 34.5 6 11 .545 2 3 .667 2 5 .400 2 7 9 4.5 3 0 2 4 0 8 16 8.0 04 SANCHIOUS, Brion 2 2 43 21.5 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 1 11.000 2 7 9 4.5 5 0 0 0 2 2 9 4.5 24 SMITH, Anthony 2 0 29 14.5 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 3 3 6 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 3.0 40 DUPREE, Jalen 2 0 17 8.5 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 4 6 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 25 HAWKINS, Byron 2 0 18 9.0 1 5 .200 0 3 .000 1 11.000 3 0 3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 35 HOPEWELL, Zach 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 13 GILMORE, Devin 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 WHITLEY, Brion 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 23 TAYLOR, Jachai 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 4 1 5 2.5 0 1 0 Total...... 2 49 116 .422 18 50 .360 22 33 .667 20 58 78 39.0 28 0 23 19 3 15 138 69.0 Opponents...... 2 47 117 .402 9 40 .225 11 16 .688 16 53 69 34.5 30 - 21 25 9 8 114 57.0

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Murray State 80 • 2-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 MILLER, JR., Terrell f 8-125-80-01910421420136 04 SANCHIOUS, Brion f 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 20 02 STARK, Jonathan g 6-114-70-0055016441038 11 BUCHANAN, Shaq g 6-15 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 3 13 3 0 0 3 31 12 MORANT, Ja g 2-71-22-21783 7511120 24 SMITH, Anthony 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4 0 0 4 0 1 6 25 HAWKINS, Byron 3-71-30-00002 7200032 40 DUPREE, Jalen 5-5 0-0 2-2 3 0 3 2 12 0 3 0 1 17 Team 112 Totals 32-60 12-24 4-6 10 25 35 21 80 18 15 2 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd half: 18-27 66.7% Game: 32-60 53.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 12-24 50.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 4-6 66.7% 2,1

Wright State 61 • 0-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 ERNSTHAUSEN, Parker f 3-60-03-40330 9020024 11 LOVE, Loudon c 7-11 0-0 0-1 4 4 8 0 14 0 1 0 1 29 03 HUGHES, Mark g 3-92-80-00550 8220038 12 WILBURN, Tye g 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 0 3 21 13 BENZINGER, Grant g 4-111-64-4112313200036 00 HALL, Jaylon 1-7 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 4 2 5 0 1 22 02 WINCHESTER, Everett 2-60-05-75163 9120124 04 VEST, Alan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Team 101 1 Totals 21-54 4-16 15-20 11 18 29 8 61 7 16 0 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-29 41.4% 2nd half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 21-54 38.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 4-16 25.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 15-20 75.0% 1

Officials: Frank Spencer, Jon Campbell and Greg Langsdorf Technical fouls: Murray State-None. Wright State-None. Attendance: 4009 #RockThePlanet in Memory of Mike Radomski

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Murray State 36 44 80 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MUR2821106 19 Wright State 29 32 61 WRSTM2418120 13

Last FG - MUR 2nd-00:25, WRSTM 2nd-04:44. Score tied - 7 times. Largest lead - MUR by 19 2nd-00:25, WRSTM by 4 1st-17:11. Lead changed - 5 times. MUR led for 31:03. WRSTM led for 04:34. Game was tied for 04:23.

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