Game 18 x Murray State at Eastern Kentucky x Feb. 6, 2021 x McBrayer Arena x Richmond, Ky. x 3 p.m. 2020-21 MURRAY STATE RACERS BASKETBALL Contact: Dave Winder x Cell: (270) 293-0566 x [email protected] x @MSURacers x@RacersHoops STARTERS (OVC STATS) Murray State Racers (8-9) (5-7) Ohio Valley 2020-21 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER Tevin Brown Eastern Kentucky Colonels (14-3) (8-2) Ohio Valley 29 Greenville H Won 173-95 G - 6-5 - Jr. DECEMBER Fairhope, Ala. Racers Meet the Colonels In Richmond 02 Middle Tennessee A Lost 78-61 13.5ppg 48a The Murray State Racers (8-9, 5-7) play the second game of their Death Valley trip 05 Illinois State H Won 76-65 3P 27-85 (.318) 08 *Austin Peay H Won 87-57 10 at Eastern Kentucky Saturday in a 3 p.m. CT tip at McBrayer, Arena in Richmond, Ky. 11 Southern Illinois A Lost 70-66 Murray State Most Played Series 15 Transylvania H Won 90-49 As the Racers’ second most-played series in 21 *Austin Peay A Lost 74-70 Dionte Bostick Opponent Record Total G - 6-2 - Fr. program history, MSU Is meeting the Colonels 30 *Belmont A Lost 68-55 Tennessee Tech 131-49 180 JANUARY for the 165th time and have won the last Clearwater, Fla. Morehead State 115-52 167 02 *Morehead State H Lost 61-56 seven meetings since EKU’s last win in 2014 07 *Eastern Illinois A Lost 74-68 5.7ppg 30a Eastern Ky. 103-61 164 when they defeated the Racers in the OVC 16 *UT Martin A Won 79-57 3P 2-10 (.200) Western Ky. 56-95 151 4 Tournament. MSU is 36-32 all-time at EKU 21 *Jacksonville State H Lost 85-82 Middle Tenn. 106-36 142 23 *Tennessee Tech H Won 72-63 and have won the last six games at McBrayer Demond Robinson Austin Peay 86-44 130 28 *Tennessee State H Won 73-53 Arena since a loss there in 2008. With EKU 30 *Belmont H Lost 72-71 F - 6-8 - So. SE Missouri 62-21 83 headed to become a member of the Atlantic FEBRUARY Montgomery, Ala. Tennessee State 57-17 74 Sun Conference, Saturday’s game at EKU will 01 *SE Missouri A Won 77-60 6.0ppg 4.6rpg Eastern Illinois 49-13 62 04 *Morehead State A ESPN+ 66-56 be the Racers’ final regular season game with FG 28-52 (.538) Memphis 27-34 61 06 *Eastern Kentucky A ESPN+ 3p 0 the Colonels as members of the OVC, a league 09 *SIUE A ESPN+ 2p UT Martin 54-7 61 they each helped found in 1948. 11 *SE Missouri H ESPN+ 730p DaQuan Smith 13 *UT Martin H ESPN+ 730p G - 6-1 - So. 18 *Eastern Illinois H ESPN+ 730p Froggy 103.7 FM - Flagship Station For Racer Basketball 20 *SIUE H ESPN+ 730p Holly Springs, Miss. In his 30th season, the “Voice of the Racers” and now a Murray State Hall of 5.2ppg 17a 25 *Jacksonville State A ESPN+ 730p Famer, Neal Bradley is on the call again for the 2019-20 season. Former MSU 27 *Tennessee Tech A ESPN+ 8p 1 3P 10-31 (.323) assistant coach Kenny Roth provides analysis. All MSU games can be heard MARCH online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. Online streaming video is supplied 03 ^OVC 1st Round N ESPN+ KJ Williams 04 ^OVC Quarterfinals N ESPN+ by ESPN+. 05 ^OVC Semifinals N ESPNU F - 6-10 - Jr. 06 ^OVC Finals N ESPN2 Cleveland, Miss. Racers Back To Searching For Consistency * OVC Game 16.5ppg 9.5rpg The Racers were looking at winning their third-straight road game Thursday at 23 FG 69-116 (.595) Morehead State. However, the evening ended with a 66-56 defeat to the high-flying Eagles RACERS CAREER SCORING SERIES HISTORY who are the hottest team in the OVC with a Player CL G PTS 10-game win streak. Eastern Kentucky (103-61) Tevin Brown JR 82 1,181 H: 58-22 A: 38-34 N: 9-4 KJ Williams JR 81 907 The Racers had a one-point lead at halftime OVC: 90-51 OVC Tournament: 8-5 Devin Gilmore SR 87 365 even though they went the final five minutes 1934 Away Won 37-27 DaQuan Smith SO 52 318 without a field and only two points from the 2009 Home Won 70-65OT Chico Carter SO 39 315 free throw line. The Eagles started the second 2009 Home Won 62-60 Demond Robinson SO 46 294 half on a 16-5 run for a 48-38 lead with 11:40 2010 Away Won 88-74 Brion Whitley JR 57 189 left and the Racers never recovered. 2010 Away Won 74-72 2011 Home Won 66-56 The Racers hit 11 3-pointers at Morehead State GAME MEDIA 2012 Home Won 76-67 but managed only four offensive rebounds in Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM Neal Bradley 2013 Home Lost 65-77 35 missed shots and were out rebounded 30- & Kenny Roth TV: None Streaming: 2013 16Neutral Won 81-73 21 to the Eagles. ESPN+, GoRacers.com, 2014 Away Won 77-64 Froggy103.com Stats: GoRacers.com 2014 17Neutral Lost 83-86 KJ Williams Williams closing on 1000 2015 Home Won 85-78 OT KJ Williams, the OVC Player of the Week, had an off night at Morehead State, but 2016 Away Won 75-71 still scored seven points. He is looking at becoming the 48th member of the MSU HEAD COACHES RACERS VS OVC OPPONENTS 1000-Point Club. Williams now has 907 Matt McMahon 6th Season career points at Murray State in 81 games. 2020-21 OVC Basketball Games Alma Mater: Appalachian State (2000) Statistics MSU OPP Played vs Postponed/Cancelled Career Record: 118-60 (6th) Points PPG 70.5 65.8 SIUE Game Moved To Feb. 15 Month Played Pct At Murray State: Same Field Goal % .471 .439 MSU will travel to Edwardsville, Illinois November 25-of-30 .833 Ohio Valley: 70-28 FG Made Per Gm 28.6 25.5 Monday (Feb. 15) to take on the SIUE December 63-of-75 .840 Home: 70-14 3-Point Pct. .358 .303 Cougars at First Community Arena in January 46-of-62 .741 Away: 35-37 3-PT Made Per Gm 9.0 6.6 a 4 p.m. tip off. SIUE’s second game of February 8-of-8 1.000 Neutral: 13-9 Free Throw % .657 .720 the season against Jacksonville State, Total 142-of-175 .800 Last Three Seasons Overall: 85-27 FT Made Per Gm 14.9 13.5 originally rescheduled for February 15, Through Feb. 4 vs Eastern Kentucky: 6-0 Rebounds Per Gm 32.5 32.2 is now postponed. The game(s) were Rebound Margin +.3 -.3 rescheduled after the OVC Council of Directors of Athletics took action to limit A.W. Hamilton 3rd Season Assists Per Gm 10.5 13.5 the number of games played in a week (Monday-Sunday) for a team to three Alma Mater: Marshall (2005) Turnovers Per Gm 14.0 14.5 (3) games. So far, the Racers have avoided any pause because of established Career Record: 43-38 (5th) Assist-to-TO 155/82 160/60 protocols and made up their game at SEMO Monday. As a league, the OVC is At Eastern Kentucky: Same Total Blocked Shots 49 50 ahead of the national average as they have played and completed 80 percent of Ohio Valley: 26-20 Total Steals 118 93 the regularly scheduled games this season. Vs Murray State: 0-3 2020-21 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 MURRAY STATE QUICK FACTS/ROSTER No Player P H W C Hometown (Previous School) 0 Demond Robinson F 6-8 255 So. Montgomery, Ala. Lee HS Alphabetical Roster 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 185 So. Holly Springs, Miss. Holly Springs HS 4 Dionte Bostick G 6-2 190 Fr. 2 Chico Carter, Jr. G 6-2 190 So. Columbia, S.C. Cardinal Newman HS 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 175 Jr. 4 Dionte Bostick G 6-2 190 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. East Lake HS 2 Chico Carter, Jr. G 6-2 190 So. 10 Tevin Brown G 6-5 175 Jr. Fairhope, Ala. Fairhope HS 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 Sr. 11 Matt Smith F 6-6 225 So. Charlotte, N.C. Independence HS 14 Justice Hill G 6-0 170 So. 13 Devin Gilmore F 6-6 200 Sr. Picayune, Miss. Madison Ridgeland Academy 24 Ja’Queze Kirby F 6-6 190 Fr. 14 Justice Hill G 6-0 170 So. Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Christian HS 32 Nicholas McMullen F 6-8 235 Fr. 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 RJr. Sarasota, Fla. Riverview HS 0 Demond Robinson F 6-8 255 So. 23 KJ Williams F 6-10 245 Jr. Cleveland, Miss. Cleveland Central HS 33 Jackson Sivills F 6-6 200 Fr. 24 JaQueze Kirby F 6-6 190 Fr. Hazlehurst, Ga. Jefferson Davis HS 1 DaQuan Smith G 6-1 185 So. 25 Rod Thomas G 6-0 185 So. Paducah, Ky. Tilghman HS 11 Matt Smith F 6-6 225 Fr. 32 Nicholas McMullen F 6-8 235 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. Ben Smith HS 25 Rod Thomas G 6-0 185 So. 33 Jackson Sivills G 6-6 200 Fr. Paducah, Ky. McCracken County HS 22 Brion Whitley G 6-4 200 Jr.