GAMEDAY ILLINOIS STATE VS RACER MEN / / / DEC. 5, 2020 / / / 5 P.M. DEVIN GILMORE F - SR. - PICAYUNE, MISS. LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DR. ROBERT KEVIN JACKSON SAAL PRESIDENT DIR. OF ATHLETICS 2020 MURRAY STATE BOARD OF REGENTS MURRAY STATE ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION NAME POSITION HOMETOWN NAME POSITION Jerry P. Rhoads Chair Madisonville, Tenn. Matt Kelly Senior Associate AD Eric Crigler Vice Chair Memphis, Tenn. Velvet Milkman Senior Woman Administrator Virginia Gray Regent Hopkinsville, Ky. Scott Barnhart Assoc. AD - Business & Resource Ops. Sharon Green Regent Mayfield, Ky. Dave Winder Assoc. AD - Comm. & Public Relations Warren Norman Student Regent Henderson, Ky. Susan Darnell Asst. AD - Ticket Operations Leon Owens Regent Paducah, Ky. Eric Frederick Asst. AD - Sports Medicine Lisa Rudolph Regent Murray, Ky. Erin Provaznik Asst. AD - Compliance Phil Schooley Staff Regent Murray, Ky. Brock Rydecki Asst. AD - Operations Melony Shemberger Faculty Regent Murray, Ky. Dr. Dave Gesler Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Don I. Tharpe Regent Nicholasville, Ky. Crystal Morrow Asst. to Dir. of Athletics & Basketball MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY 3 MBB COACHES HEAD COACH Matt McMahon ● Season Overall/At MSU: 6th/same ● Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 2000 ● Overall Record/At MSU: 111-52/same ● Murray State: Head Coach (2015-present) OVC Regular Season Titles: 2018, 2019, 2020 OVC Tournament Titles: 2018, 2019 NCAA Appearances: 2018, 2019 ● Murray State: Assistant Coach (2011-15) OVC Regular Season Titles: 2012 OVC Tournament Titles: 2012 NCAA Appearances: 2012 NIT Appearances: 2015 CIT Appearances: 2014 (Champion) ● UNC Wilmington: Assistant Coach (2010-11) ● Appalachian State: Assistant Coach (2002-10) ● Tennessee: Graduate Assistant (2001-02) ● Appalachian State: Graduate Assistant (2000-01) 4 MBB COACHES ● Murray State: Assistant Coach (2015-present) ● Hofstra: Assistant Coach (2013-15) ● Niagara: Assistant Coach (2012-13) ● Wofford: Assistant Coach (2011-12) SHANE NICHOLS Assistant Coach || Wofford, 2008 || 6th Season MBB COACHES ● Murray State: Assistant Coach (2015-present) ● Georgia Southern: Assistant Coach (2014-15) ● Florida Atlantic: Assistant Coach (2008-14) ● Winthrop: Assistant Coach (2007-08) ● Newberry College: Assistant Coach (2004-07) ● Guilford College: Assistant Coach (2003-04) ● Austin Peay: Graduate Assistant (2002-03) TIM KAINE Assistant Coach || Winthrop, 2002 || 6th Season MBB COACHES ● Murray State: Assistant Coach (2017-present) ● Virginia Commonwealth: Assistant Coach (2015-17) ● Chattanooga: Assistant Coach (2012-15) CASEY LONG Assistant Coach || Chattanooga, 2007 || 4th Season ● Murray State: Assistant Coach (2019-present) ● Gardner-Webb: Assistant Coach (2018-19) ● Emory & Henry College: Assistant Coach (2017-18) RONRICO WHITE Director of Player Development || Chattanooga, 2014 || 2nd Season 7 OPPONENTS ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS SAT., DEC. 5 20-21 SEASON RECORD: 2-1 (0-0 Missouri Valley) NEXT GAME: Dec. 12 at Ball State SERIES/STREAK: Racers lead 4-1 (H: 3-0; A: 1-1; N: 0-0)/Won 2 LAST MEETING: 2017, Racers won 78-72 at ISU HEAD COACH: Dan Muller (Illinois State, 1998) OVERALL RECORD (SEASON):151-118 (9th) RECORD AT CURRENT SCHOOL (SEASON): Same PLAYERS TO WATCH: Josiah Strong, 16.3ppg, Antonio Reeves 15.3ppg, DJ Horne 14.0ppg AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS TUE., DEC. 8 20-21 SEASON RECORD: 2-1 (0-0 Ohio Valley) NEXT GAME: Dec. 4 home vs Carver SERIES/STREAK: Racers lead 86-44 (H: 49-11; A: 30-29; N: 7-4)/Won 2 LAST MEETING: 2020 OVC Tournament Semifinals: Racers won 73-61 HEAD COACH: Matt Figger (Eastern Kentucky, 1995) OVERALL RECORD (SEASON): 64-39 (4th) RECORD AT CURRENT SCHOOL (SEASON): Same PLAYERS TO WATCH: Terry Taylor, Sr., OVC Preseason Player of the Year, 21.8ppg, 11.0rpg ILLINOIS STATE ROSTER AUSTIN PEAY ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown 0 DJ Horne G 6-1 175 So. Raleigh, N.C. 0 Elton Walker G 6-5 185 Jr. Miami, Fla. 1 Dedric Boyd G 6-4 185 R-Jr. Brownsville, Tenn. 1 Carlos Paez G 5-10 180 So. Naguanagua, 2 Josiah Strong G 6-3 194 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. 2 Tai’Reon Joseph G 6-2 175 Fr. Baton Rouge, La. 3 Howard Fleming Jr. G 6-5 190 Fr. Louisville, Ky. 3 Devon McCain G 6-3 190 R-Fr. Silsbee, Texas 4 Abdou Ndiaye F 6-9 195 R-So. Louga, Senegal 4 Merdy Mongozi C 7-0 225 Jr. Kinshasa, Congo 10 Emon Washington G 6-6 175 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 5 Jordyn Adams G 6-3 200 So. Silsbee, Texas 11 lston Andrews F 6-9 235 Fr. Detroit, Mich. 10 Ibrahima Jarjou F 6-9 220 Fr. Bignona, Senegal 12 Antonio Reeves G 6-4 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 11 Corbin Merritt F 6-9 245 R-Jr. Lloyd, Fla. 13 Sy Chatman F 6-8 220 Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. 12 Reginald Gee G 6-3 220 Gr. Houston, Tex. 14 Nik Stadelman G 6-0 175 Fr. Rockford, Ill. 14 DJ Peavy G 6-3 190 R-So. Cibolo, Tex. 21 Dusan Mahorcic F 6-10 230 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia 15 Mike Peake F 6-8 220 So. Chicago, Ill. 23 Harouna Sissoko F 6-7 210 R-Fr. Kayes, Mali 20 Codey Bates G 6-2 195 So. Memphis, Tenn. 24 Jayden Johnson G 6-6 195 Fr. Batavia, Ill. 21 Terry Taylor F 6-5 230 Sr. Bowling Green, Ky. 25 Alex Kotov F 6-10 215 So. Moscow, Russia 22 Alec Woodard G 6-2 200 So. Rutledge, Ga. 34 Malcolm Miller G 6-4 210 Fr. Shelbyville, Ill. 23 Jordan Burchfield G 6-0 185 R-Fr. Rockvale, Tenn. Head Coach: Dan Muller Head Coach: Matt Figger Asst. Coaches: Brian Jones (Associate HC), Brian Reese, Asst. Coaches: Rod Clark, Nikita Johnson, Daryl Dora Marcus Belcher 8 TALE OF THE TAPE CATEGORY MSU ISU APSU MURRAY STATE FACTS Points/Game 117.0 108.7 70.3 Location: Murray, Ky. Enrollment: 9,456 Founded: 1922 Nickname: Racers Points Allowed/Game 86.5 91.3 70.6 Colors: Navy & Gold Affiliation: NCAA DI Field Goal Percentage .617 .600 .427 Conference: Ohio Valley President: Dr. Bob Jackson Opponent FG Percentage .345 .426 .462 AD: Kevin Saal Arena: CFSB Center (1,290) OVC Reg. Season Titles: 27 OVC Tourn. Titles: 17 3PT Percentage .276 .410 .286 NCAA Appearances: 17 Opponent 3PT Percentage .279 .260 .340 ILLINOIS STATE FACTS Free Throw Percentage .813 .705 .726 Location: Bloomington, Ill. Enrollment: 20,878 Opponent FT Percentage .686 .688 .561 Founded: 1857 Nickname: Redbirds Rebounds Per Game 58.0 43.3 37.0 Colors: Red & White Affiliation: NCAA D-I Conference: Missouri Valley President: Dr. Larry Dietz Opponent Reb. Per Game 34.0 36.7 31.7 AD: Larry Lyons Arena: Redbird Arena (9,600) Total Assists 56 77 35 AUSTIN PEAY FACTS Opponent Total Assists 34 40 27 Location: Clarksville, Tenn. Enrollment: 10,463 Turnovers 40 48 55 Founded: 1927 Nickname: Governors Colors: Red & White Affiliation: NCAA D-I Opponent Turnovers 31 43 51 Conference: Ohio Valley President: Dannelle Whiteside Blocked Shots 9 14 9 AD: Gerald Harrison Arena: Dunn Center (8,075) Opponent Blocked Shots 7 7 3 Steals 15 18 20 Opponent Steals 21 23 27 OVC MEN’S UPDATE STANDINGS SCHEDULE Wednesday, December 2 Monday, December 7 OVC Overall @#23 Ohio State 77, Morehead State 44 *Morehead State at EKU, 6p (ESPN+) W L W L Eastern Kentucky 95, @USC Upstate 78 Lipscomb at SE Missouri, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) SIUE 73, @Northern Illinois 53 Belmont 0-0 3-0 @Xavier 79, Tennessee Tech 48 Wednesday, December 9 Southern Illinois 87, @Southeast Missouri 79 (OT) Transylvania at Morehead State 5p (ESPN+) UT Martin 0-0 1-0 @Middle Tennessee 78, Murray State 61 SIUE at Valparaiso, 5p (ESPN3) Eastern Kentucky 0-0 3-1 @UT Martin 93, Evansville 87 (2OT) Eastern Illinois at Evansville, 6p (ESPN+) Southeast Missouri at Lipscomb, 7p, (ESPN3) Jacksonville State 0-0 3-1 Thursday, December 3 @Eastern Illinois 78, Chicago State 56 Thursday, December 10 Austin Peay 0-0 2-1 @Northern Kentucky 74, Tennessee Tech 65 Transylvania at Morehead State, 5p. (ESPN+) Murray State 0-0 1-1 Friday, December 4 Friday, December 11, 2020 Southeast Missouri 0-0 1-1 Jacksonville State at FIU, TBA Murray State at SIU, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN3) SIUE 0-0 2-2 Saturday, December 5 Sunday, December 13 Eastern Illinois 0-0 1-3 Omaha at SIUE, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Jacksonville State at Tenn., 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Boyce at Tennessee State, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) SIUE at Northwestern, TBA Morehead State 0-0 1-3 Samford at Belmont, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Oakland City at UT Martin, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Tennessee State 0-0 0-0 Illinois State at Murray State, 5p, (ESPN+) Tennessee Tech 0-0 0-4 Eastern Illinois at Green Bay, TBA Sunday, December 6 Tennessee Tech at Western Carolina, TBA Jacksonville State at FIU, TBA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT BACK TO BASICS - DRIVEWAY BASKET HELPS SMITH FOR SEASON Three days after the Murray State men’s basketball team lost a thing they’ve ever seen, there is some sense of normalcy as the close Ohio Valley Conference Tournament final to Belmont last games come up on the schedule. March, DaQuan Smith and his team were shocked when the nation shut down at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic. So he did what “The biggest thing we have tried to do through the summer and every student at Murray State did. He went home. now once we came back to Murray, is to prepare like we were going to have a season,” Smith said. “We had to in order to stay prepared Home is Holly Springs, Mississippi. A place where Smith settled in for when that time comes. The workouts, the weight room, the and kept on playing the game he loves on the basketball goal in his practices.