2014-15 MURRAY STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Dave Winder, Assistant AD - Media Relations • Office: (270) 809-4271 • Cell: (270) 293-0566 • [email protected] @MSURacers @RacersHoops • www.facebook.com/murraystateracers • GoRacers.com • Press Row: (270) 809-5551 GGAMEAME 3355 - NNITIT QQUARTERFINALSUARTERFINALS - TTEDED CCONSTANTONSTANT CCENTERENTER - NNORFOLK,ORFOLK, VVA.A. EEVENTVENT IINFORMATIONNFORMATION (3) MURRAY STATE RACERS (29-5, 16-0 OHIO VALLEY) Date-Time: March 25, 6 p.m. CT tip Head Coach: Steve Prohm (Alabama, 1997) Site: Norfolk, Va. Arena: Ted Constant Center (8,472) Career Record: 104-28 (4th season) • At MSU: Same TV: ESPN2 PXP: TBA Analyst: TBA (1) OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (26-7, 13-5 CUSA) Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia, 1982) Neal Bradley & Kenny Roth Career Record: 401-312 (22nd season) • At ODU: 44-25 (2nd season) Web Streaming: Audio: GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com Video: ESPN3 STORY LINE Live Stats: ODUSports.com A trip to the National Invitation Tournament semifinals will be on the Wednesday when the Murray State Twitter In Game: @MSURacers @RacerDave23 Racers travel to Norfolk, Virginia to tangle with the Old Dominion Monarchs. The 6 p.m. Central Time tip can MSU vs ODU: Racers lead 2-1 be seen on ESPN2 from the Ted Constant Center. The winner of the game will advance to the NIT semifinals Home: Racers lead 1-0 Away: Monarchs lead 1-0 (March 31) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Neutral: Racers lead 1-0 All Murray State games are heard over Recent MSU Postseason Games Last Meeting: 2013 at ODU, Monarchs won 70-60 free radio on WFGE Froggy 103.7 FM and Year Opponent Site Event H/A W/L Score Last Home Meeting: 2012, Racers won 79-72 online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers. 2015 Tulsa Tulsa NIT A W 83-62 Last Away Meeting: 1990, Racers won 76-61 at com. Neal Bradley is in his 24th season 2015 UTEP Murray NIT H W 81-66 Puerto Rico Classic as the Voice of the Racers. Former MSU 2014 Yale Murray CIT H W 65-57 MSU NIT: 4-7 Home: 1-1 Away: 3-6 Neutral: None assistant coach Kenny Roth provides 2014 Pacific Murray CIT H W 98-75 Steve Prohm in Postseason: 8-1 analysis. 2014 Towson Murray CIT H W 85-72 NCAA: 1-1 NIT: 2-0 CIT: 5-0 2014 Omaha Murray CIT H W 86-62 The game is a match up of one team, the 2014 Missouri State Springfield CIT H W 66-63 22014-15014-15 SCHEDULE-RESULTSSCHEDULE-RESULTS Racers, who had won 12 straight road 2012 Marquette Louisville NCAA N L 62-53 NOVEMBER games and the Monarchs who have won 2012 Colorado State Louisville NCAA N W 58-51 14 Houston OVCDN Home Lost 77-74 23 straight on their home floor. MSU has 2011 Missouri State Springfield NIT A L 89-76 18 Middle Tennessee Away Won 68-49 won eight straight postseason games. 2010 Butler San Jose NCAA N L 54-52 20 Brescia OVCDN Home Won 89-56 24 Xavier FOX1 Away Lost 89-62 The Racers have scored their first wins in the NIT since 1980 with a home win over UTEP and an 83-62 victory 28 #Portland Neutral Lost 64-61 Monday at Tulsa. The Racers hit 14 3-point baskets in the game, only three off the 1994 school record. 29 #Valparaiso Neutral Lost 93-58 30 #Drake Neutral Won 68-59 The Racers are a No. 3 seed and ODU (26-7) is the No. 1 seed in the lower portion of the bracket. The winner DECEMBER this game gets the winner of No. 5 Vanderbilt (21-13) and No. 2 Stanford (21-13). Those two play at Stanford 03 Bethel OVCDN Home Won 102-66 Tuesday March 24 at 8 p.m. on ESPN. 06 Western Kentucky ASN Home Won 93-81 NCAA D-I Total Road Wins 13 Evansville Away Won 81-79 MSU’s first NIT game (March 17) was an 81-66 home win over Tot Team Conf Rec 17 Alcorn State OVCDN Home Won 94-56 UTEP, which ended up being the Racers’ final home game of 12 Murray St. OVC 29-5 20 Illinois State OVCDN Home Won 89-77 the season. They finished the season winners of 15 straight at 12 Albany Am. East 24-8 22 Southern Illinois Away Won 83-71 home. 11 Gonzaga WCC 32-2 30 Alabama A&M OVCDN Home Won 76-39 11 E. Washington Big Sky 26-9 JANUARY The Racers have effectively refocused their efforts on the NIT 03 *Morehead State OVCDN Away Won 66-57 after they saw the nation’s second-longest winning streak end NCAA D-I Current Road Winning Streaks 08 *Tennessee Tech OVCDN Away Won 83-67 (March 7) in the OVC Tournament championship to Belmont. Str Team Conf Rec 11 *Jacksonville State CBS Away Won 84-57 MSU’s 25-game run included an undefeated in December, 11 Murray St. OVC 29-5 15 *Belmont ESPNU Home Won 92-77 January and February as MSU went 16-0 in league play. MSU 10 Gonzaga WCC 32-2 17 *Tennessee State OVCDN Home Won 91-72 made a sure case for being included in the NCAA Tournament, 10 Kentucky SEC 35-0 22 *Eastern Illinois CBS Away Won 77-62 but gladly accepted a spot in the NIT as regular season 9 Albany Am. East 24-8 24 *SIUE OVCDN Away Won 60-52 champions of the OVC. 29 *Eastern Kentucky ESPNU Home Won 85-78 OT 31 *UT Martin OVCDN Home Won 65-62 MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE SSTARTINGTARTING LLINEUPINEUP - 22014-15014-15 AALLLL GGAMESAMES FEBRUARY 05 *SE Missouri OVCDN Home Won 82-72 07 *Austin Peay OVCDN Away Won 82-72 12 *SIUE OVCDN Home Won 78-46 14 *SE Missouri OVCDN Away Won 94-92 OT 21 *Austin Peay CBS Home Won 89-54 26 *Eastern Illinois OVCDN Home Won 65-57 28 *UT Martin Away Won 73-67 MARCH G • 6-2• SO G • 6-3 • SR G • 6-4• JR F • 6-8• SR F • 6-7• SR 06 ^Morehead State ESPNU Neutral Won 80-77 07 ^Belmont ESPN2 Neutral Lost 88-87 CAMERON PAYNE T.J. SAPP JEFFERY MOSS JARVIS WILLIAMS JONATHAN FAIRELL 17 1UTEP ESPN2 Home Won 81-66 PTS 20.1 PTS 12.4 PTS 11.0 PTS 15.8 PTS 5.5 23 1Tulsa ESPN Away Won 83-62 REB 3.8 REB 3.2 REB 4.0 REB 8.5 REB 6.9 25 1Old Dominon ESPN2 Away 6 p.m. * OVC Games AST 5.9 AST 2.7 AST 2.2 BLK 1.0 BLK 0.8 # - Challenge In Music City, Nashville ^ - OVC Tournament, Nashville STL 1.9 STL 0.9 STL 1.0 STL 0.7 STL 0.9 1 - National Invitation Tournament 2014-15 MURRAY STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GoRacers.com / @MSURacers / @RacersHoops PPROGRAMROGRAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION MMURRAYURRAY SSTATETATE RROSTEROSTER Location Murray, Ky. (42071) No Player Pos Cl Ht Wt Hometown (Previous School) Founded 1922 0 Wayne Langston F 6-7 225 Jr. Upper Marlboro, Md. (Dr. Henry A. Wise HS) Enrollment 11,207 1 Cameron Payne G 6-2 180 So. Memphis, Tenn. (Lausanne Collegiate HS) Colors Navy & Gold 2 Jonathan Fairell F 6-7 265 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Indian River JC/Carol City HS) Nickname Racers 4 Jarvis Williams F 6-8 215 Sr. Macon, Ga. (Gordon State JC/Wilkinson County HS) Conference Ohio Valley 12 Tyler Rambo F 6-5 220 Jr. Grandview, Mo. (Christian Life Acad./Grandview HS) Arena CFSB Center (8,600) 14 Jeff Martin G 5-11 155 So. Katy, Texas (Seven Lakes HS) President Dr. Bob Davies 22 T.J. Sapp G 6-3 190 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Clemson/Northeast HS) Director of Athletics Allen Ward 23 Justin Seymour G 6-3 210 So. Atlanta, Ga. (Utah/Wheeler HS) Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler 24 Kedrick Flomo G 6-1 180 Fr. Winston-Salem, N.C. (North Forsyth HS) 31 Jeffery Moss G/F 6-4 188 Jr. Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) 2013-14 Season 23-11 34 Terron Gilmore F 6-7 230 Jr. Jackson, Miss. (Callaway HS) 2013-14 OVC 13-3 (1st West, 2nd Overall) First Season 1925-26 Coaching Staff & Suport Staff Seasons 90 in 2014-15 Head Coach: Steve Prohm, 4th Season, Alabama 1997 All-Time Record 1,552-852 (.642) Assistant Coaches: William Small, 4th Season, Belhaven 1993. Matt McMahon, 4th Season, All-Time OVC Record 638-322 (.659) Appalachian State 2000. James Kane, 4th Season, Florida 2005 OVC Regular Season Championships 24 Graduate Assistant Manager: Jewuan Long, 1st Season, Murray State 2012 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, Managers: Laramie Locke, Kevin Hargis, Terrence Miles, Kyle Janes, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Blake Wetherington, Kyle Morris 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 Strength & Conditioning Coaches: David Land, 2nd Season, Appalachian State 2011 OVC Tournament Championships 15 Brandon Decker, 1951, 1964, 1988, 1990,1991,1992, 1995, 1997, Athletic Trainer: Eric Frederick, 22nd Season, Texas Christian 1992 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 Sports Information Director: Dave Winder, 14th Season, Murray State 1987 NCAA Tournament Appearances 15 Administrative Secretary: Becky Hudson, 5th Season, Lambuth 1975 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997,1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 MMEDIAEDIA IINFORMATIONNFORMATION NIT Tournament Appearances 8 Weekly News Conference: Head Coach Steve Prohm conducts a weekly question and answer 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2015 session with area media members at the Gene Ray Center For Racer Basketball which is CIT Tournament Appearances 1 adjacent to the CFSB Center.