Murray State
Western Kentucky
Murray State-WKU Meet For 145th Time
11/17/2007 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Murray State Racers battled the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Saturday in
The Racers started with a three pointer from Danero Thomas and a 3-2 lead, but fell behind by nine when WKU converted a MSU turnover into a basket by Tyrone Brazelton to make it a 14-5 game with 15:17 left in the half.
Ray George provided a spark off the MSU bench and scored back to back baskets to cut the WKU lead to 26-23 at the 6:56 mark.
Tyler Holloway had not taken a shot until he hit back to back three pointers. His first at the 3:14 mark and another with 1:52 left to cut the WKU lead to 36-33.
The Hilltoppers finished the half on a 7-0 run to push the lead to 43-33 at the half.
In the second half, the Racers cut the WKU lead to eight when Holloway drove through the Hilltoppers' full court press and scored a lay up. The lead was 48-40 in favor of
Western responded with a 9-0 run to push ahead 57-40 at the 14:20 mark.
The Racers didn't score another field goal until the 8:23 mark when Holloway scored again. The Racers were down 68-47.
Danero Thomas led the Racers with 17 points on 6-15 shooting, while Tyler Holloway was 5-5 from the field and finished with 15.
GAME NOTES
The Racers are back at home for two games beginning Friday against Avila University of Kansas City, Mo. The game at the RSEC begins at 7 p.m. MSU hosts
MSU trails the all-time series with WKU now 94-51 and 56-12 in
Tyler Holloway was 3-3 from three point range in the game and now has 99 in his MSU career. He is six away from tying Aubrey Reese for 11th place on the MSU all-time three point list.
