Murray State University Athletics
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Bethel (Exhibition)
MSU Wins 82-49 Over Bethel In Exhibition Action
11/3/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The 2007-08
The tune up contest will push the Racers into the real thing, next Saturday Nov. 10 when they welcome the Broncs of Rider University into Murray in a return game from their ESPN BracketBuster meeting last February that the Racers won in New Jersey.
The exhibition for MSU showed again, head coach Billy Kennedy has a deep bench with plenty of combinations and options as 10 different players played at least 13 minutes each.
Sophomores Danero Thomas and Marvin Williams each had successful nights. Thomas was 9-12 from the field and scored 22 points. Williams led MSU with six rebounds and scored 11 points on 4-11 shooting.
Moments later, MSU put together a 14-2 run on two steals and easy lay-ups for Tyler Holloway and a Marvin Williams jumper, plus a Ray George lay-up. With 9:32 left in the half, the Racers were ahead 24-10.
MSU hit eight of their first 11 shots.
Danero Thomas scored the Racers' final basket of the half as MSU enjoyed a 41-26 lead at the break.
MSU had an 18-9 lead on the boards in the first half and out shot
MSU started the second half with threes from Holloway and Kevin Thomas to build a 54-29 advantage with 13:34 left and eventually pushed their lead to 30 with 4:24 left.
The Racers shot 57 percent (32-56) from the field while holding the Wildcats to 37 percent (19-51). MSU was 11-18 from three point range,
Tyler Holloway scored 10 points, while Ray George scored eight, with seven coming from Georges Fotso.
