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Six In Double-Figures Leads MSU To 74-62 Win Over Morehead
2/10/2007 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Murray State Racers jumped back into the win column Saturday with a 74-62 victory over
The Racers win came on the heels of Thursday's setback against
The Racers jumped out to an 8-2 lead on a three-pointer by Shawn Witherspoon.
The Eagles came back to claim their only lead of the half at 11-9 when Brandon Callahan drilled a jumper with
The MSU lead was again six when Witherspoon hit a jumper cutting across the lane. MSU had the lead 20-14 with
The Eagles dug in and cut the lead to four when Shaun Williams grabbed a rebound and scored at the buzzer and the MSU lead was 33-29.
Ray George hit a driving lay up and a three-pointer to push the Racers in front 42-32 with
The Eagles kept making runs and again cut the MSU lead to four with
Again, the Racers had a 10-point lead 53-43 with
The Racers grew their lead to 15 on a three from George at
MSU's 74-62 victory was a welcome result after losing a four-game win streak Thursday in the loss to
“I was very proud of our guys to come back and win,” MSU Head Coach Billy Kennedy said. “I challenged the guys and they responded on the defensive end, and we did that, forcing 20 turnovers.”
Kennedy has also been pleased with the progress from Ray George who joined the team at mid-season and is finding his place in the Racers master plan.
“I was glad to see Ray have a good game,” Kennedy said. “He's a very talented player and he's just getting more comfortable. He's a very good passer and he's just real active.”
George said he's glad to find his place with the Racers.
“We are all coming together,” George said. “I came in late, and everyone else had already been here since the summer, working out and working on plays, so I had to get used to the team ? defensively, offensively, passing, and the intangibles.”
George's 15 points came on 4-10 shooting including 3-5 from three-point range. He added five assists.
The Racers forced the Eagles into 20 turnovers and totaled 19 assists.
GAME NOTES
The Racers 10 three-pointers were one off their season high
MSU's 19 assists were a season-best against D-I teams.
It is rare to put six players in double-figures in the same game as MSU did tonight, but the Racers have done it before. Dec.19, 2005 the Racers did it against
Shawn Witherspoon who was honored before the game for his accomplishment of joining the
Witherspoon has scored in 98 straight games. The last time he failed to score was
After the win, the Racers lead the all-time series with the Eagles 93-44 and 52-14 in
The Rider Broncs are the Racers BracketBusters opponent next Saturday in
