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Valentine's Day Special - MSU Visits TSU
2/13/2008 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Murray State
(15-9) (11-5 OVC)
at
Tennessee State
(10-15) (7-9 OVC)
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Gentry Center
Nashvile, Tenn.
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The Murray State Racers travel to the Gentry Center for a Thursday 7:30 p.m. game against the Tennessee State Tigers. The Racers are coming off a split of last week's road trip to Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State. The Racers lost 60-47 at EKU last Thursday, but came back Saturday to post a 64-52 win at Morehead State. MSU is 15-9 overall and stands alone in second place in the OVC with an 11-5 mark. TSU is 7-9 this season in the OVC and in an 8th place tie with Southeast Missouri.
In the first meeting between MSU and TSU Jan. 5 in Murray, the Racers scored their highest point total (at the time) in two seasons in the Billy Kennedy era in a 92-88 win. MSU led by 20 with 16:45 but held on for the win after the Tigers cut the lead to four. MSU placed five players in double-figures.
Bruce Carter will finish his career at Murray State ranked among the best players that had two-year runs with the Racers. Currently, Carter's 682 career points rank him 11th all-time and his 293 rebounds places him in seventh place. He is also close to cracking the top-10 in assists.Carter enters the TSU game with 14 straight double-figure scoring games, he is scoring 16.6 points per game during this period.
The Racers are still leading the OVC in a "Grand Slam" of statistics. In league games, MSU leads the OVC in field goal percentage (.495), field goal defense (.415), three-point percentage (.409), and three-point defense (.327). The Racers are the only team in NCAA D-I that can boast this quadruple achievement. There are other teams leading their conferences in three of the categories mentioned including Marist (Metro Atlantic), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), American (Patriot), and Montana (Big Sky).
It's no coincidence when the Racers protect and share the basketball, their chances of winning are better. In Murray State's 16 OVC games, they've had a positive assist-turnover ratio in all 11 wins, and a negative ratio in four of the five losses.
GAME NOTES
within shouting distance of another 20-win campaign. MSU has won 20 or more in 11 of the last 19 seasons. Billy Kennedy has two in his previous nine seasons as a head coach. He's had five in 22 seasons in college basketball.
MSU GRAND SLAM:
As mentioned on page one, the Racers are leading the OVC in hitting field goals and three-pointers and defending them (in league contests).In checking all NCAA D-I conferences, there are other teams that are leading their leagues in three of the categories and some leading in two, but Murray State is the only school leading in all four categories.
Schools leading in three categories
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
American (Patriot)
Montana (Big Sky)
CAREER NUMBERS:
Tyler Holloway is one his way to becoming the 34th member of the MSU 1,000-Point club. He has 777 points in 84 career games.Danero Thomas is only 52 games into his MSU career but has already scored 437 points.
Marvin Williams grabbed his 100th career rebound Dec. 20 at Samford and is on pace to get to 200 before the season is out.
Bruce Carter zoomed past the 600 career milestone against SEMO on Jan. 26. and will go past 700 before the season is out.
Ray George passed 250 points in his career Jan. 15 against Indiana South Bend. On Feb. 2 against Jacksonville State, he passed 100 career assists.
Kevin Thomas passed 100 career assists in the Feb. 9 game at Morehead State.
SENIOR MOMENTS:
MSU senior Bruce Carter enters the EKU game with 14 straight double-figure scoring games, including his fourth game with 20 or more points at Morehead State Feb. 9. During this time he is scoring 16.6 points per game and getting 6.7 rebounds. Carter is shooting .484 from the field, .357 from three-point land, and .821 from the free throw line. He's also totalled 31 assists.One can only imagine the kind of numbers Carter would put up if he had played at Murray State for four years. The Racers have a rich history of great players who played in a MSU uniform for two seasons or less, and Carter will finish among the best.
(Since 1980)
CAREER POINTS-TWO OR LESS SEASONS
2. Ricky Hood (81-83) 860
3. Chad Townsend (96-98) 854
4. Chuck Glass (84-86) 818
5. James Singleton (01-03) 811
6. Greg Coble (89-91) 733
7. Maurice Cannon (91-93) 727
8. William Moore (93-95) 695
9. Zedric Macklin (84-86) 684
10. Bruce Carter (06-08) 682
CAREER REBOUNDS-TWO OR LESS SEASONS
2. Ricky Hood (81-83) 544
3. Duane Virgil (97-99) 393
4. Chuck Glass (84-86) 362
5. Fred Walker (94-96) 352
6. De'Teri Mayes (96-98) 342
7. Bruce Carter (06-08) 293
8. Linzie Foster (87-89) 287
9. John Jackson (90-91) 284
10. Chad Townsend (96-98) 268
CAREER ASSISTS-TWO OR LESS SEASONS
2. Chuck Glass (84-86) 204
3. Greg Coble (89-91) 193
4. Maurice Cannon (91-93) 168
5. Zedric Macklin (84-86) 153
6. Adam Chiles (03-04) 133
7. William Moore (93-95 129
8. Marlon Towns (98-00) 119
9. De'Teri Mayes (96-98) 116
10. Fred Walker (94-96)) 113
11. Bruce Carter (06-08) 102
BRACKETBUSTER EVENT:
MSU's BracketBuster opponent is the Indiana State Sycamores. MSU will host ISU Feb. 23 at the Regional Special Events Center in a 6 p.m. game. The Racers are 3-0 in the BracketBusters series with wins over Rice (2005), Illinois-Chicago (2006), and Rider (2007).Here are the games for OVC teams
Evansville at Eastern Illinois
Ball State at Eastern Kentucky
Georgia State at Jacksonville State
Indiana State at Murray State
Morehead State at James Madison
Samford at Louisiana Tech
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Michigan
Tennessee State at Northern Illinois
Tennessee Tech at East Tennessee State
UT Martin at Elon
OVC BracketBusters Facts
All-Time Home: 5-6
All-Time Road: 4-10
Most Appearances: Austin Peay (4)
Best Record: Murray State (3-0)
Undefeated Teams: Murray State (3-0), UT Martin (2-0)
HOME SWEET RSEC:
Here is how the Racers' home record compares in the OVC since the 2003-04 season.Team 07-08 Since 03-04 Pct.
Murray State 11-1 58-12 .828
Austin Peay 10-1 53-11 .828
Tennessee Tech 6-5 54-13 .805
Eastern KY 8-4 48-17 .738
Samford 6-6 44-19 .698
Morehead St. 10-1 38-26 .593
Tennessee St. 5-5 35-24 .593
Jacksonville St. 4-8 38-28 .593
SE Missouri St. 7-3 35-28 .555
UT-Martin 6-6 32-28 .533
Eastern Illinois 3-7 26-35 .426
HOLLOWAY AND THE THREE:
Take a look at the all-time three point shooters at Murray State and how Tyler Holloway ranks.MSU CAREER MADE 3-POINT SHOTS
2. Don Mann 1986-89 204
3. Justin Burdine 1998-02 198
4. Marcus Brown 1993-96 173
Paul King 1987-91 173
6. Chris Shumate 1999-04 170
7. Tyler Holloway 2005- 143
8. Rick Jones 2002-04 133
9. Antoine Whelchel 2000-04 124
10. William Moore 1994-95 123
11. Aaron Page 1996-00 107
12. Aubrey Reese 1997-00 105
MSU CAREER 3-POINT PERCENTAGE
2. Don Mann 1986-89 .421
3. Cedric Gumm 1990-94 .418
4. Chris Shumate 1999-04 .412
5. De'Teri Mayes 1996-98 .411
6. Tyler Holloway 2005- .407
7. Terence Brooks 1987-89 .404
8. William Moore 1994-95 .403
9. Paul King 1987-91 .402
10. Rick Jones 2002-04 .393
11. Justin Burdine 1998-02 .349
MSU SEASON 3-POINT PERCENTAGE
2. Jeff Martin 1988-89 .496
3. Tyler Holloway 2007-08 .490
4. Paul King 1990-91 .469
5. Terence Brooks 1988-89 .463
6. Chris Shumate 2000-01 .458
7. Frank Allen 1991-92 .449
8. Chris Shumate 2003-04 .447
9. Popeye Jones 1989-90 .441
10. Paul King 1987-88 .438
11. Don Mann 1988-89 .432
RANKING THE FIELD:
The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) is one of the formulas used by the NCAA in rate college basketball. There are currently 341 teams in NCAA D-I. The rankings do not count wins or losses against non-D-I teams. As of Feb. 13.RANK TEAM REC
54 Western Kentucky 17-5
113 Rider 18-6
118 Belmont 16-8
120 Austin Peay 17-9
127 Chattanooga 13-10
132 Indiana State 10-13
166 Murray State 13-9
196 Eastern Kentucky 11-10
215 Morehead State 10-11
245 UT-Martin 11-14
260 SE Missouri State 10-14
267 Samford 9-13
278 Arkansas State 7-15
282 Tennessee State 8-15
284 Tennessee Tech 10-15
337 Eastern Illinois 3-20
340 Jacksonville State 2-20
