MSU At Home For JSU Looking For Third Straight Win

Game 24
Jacksonville State
(11-13) (5-10 OVC)
at
Murray State
(13-10) (8-5 OVC)
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
RSEC
Murray, Ky.

MSU LOOKING FOR THREE STRAIGHT WINS: The Murray State Racers host the Jacksonville State Gamecocks in a 7:30 p.m. tip at the Regional Special Events Center Saturday night. MSU is coming off an impressive 73-52 win over Tennessee Tech Thursday, a game in which the Racers held TTU to a scoreless stretch of more than six minutes in the second half. MSU finished the game on a 30-11 run after Tech had drawn to two points with 10:54 remaining. Tyler Holloway scored 20 points, while Danero Thomas added 14. Ivan Aska and Tony Easley each had double-doubles as MSU won the rebound battle 49-36 and had 20 offensive rebounds, one short of their season high of 21 that came against Southeast Missouri Jan. 24.

MSU-JSU GAME ONE: The Racers won the first meeting with JSU this season on Jan. 15 by a 63-56 score. With 7:42 to play, the Racers were down 47-46, but took the lead for good when Tony Easley scored on a brilliant reverse lay up to go in front 48-47 with 6:30 remaining. The Racers hit 8-of-10 free throws the rest of the way to preserve the win. Isacc Miles led the Racers with 15 points, while Kevin Thomas tossed in 14 and Jeffery McClain added 10. The Racers got the win after a 17-9 run over the last 7:42. MSU forced a season-high 23 turnovers against Gamecocks.

HOLLOWAY FINDS MILESTONE MARK: Tyler Holloway became the 34th member of the Murray State 1,000-Point Club when he hit a three-pointer with 18:39 remaining against TTU. He scored 20 in the game and moved into 33rd place on the MSU all-time scoring list with 1,016 points. The game marked Holloway's eighth career game of 20 points or more. His career-best is 29 against Tennessee State from a game in Nashville, Tenn. Jan. 4, 2007.

Holloway tied his career-high with six three-point baskets in the TTU game and is positioned among the best long-range shooters in MSU history. He has 194 career three-pointers, fourth place and is chasing down Justin Burdine (1998-02) who has third at 198. Holloway has a chance to catch second place Don Mann (1986-89) who made 204. Frank Allen's all-time best of 251 from 1989-93 still stands as the best in MSU history from three-point land.

Holloway, who will be honored before the JSU game, is the first to get to 1,000 since Shawn Witherspoon joined the club in 2007. Chris Shumate, Cuthbert Victor, and Antione Whelchel joined the club in 2004.

Danero Thomas is well on his way to joining the club. He starts the day with 817 career points.

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SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Racers lead 10-0
@ Murray: Racers lead 4-0
@ Jacksonville: Racers lead 5-0
Neutral: Racers lead 1-0
OVC: Racers lead 10-0
OVC Tournament: Racers lead 1-0
Trend: MSU has won all 10 meetings since JSU joined the league in 2004
First Meeting: 2004
Last Meeting: Jan. 15 at Jacksonville, Ala. won by MSU 63-56
Billy Kennedy vs JSU: 7-2

MEDIA INFORMATION
Television: None
Racer Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM- Neal Bradley & Nathan Higdon
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