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Senior Day - MSU Hosts EKU - OVC Title Share On The Line
2/27/2009 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game 29
Eastern Kentucky
(18-11) (10-7 OVC)
at
Murray State
(17-11) (12-5 OVC)
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
RSEC
Murray, Ky.
RACERS ON A ROLL: The Racers are a hot team right now having won six straight and nine of their last 10 in the Ohio Valley Conference after Thursday's 69-64 home win over Morehead State, The win pushed the Racers into a three-way tie for second in the league at 12-5. A Racer win over EKU coupled with a UT Martin loss to Morehead State, means the Racers get a share of the league title, which would be their 21st in the OVC.
DECEMBER DELIGHT - FIRST MEETING: The Racers won the first meeting with EKU in Richmond 58-50 in winning their fourth straight at the time. The Racers came back from a 43-38 deficit with 14:00 left in the second half with defense and timely shooting. Jeffery McClain had a double-double for MSU with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Racers took the lead for good with 6:31 left and limiting EKU to only one field goal in the final 10:10 of the contest. They shut down leading scorer Mike Rose holding the senior to two points after he entered the game scoring 20 per game.
MSU TRADITION: The Racers have clinched a winning season in both the OVC and overall for the 22nd straight season. MSU's conference streak is tops in the nation, just ahead of Kansas who has clinched 20 straight in the Big-12. MSU's overall streak is tied for fifth with Connecticut who has also clinched a winning season. Syracuse is the leader having clinched their 39th straight. Second place Oklahoma has clinched 28 straight, Kansas is in third place with 26, and fourth place is Arizona with 25.
THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Racers are 129-25 (.837) all-time in 11 seasons in the RSEC and are 10-2 this season with losses to Austin Peay and Louisiana Tech. MSU is 91-15 (.858) in OVC games in the RSEC and 32-9 (.780) in the Billy Kennedy era.
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SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Racers lead 88-59
@ Murray: Racers lead 48-21
@ Richmond: Colonels lead 34-32
Neutral: Racers lead 7-4
OVC: Racers lead 82-52
OVC Tournament: Racers lead 7-4
First Meeting: 1934, won by MSU at EKU 37-27
Last Meeting: Dec. 4, 2008 won by MSU at Richmond, Ky. 58-50
Trend: EKU has won last two at the RSEC. MSU last win was in 2005.
Billy Kennedy vs EKU: 1-4
Television: MSU TV-11 Delayed 10 p.m.
Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM - Neal Bradley & Nathan Higdon
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