Murray State University Athletics
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MSU Travels To APSU For 108th Meeting
2/6/2009 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game 21
Murray State
(11-9) (6-4 OVC)
at
Austin Peay
(13-10) (8-4 OVC)
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
Dunn Center
Clarksville, Tenn.
MSU-APSU 108TH MEETING: The Murray State Racers travel to the Dunn Center In Clarksville, Tenn. for a Saturday 7:30 p.m. game against the Austin Peay Governors. The Racers carry a three-game winning streak into the contest having defeated Tennessee State Wednesday night in Nashville 88-58. MSU also defeated Southeast Missouri at home (80-55) Jan. 24, and Eastern Illinois at home (58-46) on Jan. 22 and have won four of their last five.
RIVALRY GETS SOME LOVE FROM ESPN: Just how big is the rivalry between the Murray State Racers and Austin Peay Governors? So big that ESPN The Magazine ranked the annual clashes on the court between the two OVC titans among the best college basketball rivalries in the nation in the February edition.
THE FIRST MEETING: Jan. 10, the Govs got away from Murray with a 58-57 win in a game came down to the last two possessions where one shot went in and the other rolled off. Drake Reed scored in the lane with 10.4 seconds left, before MSU's Danero Thomas got off a jumper in the lane about five feet from the basket with three seconds left, but it bounced hard off the rim. MSU's 11-game home OVC winning streak was snapped. APSU's win at the RSEC was only their second in 10 tries and their first since 2003. APSU has only nine all-time wins in Murray since the series began in 1941. Conversely, winning in Clarksville has been tough for MSU. Their only win this decade at the Dunn Center came in 2006.
THE QUEST FOR 1,000: Tyler Holloway is closing on becoming the 34th member of the Murray State 1,000-Point Club. After his eight points against TSU, he has 971 points. He's gunning to be the first to get to 1,000 since Shawn Witherspoon joined the club in 2007. Danero Thomas is well on his way to joining the club. He starts the day with 757 career points and is on track get there next season as a senior. Holloway is also ranked fourth on MSU's all-time made three-pointer list with 182. Given his recent good shooting, Holloway has a chance to catch third place Justin Burdine before the season is finished. Burdine played for the Racers from 1998-02 and finished with 198.
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Racers lead 69-38
@ Murray: Racers lead 41-9
@ Clarksville: Govs lead 26-22
Neutral: Racers lead 3-2
OVC: Racers lead 63-37
OVC Tournament: Racers lead 8-5
Trend: APSU has won five of six this decade. MSU's only win was an overtime thriller 69-68 in 2006.
First Meeting: 1941
Last Meeting: Jan. 10 at Murray, Ky. Govs won 58-57.
Billy Kennedy vs APSU: 2-3
Television: None
Racer Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM- Neal Bradley & Nathan Higdon
Internet: OVCSports.tv PAY live video
