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Racers Outlast Jacksonville State 71-62 In OVC Battle
1/14/2011 1:04:03 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Murray State Racers posted a 71-62 win at Jacksonville State Thursday at Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Ala.
Isacc Miles scored 19 points and Jeffery McClain added 13 as MSU pushed to 4-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference and 11-5 overall.
MSU had to battle JSU and trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, when the score was 23-13. MSU managed to finish the half outscoring the Gamecocks 19-9 to get the score tied at 32-32 at halftime.
MSU finally got the lead for the first time with 16:35 remaining when McClain scored in the paint for a 41-40 lead, and the Racers eventually grew their lead to 10 at the 12:56 mark on an Ivan Aska hook shot.
When freshman Shawn Jackson scored on a dunk with 8:35 left, MSU has its largest lead of the game at 59-47.
JSU cut the lead to five with 1:14 left and never got any closer.
Miles was 10-11 from the free throw line which provided the bulk of his season-high 19 points, while McClain's 13 points came from a perfect night from the field as he was 6-6. Miles also added six assists to the MSU attack.
MSU dominated the rebound statistic 34-22 and limited JSU to only eight offensive rebounds.
Next up for the Racers is a Saturday game at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville at 7:30 p.m. The game will be aired live on the Racer TV Network starting with the pregame show at 7:15 p.m.
NOTES
The Racers now lead the all-time series with JSU 14-0 and are 7-0 in Jacksonville. MSU will host the Gamecocks at the CFSB Center Feb. 12.
Billy Kennedy drew closer to two career milestones with his 94th win in his fifth season at MSU and his 199th win in 13 seasons as a head coach which also includes stops at Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana.
MSU is still on a short list of NCAA D-I teams that have winning records but haven't yet had a 20-point scorer this season. MSU shares this distinction with Jacksonville of the A-Sun Conference who has an 11-4 record.
Isacc Miles who led MSU with 19 points has scored in double-figures the last three games for a 15.0 points per game average.
B.J. Jenkins entered the game ranked first in the OVC and seventh in NCAA D-I with a .929 average from the free throw line. Jenkins was 2-2 tonight and is now 41-44 (.931).
The Racers lead the all-time series with Tennessee Tech 117-46 and are 42-37 all-time at the Eblen Center. The TTU-MSU series, which started in 1930, is tied for the oldest series for MSU (along with Middle Tennessee) among all current and past OVC members.
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