Racers Blow Past SEMO 96-58 On Reunion Day

Saturday, January 22

CFSB Center

7:30 p.m.

Murray State

Southeast Missouri

Photo by: Tab Brockman

1/22/2011 6:33:30 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Murray State Racers came out of the gate Saturday with a 35-9 run and rode it to a 96-58 win over Southeast Missouri State at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

On the day when many former men's basketball players and coaches came back to campus for a reunion, the current edition of the Racers showed what they have.

The Racers (13-6, 6-3 OVC), who had no field goals in the final 10 minutes of Thursday loss to Eastern Illinois, exploded against the Redhawks making nine shots in the first part of the game, five from three point range.

Isaiah Canaan made two quick three pointers, followed by bonus jumpers from Isacc Miles and B.J. Jenkins and MSU had a 23-6 lead only 6:20 into the game.

Jewuan Long, who led MSU with 15 points, scored and Ivan Aska made a three-point play and MSU had a 35-9 lead at 8:16 when Donte Poole scored.

The half time lead was 51-27, making it the second lowest score for an opponent this season behind the 22 East Tennessee State scored at the CFSB Center on opening night (Nov. 15).

MSU started the second half with a 24-18 segment to push out to a 30-point advantage with 9:36 remaining.

After Long's 15, Aska scored 14 points with 13 from Ed Daniel and 11 from Canaan as 11 different Racers made it in the scoring column.

MSU won the battle of the boards 45-35 and forced the Redhawks into 23 turnovers.

NOTES

The Racers are now 48-16 all-time against SEMO and 23-8 at home. MSU has won the last eight in the series since the last SEMO win in 2007. MSU travels to Cape Girardeau, Mo., Feb 16.

Coach Kennedy moved closer to his 100^th career win in his fifth season at MSU. He now has 97. Last Saturday he won his 200^th career game when the Racers beat Tennessee Tech

MSU is now the only team in NCAA D-I that hasn't had a 20-point scorer yet this season. Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun) was the other and they got 24 points Saturday from Travis Cohn in an 87-59 win at Kennesaw State.

The Racers' next challenge is a road contest Wednesday at SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 26) in a 7 p.m. tip. The Racer TV Network and Racer Radio on Froggy 103.7 FM and GoRacers.com. MSU comes back home (Jan. 29) to host UT Martin.

In MSU's last three home games, they've started with a three point basket as their first points of the game.

MSU led from start to finish for the fourth time this season. The others came against Reinhardt (Nov. 20), Stanford (Nov. 25) and Chattanooga (Dec. 11).

MSU saw SEMO hit 4-9 from three-point range in the first half, but held them 0-8 in the second half.

MSU flirted with 100 points again. The last time MSU scored 100 against a NCAA D-I team was at home against Chicago State in 2003.

Today was Racer men's basketball reunion day with many former players, coaches and team managers returning to campus. The group enjoyed lunch, a tour of facilities and were recognized at half time of the game. Plans are being made to make the reunion into an annual event.