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Racers Look For 25th Straight Home Win Thursday Against Tennessee State
1/5/2011 9:37:33 AM | Men's Basketball
Game-14
Tennessee State
(6-8) (3-1 OVC)
at
Murray State
(9-4) (2-1 OVC)
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Murray, Ky.
CFSB Center
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Tennessee State
(6-8) (3-1 OVC)
at
Murray State
(9-4) (2-1 OVC)
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Murray, Ky.
CFSB Center
The Murray State Racers begin 2011 with the Tennessee State Tigers Thursday in a 7:30 p.m. tip at the CFSB Center. MSU enters the week playing some great basketball having racked up a five game winning streak with wins over Chattanooga (Dec. 11) 73-65 on the road, Bethel (Dec. 15) 94-52 and Western Kentucky (Dec. 18) both at the CFSB Center, plus a 66-54 win at UT Martin (Dec. 21) and a home win last Thursday over SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 30) 71-46. MSU hasn't dropped a game since losing at Morehead State (Dec. 4) 75-65.
CURRENT STREAK: In MSU's five-game winning streak, the Racers are trending upward in several areas including field goal percentage where they've hit 50 percent of their shots, while hold ing opponents to 33 percent, MSU is shooting 32 percent from three-point range and opponents are shooting 30 percent. MSU has a 39 rebound lead during the winning streak and are plus-15 in turnovers, while scoring 74.6 points per game and holding opponents to 55.4. Ivan Aska leads the Racers in scoring at 11.4 points per game, while B.J. Jenkins is adding 10.6; Aska is the leader in rebounds with 8.2 per game.
CURRENT STREAK: In MSU's five-game winning streak, the Racers are trending upward in several areas including field goal percentage where they've hit 50 percent of their shots, while hold ing opponents to 33 percent, MSU is shooting 32 percent from three-point range and opponents are shooting 30 percent. MSU has a 39 rebound lead during the winning streak and are plus-15 in turnovers, while scoring 74.6 points per game and holding opponents to 55.4. Ivan Aska leads the Racers in scoring at 11.4 points per game, while B.J. Jenkins is adding 10.6; Aska is the leader in rebounds with 8.2 per game.
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KENNEDY NEARS MILESTONES: Murray State Head Coach Billy Kennedy will soon gain his 100th career win as MSU coach and 200th of his career. He is now 93-48 (.659) in his fifth season with the Racers and 197-174 (.530) in his 13th season which also includes stops at Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana. When Kennedy reaches 100 wins at MSU, he'll join only six other MSU coaches who have reached the century mark. Carlisle Cutchin, MSU's first coach from 1925-41 is MSU's all-time leader with 267 wins, while Cal Luther is second with 241 victories from 1959-74. Counting his last two seasons at Southeastern Louisiana, Kennedy's teams in the last five complete seasons have averaged more than 21 wins.
FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Racers enter 2011 with the fourth longest home winning streak in the nation at 24. Kansas is the national leader with 66, while Duke is second with 26 in a row and Kentucky is third at 25. MSU's last loss at home came nearly two years ago in the BracketBusters game when Louisiana Tech came into the CFSB Center and won 69-60 on Feb. 21, 2009. MSU also has a 17-game home winning streak in OVC games since their last loss on Jan. 10, 2009 to APSU by a 59-58 score.
SLAMMING THE DOOR: When the Racers have a chance late in the game to get a win, they usually do. Since the 2008-09 season MSU is 50-1 when they have the lead with 5:00 remaining in the second half. MSU has won their last 47 games in this situation since their last loss Dec. 6, 2008 at Morehead State 79-75.
The Racers also have a streak of 21 straight wins in games that they have a lead of less than 10 points at the five-minute mark of the second half. MSU has claimed a couple of recent wins when they found themselves trailing in that same situation. Dec. 2 of this season MSU erased a two-point deficit for a 74-72 win at Eastern Kentucky and they also did it last spring at the NCAA Tournament against Vanderbilt. MSU trailed by one with five minutes left and won the game on a buzzer shot by Danero Thomas to give the Racers their first NCAA win since 1988.
When the Racers have a chance late in the game to get a win, they usually do. Since the 2008-09 season MSU is 50-1 when they have the lead with 5:00 remaining in the second half. MSU has won their last 47 games in this situation since their last loss Dec. 6, 2008 at Morehead State 79-75.
The Racers also have a streak of 21 straight wins in games that they have a lead of less than 10 points at the five-minute mark of the second half. MSU has claimed a couple of recent wins when they found themselves trailing in that same situation. Dec. 2 of this season MSU erased a two-point deficit for a 74-72 win at Eastern Kentucky and they also did it last spring at the NCAA Tournament against Vanderbilt. MSU trailed by one with five minutes left and won the game on a buzzer shot by Danero Thomas to give the Racers their first NCAA win since 1988.
FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Racers enter 2011 with the fourth longest home winning streak in the nation at 24. Kansas is the national leader with 66, while Duke is second with 26 in a row and Kentucky is third at 25. MSU's last loss at home came nearly two years ago in the BracketBusters game when Louisiana Tech came into the CFSB Center and won 69-60 on Feb. 21, 2009. MSU also has a 17-game home winning streak in OVC games since their last loss on Jan. 10, 2009 to APSU by a 59-58 score.
SLAMMING THE DOOR: When the Racers have a chance late in the game to get a win, they usually do. Since the 2008-09 season MSU is 50-1 when they have the lead with 5:00 remaining in the second half. MSU has won their last 47 games in this situation since their last loss Dec. 6, 2008 at Morehead State 79-75.
The Racers also have a streak of 21 straight wins in games that they have a lead of less than 10 points at the five-minute mark of the second half. MSU has claimed a couple of recent wins when they found themselves trailing in that same situation. Dec. 2 of this season MSU erased a two-point deficit for a 74-72 win at Eastern Kentucky and they also did it last spring at the NCAA Tournament against Vanderbilt. MSU trailed by one with five minutes left and won the game on a buzzer shot by Danero Thomas to give the Racers their first NCAA win since 1988.
When the Racers have a chance late in the game to get a win, they usually do. Since the 2008-09 season MSU is 50-1 when they have the lead with 5:00 remaining in the second half. MSU has won their last 47 games in this situation since their last loss Dec. 6, 2008 at Morehead State 79-75.
The Racers also have a streak of 21 straight wins in games that they have a lead of less than 10 points at the five-minute mark of the second half. MSU has claimed a couple of recent wins when they found themselves trailing in that same situation. Dec. 2 of this season MSU erased a two-point deficit for a 74-72 win at Eastern Kentucky and they also did it last spring at the NCAA Tournament against Vanderbilt. MSU trailed by one with five minutes left and won the game on a buzzer shot by Danero Thomas to give the Racers their first NCAA win since 1988.
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