Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, January 7
Clarksville, Tenn.
7 p.m.
Murray State
at
Austin Peay
Photo by: Tab Brockman
Murray State Travels To Austin Peay For OVC Rivalry Clash
1/6/2012 11:41:00 AM | Men's Basketball
(18/19) Murray State (15-0, 3-0)
at Austin Peay (3-12, 0-2)
Saturday, January 7, 2012 ♦ 7 p.m.
Clarksville, Tenn. ♦ Dunn Center
Game Notes ♦ Live Radio ♦ Live Stats ♦ ESPN3
Television: ESPNU ♦ Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod
Radio: Racer Radio - Froggy 103.7FM ♦ Neal Bradley & Nathan Higdon
Internet: GoRacers.com FREE Live Radio ♦ apsugovernors.com FREE Live Stats
Overall: MSU leads 70-41♦Home: MSU leads 42-10 ♦ Away: APSU leads 24-27 ♦ Neutral: MSU leads 6-4
OVC Tourney: MSU leads 8-6 ♦ Trend: MSU has won 3 of last 4 ♦ Last Meeting: 2011, won by MSU in Clarksville, Tenn., 67-59 ♦
Last APSU win: 2011, at Murray, Ky., 66-64 ♦ Series First Meeting: 1941
The Murray State Racers take their perfect 15-0 record on the road Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip against the Austin Peay Governors at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn. The Racers are coming off a 76-67 win Wednesday at home over Eastern Kentucky. MSU is 3-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference and shares first place with Southeast Missouri.
The Racers-Govs rivalry is one of the best in college basketball. In fact, ESPN The Magazine called it one of the best in the game a couple of years ago. This meeting will be the 112th in the series that started in 1941. Up until last spring, the OVC Tournament had had at least one of these teams in its championship game since 1987. The Racers and Govs have met 14 times in post-season play. This is the first of two meetings this season (the other is at MSU Feb. 11). Each team won on the other's home court last season.
Heading into Saturday's games, Murray State is one of the remaining four unbeaten teams this season in NCAA D-I with a 15-0 mark. MSU joins Syracuse (Big East), Missouri and Baylor (Each Big-12) as teams who haven't lost a game yet.
The Racers are into their fourth consecutive week of being ranked in the Associated Press Poll. MSU is up to no. 19 after debuting at no. 24 on Dec. 12. MSU broke into the ESPN/USA Today Poll on Dec. 19 and is higher in this poll this week at no. 18. MSU jumped to no. 1 team in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll for the first in program history, the first for an OVC team.
The Racers' 15-0 start trails only the 16-0 start by the 1935-36 MSU team. The all-time win streak at MSU is 17 set by the 31-5 team from 2009-10.
New MSU head coach Steve Prohm is part of 52 first-year head coaches in NCAA D-I. His 15-0 mark is the best among the 24 first-time head coaches. Prohm was named coach (May 23) after Billy Kennedy took the head coaching job at Texas A&M.
Prohm's 15-0 start is the best for a rookie head coach in Racer history ahead of the 9-0 that Tevester Anderson (now at Jackson State) had in 1998.
at Austin Peay (3-12, 0-2)
Saturday, January 7, 2012 ♦ 7 p.m.
Clarksville, Tenn. ♦ Dunn Center
Game Notes ♦ Live Radio ♦ Live Stats ♦ ESPN3
Television: ESPNU ♦ Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod
Radio: Racer Radio - Froggy 103.7FM ♦ Neal Bradley & Nathan Higdon
Internet: GoRacers.com FREE Live Radio ♦ apsugovernors.com FREE Live Stats
Overall: MSU leads 70-41♦Home: MSU leads 42-10 ♦ Away: APSU leads 24-27 ♦ Neutral: MSU leads 6-4
OVC Tourney: MSU leads 8-6 ♦ Trend: MSU has won 3 of last 4 ♦ Last Meeting: 2011, won by MSU in Clarksville, Tenn., 67-59 ♦
Last APSU win: 2011, at Murray, Ky., 66-64 ♦ Series First Meeting: 1941
The Murray State Racers take their perfect 15-0 record on the road Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip against the Austin Peay Governors at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn. The Racers are coming off a 76-67 win Wednesday at home over Eastern Kentucky. MSU is 3-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference and shares first place with Southeast Missouri.
The Racers-Govs rivalry is one of the best in college basketball. In fact, ESPN The Magazine called it one of the best in the game a couple of years ago. This meeting will be the 112th in the series that started in 1941. Up until last spring, the OVC Tournament had had at least one of these teams in its championship game since 1987. The Racers and Govs have met 14 times in post-season play. This is the first of two meetings this season (the other is at MSU Feb. 11). Each team won on the other's home court last season.
Heading into Saturday's games, Murray State is one of the remaining four unbeaten teams this season in NCAA D-I with a 15-0 mark. MSU joins Syracuse (Big East), Missouri and Baylor (Each Big-12) as teams who haven't lost a game yet.
The Racers are into their fourth consecutive week of being ranked in the Associated Press Poll. MSU is up to no. 19 after debuting at no. 24 on Dec. 12. MSU broke into the ESPN/USA Today Poll on Dec. 19 and is higher in this poll this week at no. 18. MSU jumped to no. 1 team in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll for the first in program history, the first for an OVC team.
The Racers' 15-0 start trails only the 16-0 start by the 1935-36 MSU team. The all-time win streak at MSU is 17 set by the 31-5 team from 2009-10.
New MSU head coach Steve Prohm is part of 52 first-year head coaches in NCAA D-I. His 15-0 mark is the best among the 24 first-time head coaches. Prohm was named coach (May 23) after Billy Kennedy took the head coaching job at Texas A&M.
Prohm's 15-0 start is the best for a rookie head coach in Racer history ahead of the 9-0 that Tevester Anderson (now at Jackson State) had in 1998.
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