Racers Take 75-70 Win At Home Over WKU

Sunday, December 16

CFSB Center

2 p.m.

Murray State

8-1

Western Kentucky

8-3

Team	1	2	F
Western Kentucky	28	42	70
Murray State	33	42	75

Photo by: Tab Brockman

12/16/2012 3:38:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Murray State Racers won for the fifth straight time Sunday in a 75-70 win over visiting Western Kentucky at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

The Racers (8-1) also pushed their home win streak to six straight.

Isaiah Canaan scored 21 points, while Ed Daniel added 16 and Dexter Fields 14, while Stacy Wilson added 13. Brandon Garrett had 10 rebounds to go with eight points for MSU.

In a game that featured 11 lead changes, the Racers were down by a pair when Canaan hit his fourth three-point basket of the day for a 55-54 Racer lead with 6:22 remaining.

After WKU cut the lead to one, MSU responded with another three from Canaan, a short jumper from Daniel and a fast break finish from Wilson, while causing three fruitless possessions for the Hilltoppers to take a 62-56 lead with 4:50 left. Two more stops by the MSU defense were followed by a Canaan jumper and Fields finish on his own steal for a 66-56 lead with 3:14 remaining. The MSU run was 11-2 in 4:21

WKU (8-3) cut the lead to four with 1:51 left, but MSU held them off for the 75-70 win.

Game Notes
The Racers now get ready for a road trip to Arkansas State and Dayton before the Christmas break. Wednesday the Racers play at Arkansas State in Jonesboro at 7:35 p.m. The game will air on the Racer TV Network and ESPN3. Saturday, the Racers play an 11 a.m. CT game at the University of Dayton in Ohio on CBS Sports Network.

Ed Daniel has his string of six straight games with a double-double broken today. His streak was the longest since 1997 when Vincent Rainey had a streak of seven straight.

Isaiah Canaan stretched his school-record run for consecutive games with a made three-pointer to 19. Stacy Wilson has a streak of nine games going.