Murray State University Athletics
Photo by: Tab Brockman
Season Starts With Exhibition
11/1/2013 5:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Game Notes I Live Stats I Live Audio
Date-Time: Nov. 2, 7 p.m.
Site: Murray, Ky. (CFSB Center)
TV: None
Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM Neal Bradley & Paul Bubb
Web Streaming: Audio-GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
Twitter In Game: @MSURacers @RacerDave23
MSU Last Game: 3-9-13 Lost OVC Championship 70-68 in OT
MSU Last Win: 3-8-11 over Eastern Kentucky in OVC semifinals
MSU Next Game: Nov. 8 at Valparaiso, 7:30 p.m.
MSU Next Home: Nov. 12, Brescia, 7 p.m.
The Murray State Racers get the 2013-14 season going with an exhibition game against the Freed-Hardeman Lions Saturday (Nov. 2) at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky. The 7 p.m. tip will be heard over the air on WGFE 103.7 FM and online at Froggy103.com.
Head Coach Steve Prohm begins his third season with the Racers as he ranks high among accomplishments for any coach in NCAA D-I through their first two seasons. Prohm, the fastest MSU coach to 50 victories, joins Tevester Anderson as the only MSU coaches to win at least 20 games in their first two seasons. Prohm ranks 11th all-time among his NCAA D-I peers in making it to 50 wins in only 59 games. Additionally, he's eighth all-time with 52 wins in his first two seasons as head coach.
Prohm's third edition of Racer Basketball is a drastic change without all-stars Isaiah Canaan and Ed Daniel. The Racers' roster features just one senior, Dexter Fields and five players that have never suited up in a Murray State uniform. The Racers have eight underclassmen led by sophomore Jeffery Moss who appeared in 30 games as a freshman. Junior college transfers Jonathan Fairell and Jarvis Williams bolster the roster as well as Clemson transfer T.J. Sapp who becomes eligible to play in December.
The Racers are coming off a 21-10 season in which they were again on the brink of making another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Only an overtime loss to Belmont in the Ohio Valley Conference championship game kept the Racers out. The 21 wins marked the fourth straight 20-win season for MSU, a feat accomplished only once (1996-00) under former coaches Mark Gottfried and Tevester Anderson. MSU is also looking for their 27th straight winning season. Their current 26-season run began in the 1987-88 season and has been built by seven coaches including the last two seasons by Prohm. Entering the 2013-14 season, only Syracuse (43), Kansas (30) and Arizona (29) have longer streaks than the Racers.
For the second season, the OVC will use a two-division format. At the annual OVC Basketball Media Day (Oct. 22), the Racers and Southeast Missouri were picked as the favorites of the west division, ahead of Austin Peay, UT Martin, Eastern Illinois and SIUE. Eastern Kentucky and Belmont were the top picks in the east.
Murray State enters their 16th season of basketball at the CFSB Center and hope to keep it as one of the toughest places to play for visiting teams. MSU is 182-32 (.850) all-time and 26-5 (.838) in the Prohm era. More than 160,000 fans have watched the Racers in the CFSB Center in the last two seasons combined.
Once the Racers are through the exhibition game, they'll begin the run up to the season opener. MSU hits the road for the first game traveling to Valparasio, Ind. to face the Valparaiso Crusaders. Tip time (Nov. 8) is set for 7:30 p.m. CT. The Racers met VU at home last season and dropped a tight contest 66-64. The two have meet only once before last season with the Racers winning in St. Louis over VU 78-58.
Head Coach Steve Prohm begins his third season with the Racers as he ranks high among accomplishments for any coach in NCAA D-I through their first two seasons. Prohm, the fastest MSU coach to 50 victories, joins Tevester Anderson as the only MSU coaches to win at least 20 games in their first two seasons. Prohm ranks 11th all-time among his NCAA D-I peers in making it to 50 wins in only 59 games. Additionally, he's eighth all-time with 52 wins in his first two seasons as head coach.
Prohm's third edition of Racer Basketball is a drastic change without all-stars Isaiah Canaan and Ed Daniel. The Racers' roster features just one senior, Dexter Fields and five players that have never suited up in a Murray State uniform. The Racers have eight underclassmen led by sophomore Jeffery Moss who appeared in 30 games as a freshman. Junior college transfers Jonathan Fairell and Jarvis Williams bolster the roster as well as Clemson transfer T.J. Sapp who becomes eligible to play in December.
The Racers are coming off a 21-10 season in which they were again on the brink of making another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Only an overtime loss to Belmont in the Ohio Valley Conference championship game kept the Racers out. The 21 wins marked the fourth straight 20-win season for MSU, a feat accomplished only once (1996-00) under former coaches Mark Gottfried and Tevester Anderson. MSU is also looking for their 27th straight winning season. Their current 26-season run began in the 1987-88 season and has been built by seven coaches including the last two seasons by Prohm. Entering the 2013-14 season, only Syracuse (43), Kansas (30) and Arizona (29) have longer streaks than the Racers.
For the second season, the OVC will use a two-division format. At the annual OVC Basketball Media Day (Oct. 22), the Racers and Southeast Missouri were picked as the favorites of the west division, ahead of Austin Peay, UT Martin, Eastern Illinois and SIUE. Eastern Kentucky and Belmont were the top picks in the east.
Murray State enters their 16th season of basketball at the CFSB Center and hope to keep it as one of the toughest places to play for visiting teams. MSU is 182-32 (.850) all-time and 26-5 (.838) in the Prohm era. More than 160,000 fans have watched the Racers in the CFSB Center in the last two seasons combined.
Once the Racers are through the exhibition game, they'll begin the run up to the season opener. MSU hits the road for the first game traveling to Valparasio, Ind. to face the Valparaiso Crusaders. Tip time (Nov. 8) is set for 7:30 p.m. CT. The Racers met VU at home last season and dropped a tight contest 66-64. The two have meet only once before last season with the Racers winning in St. Louis over VU 78-58.
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