Racers Handle Brescia In CFSB Center Home Opener

Tuesday, November 12

CFSB Center

7 p.m.

Murray State

1-1

Brescia

2-1

Brescia

Murray St.

Photo by: Kyser Lough/Ledger & Times

11/12/2013 10:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Murray State Racers opened their home season with a 97-69 win over the Brescia Bearcats Tuesday at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

The Racers (1-1) scored their 24^th straight win in a home opener and their 16^th in the CFSB Center. MSU is now 63-3 since 1948.

Jeffery Moss led the Racers with 21 points, with 20 coming from Dexter Fields. MSU got 15 points from C.J. Ford with Jarvis Williams adding 14 points and 14 rebounds.

In the first half, the Racers quickly built a 17-7 lead that included buckets from Cameron Payne and a steal and dunk by Jonathan Fairell at the 15:30 mark. Moss hit his second three pointer of the half at the 9:17 mark and MSU held a 26-16 advantage. MSU went into the half with a 47-31 lead.

MSU pushed to a 61-41 lead with 15:32 remaining on a baseline drive and dunk by Ford. The lead went to 85-67 when Tyler Rambo came up with a steal that turned into a three-point play with 6:02 left.

The Racers won the rebound battle 40-25 and each team had 14 turnovers.

MSU shot 60 percent from the field (33-of-55) while holding Brescia to 43 percent (25-of-58). From three-point range, the Racers shot 37 percent (6-of-16) and Brescia was 29 percent (5-of-17). The Racers improved their free throw shooting from the game last Friday at Valparaiso in making 76 percent (25-of-33).

MSU hits the road again this weekend when they play a Friday night game at Old Dominion. Tip time is set for 6 p.m. CT from at the Te4d Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. The game can be heard The Racer Radio Network on WGFE 103.7 FM and online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. Live online streaming video from ODUSports.com is free of charge.

The Racers' next home game is Tuesday (Nov. 19) against Bethel at 7 p.m.

Game Notes
The Racers have won 24 straight home openers and all 16 at the CFSB Center. MSU's last loss was at Racer Arena in triple overtime to Southern Illinois in 1989.

Dexter Fields scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting. His previous best was against Colorado at the Charleston Classic last season (11-08-12). Jeffery Moss's 21 was a new career high for him besting the 14 he had against UT Martin (01-03-12). C.J. Ford and Jarvis Williams also had career highs.

MSU had two scorers with 20 points as Moss had 21 and Fields 20. The last time MSU did that was last season against SIUE (02-14-13) when Isaiah Canaan and Stacy Wilson each scored 20.