Racers Win 5th Straight At Home 91-77 Over UTM

Sunday, January 5

CFSB Center

2 p.m.

Murray State

7-7 (2-0OVC)

UT Martin

5-13 (0-3OVC)

UT Martin

Murray St.

Photo by: Tab Brockman

1/5/2014 1:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Murray State Racers pushed their mark in the Ohio Valley Conference to 2-0 Sunday with a 91-77 win over the UT Martin Skyhawks at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

Cameron Payne set his career-high for the second time this week with 27 points on 6-of-10 shooting from 3-point range, while Jarvis Williams had his sixth double-double of the season with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Jeffery Moss added 20 points to the Racer attack and T.J. Sapp tossed in 14.

Moss tied the MSU single game free throw record by going 14-of-14. Jeff McClain did the same in 2008 against St. Catharine's and Don Duncan did it in 1966 against Oglethorpe.

MSU moved to 6-0 this season when winning the rebound battle as they led UTM on the boards 40-23. MSU's Jonathan Fairell complimented the board action with seven rebounds.

The Racers used a 12-0 in the late first half and led 40-30 at the break.

The Racers (7-7) hit the road for a Wednesday OVC game at Eastern Kentucky. Tip time is 6 p.m. CT from McBrayer Arena in Richmond, Ky. The game will be heard over the air on Racer Radio on WGFE 103.7 FM and online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. The Racer TV Network will air the game on the local cable systems of Time Warner, Mediacom and Murray Electric. The game will also be streamed online at ESPN3.com.

Game Notes
The Racers has won the rebound battle in consecutive OVC games and beat the Skyhawks 40-23. MSU is 6-0 this season when winning the stat and 0-7 when the opponent does. In the Prohm era, the Racers are 37-5 if they win the battle of the boards.

Cameron Payne collected his fourth 20-point game of the season and another career-high with 27. He was 6-of-10 from 3-point range and the first Racer to have six threes in a game since Stacy Wilson against Eastern Illinois (2-21-13).

The Racers are 7-1 at home this season and have won their last five with wins over Evansville, Lipscomb, Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and UT Martin. MSU's only loss was to Middle Tennessee (Nov. 26).

MSU is 189-33 (.850) all-time in their 16^th season in the CFSB Center and 110-22 (.832) in OVC play.

The Racers have started OVC play 2-0 for the third straight season and four of the last five.

MSU leads the all-time series with UT Martin 42-4 including a 23-1 mark at home. MSU plays at UTM on the second to last game of the season in Martin, Tenn., on February 27.

Jarvis Williams recorded his sixth double-double game of the season with 20 points and 15 rebounds. He's tied with Ivan Aska (2008-12) and Tony Easley (2005-10) for 13^th place on the MSU all-time list that dates back to 1982. Popeye Jones (1988-92) is the Racers' all-time leader with 77.