Murray State University Athletics
Friday, March 7
Nashville, Tenn.
9 p.m.
Murray State
vs
Eastern Kentucky
Photo by: Murray State Sports Information
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All MSU games are on Racer Radio over the air on Froggy 103.7 FM. Online audio is available on Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. ESPNU has television coverage of the game when the Racers face one of three teams: Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Eastern Kentucky. Belmont is the No. 1 seed in the upper bracket and will face either, Tennessee Tech, SIUE or Morehead State in the semifinals.
MURRAY STATE IN THE OVC TOURNAMENT
Overall: 62-33 (.653) Semifinals: 25-14 (.641) Championship: 15-10 (.600)
Municipal Auditorium: 12-6 (.666) All-Tournament Selections: 34 MVP: 14
The Murray State Racers go to Nashville this week with an eye to win their 16th Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The eight-team event begins Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium, but the Racers (18-10) won't play until Friday when they meet an opponent that will be determined by Thursday night. MSU earned a double-bye by winning the OVC West Division with a 13-3 record.
The Murray State Racers go to Nashville this week with an eye to win their 16th Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The eight-team event begins Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium, but the Racers (18-10) won't play until Friday when they meet an opponent that will be determined by Thursday night. MSU earned a double-bye by winning the OVC West Division with a 13-3 record.
All MSU games are on Racer Radio over the air on Froggy 103.7 FM. Online audio is available on Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. ESPNU has television coverage of the game when the Racers face one of three teams: Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Eastern Kentucky. Belmont is the No. 1 seed in the upper bracket and will face either, Tennessee Tech, SIUE or Morehead State in the semifinals.
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Date-Time:Â March 7, 9 p.m. CTÂ
Site:Â Nashville, Tenn.Â
Arena:Â Municipal Auditorium (7,500)
TV:Â ESPNU - Rich Hollenberg & Adrian BranchÂ
Radio:Â Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM
Neal Bradley & Paul Bubb. Westwood One - John Tautges & Will PerdueÂ
Web Streaming:Â Audio-GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com Video: ESPN3.com
Live Stats: GoRacers.com & OVCSports.com
Twitter In Game:Â @MSURacers @RacerDave23
MSU vs EIU-OVC Tournament:Â 4-1Â
MSU vs SEMO-OVC Tournament:Â 1-2
MSU vs EKU-OVC Tournament:Â 5-5
Steve Prohm vs EIU: 5-1 SEMO:Â 4-2 EKU: 3-1
Series History:Â MSU vs EIU: 37-9, vs SEMO: 52-19
vs EKU: 96-60
Last Meetings:Â MSU vs EIU: 2-15 Won H 72-60
MSU vs SEMO: 3-2 Lost A 118-115 2OT
MSU vs EKU: 1-8 Won A 77-64
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The Racers are in the lower OVC bracket as the No. 2 seed and will be playing in their 40th semifinal game when they play Friday night in the 9 p.m. tip. The Racers are 25-14 all-time in semifinal games and have won 3-of-4. If the Racers can make it to Saturday's championship game, they'll be making their 26th appearance and seeking their 16th title and trip to the NCAA Tournament. In the last two OVC Tournaments, the No. 1 & No. 2 seeds have met for the title. In 2012, The Racers were No. 1 and beat TSU No. 2 in the championship game. Last season, Belmont was the top seed and beat the No. 2 seeded Racers.
Murray State's Cameron Payne and Jarvis Williams earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors Tuesday in voting by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. Payne was named the OVC Freshman of the Year and All-OVC First Team while Williams was named All-OVC Second Team. Both were also selected for the All-OVC Newcomer Team. Payne is the third for MSU and follows former Racer Freshman of the Year winners Ivan Aska (2009) and Isaiah Canaan (2010). This marks the sixth straight season that the Racers had have at least two players named All-OVC.
The Racers are coming off an epic season-ender (March 1) when they played at Southeast Missouri and suffered an 118-115 defeat in double overtime. The Racers were looking to share the OVC title with Belmont, but the loss made MSU 13-3, while Belmont beat Jacksonville to finish 14-2.
MSU had an incredibly tough pre-conference schedule against the likes of Valparaiso, Auburn, Middle Tennessee, Saint Mary's, Wester Kentucky and Dayton. They've improved much since and now try to the big prize this weekend in Nashville.
Murray State's Cameron Payne and Jarvis Williams earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors Tuesday in voting by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. Payne was named the OVC Freshman of the Year and All-OVC First Team while Williams was named All-OVC Second Team. Both were also selected for the All-OVC Newcomer Team. Payne is the third for MSU and follows former Racer Freshman of the Year winners Ivan Aska (2009) and Isaiah Canaan (2010). This marks the sixth straight season that the Racers had have at least two players named All-OVC.
The Racers are coming off an epic season-ender (March 1) when they played at Southeast Missouri and suffered an 118-115 defeat in double overtime. The Racers were looking to share the OVC title with Belmont, but the loss made MSU 13-3, while Belmont beat Jacksonville to finish 14-2.
MSU had an incredibly tough pre-conference schedule against the likes of Valparaiso, Auburn, Middle Tennessee, Saint Mary's, Wester Kentucky and Dayton. They've improved much since and now try to the big prize this weekend in Nashville.
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