Thursday, January 7
CFSB Center
7 p.m.
Murray State
7-8 (1-1OVC)
65
vs
71
Tennessee Tech
11-5 (3-0OVC)
1
2
F
Tennessee Tech
36
35
71
Murray State
34
31
65
Photo by: Tab Brockman
Slip In Shooting Costs Racers Against TTU
1/7/2016 3:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Some late shooting woes sent the Murray State Racers (7-8, 1-1) to a 71-65 defeat in Ohio Valley Conference play to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (11-5, 3-0) Thursday night at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.
Trailing 36-34 at the half, the Racers took their largest lead with 15:23 left when Jeffery Moss hit one of his six 3-point baskets and the Racers led 43-40.
When Tech's lead went to 10 points with 2:27 remaining, the Racers clawed back to cut the lead to 62-57 at the 1:09 mark when Bryce Jones went 4-of-5 from the line, but MSU could not make a run at the lead.
Down the stretch the Racers shooting went cold as they were 2-of-14 from the field in the final minutes of the game. The Racers suffered a season-low 28 percent shooting night on 18-of-64 shots. From 3-point range, the Racers hit just 21 percent on 6-of-28.
Moss finished the game with 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting from long range. Wayne Langston added 11 points. Jones scored 13 points on 11-of-12 shooting from the free throw line.
The Racers return to action Saturday at the CFSB Center when they host the Jacksonville State Gamecocks at 5:30 p.m.
Game Notes
19 offensive rebounds for the Racers marked their season-high against a D-I team. At Houston (Dec. 2) MSU has 18.
MSU's 64 field goal attempts was second this season to the 69 they took at Houston.
MSU attempted a season-high 28 3-point shots. The previous best was 23 at Houston and at Georgia (Nov. 20).
The Racers were very good again from the free throw line where they hit 23-of-28 for 82 percent.
Trailing 36-34 at the half, the Racers took their largest lead with 15:23 left when Jeffery Moss hit one of his six 3-point baskets and the Racers led 43-40.
When Tech's lead went to 10 points with 2:27 remaining, the Racers clawed back to cut the lead to 62-57 at the 1:09 mark when Bryce Jones went 4-of-5 from the line, but MSU could not make a run at the lead.
Down the stretch the Racers shooting went cold as they were 2-of-14 from the field in the final minutes of the game. The Racers suffered a season-low 28 percent shooting night on 18-of-64 shots. From 3-point range, the Racers hit just 21 percent on 6-of-28.
Moss finished the game with 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting from long range. Wayne Langston added 11 points. Jones scored 13 points on 11-of-12 shooting from the free throw line.
The Racers return to action Saturday at the CFSB Center when they host the Jacksonville State Gamecocks at 5:30 p.m.
Game Notes
19 offensive rebounds for the Racers marked their season-high against a D-I team. At Houston (Dec. 2) MSU has 18.
MSU's 64 field goal attempts was second this season to the 69 they took at Houston.
MSU attempted a season-high 28 3-point shots. The previous best was 23 at Houston and at Georgia (Nov. 20).
The Racers were very good again from the free throw line where they hit 23-of-28 for 82 percent.
Team Stats
TTU
MUR
FG%
.415
.281
3FG%
.300
.214
FT%
.872
.821
RB
37
37
TO
17
8
STL
3
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
6
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
11
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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