Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, November 26
CFSB Center
7 p.m.
Murray State
3-3
91
vs
54
Alabama A&M
0-5
1
2
F
Alabama A&M
27
27
54
Murray State
47
44
91
Team Stats
AAMU
MUR
FG%
.413
.571
3FG%
.357
.458
FT%
.611
.615
RB
27
33
TO
18
5
STL
4
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's BasketballG
/ Men's BasketballG
/ Men's Basketball
Photo by: Tab Brockman
5 In Double-Figures - Racers Route Alabama A&M
11/26/2016 10:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Murray State Racers put five players in double-figure scoring and ran past the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 91-54 Saturday night at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.
The Racers evened their record at 3-3 as they head out on the road again Tuesday for a game at Southern Illinois.
Jonathan Stark led the Racers with 17 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the 3-point line and MSU got 14 points each from Jachai Taylor and Damarcus Croaker. Bryce Jones and Terrell Miller each added 13 points. Miller scored his first double-double at MSU with 11 rebounds.
Trailing 10-9 in the early going, the Racers hit the Bulldogs with a 9-0 run with four different players scoring. Stark and Croaker scored off of steals and Brion Sanchious and Jalen Dupree scored from the post for an 18-10 lead at the 13:43 mark of the half.
The Racers hit six of their first 12 3-point attempts in the game and when Taylor hit back-to-back threes, MSU enjoyed a 36-21 lead with 4:23 before half.
Jones grabbed a couple of steals and fed easy layups for Taylor and Croaker as the MSU lead ballooned to 42-24 at the 2:22 mark.
The Racers went into the half leading the Bulldogs 47-27 after Croaker dunked on a fast break with 16 seconds left.
The Racers won the rebound battle for the first time in six games this season 33-27.
MSU forced the Bulldogs into 18 turnovers, only one less than the 19 field goals they had total. The Racers shot 59 percent for the game on 26-of-63, including 11-of-24 from the 3-point line.
Game Notes
Tonight's game marked the Racers' first home game since beating Illinois State at the buzzer on Nov. 11.
The Racers have won four in a row at home since their last loss on Feb. 6 to Austin Peay.
The Racers now lead the all-time series with Alabama A&M 3-0.
MSU's Jonathan Stark entered the game as the second leading scorer in the OVC and 42nd in NCAA D-I at 21.6 points per game.
With 13 points tonight, MSU's Bryce Jones has 476 points his MSU career. He's the team's leading active scorer.
The Racers had a 19-to-5 Assist-to-turnover ratio tonight. AAM was 6-to-18.
This marked MSU's first game this season to win the rebound stat. They won it 33-27.
The Racers had a season-best 46 points in the paint, out-doing the 40 they had last week against Bowling Green.
Defensively, the 54 points MSU gave up tonight to AAM was a season low, as was the 27 points they allowed in the first and second halves.
The Racers had a season-high 12 steals in the game. In case you're wondering, the Murray State record for a single game is 25, against Tennessee Wesleyan in 2010.
MSU made 11 3-point baskets in this game. They've had double-digit threes now five times in six games this season. They've done it in five-straight games since hitting nine on opening night against Illinois State. As the night started, MSU had taken more threes than anyone in the OVC, yet were fifth in made threes with a percentage of .373.
Jachai Taylor is becoming one of the Racers' top threats off the bench. After tonight's career-high 14 points, he's averaging 7.2 points per game on only 11 minutes per game. Tonight he was 6-of-9 from the field and 2-of-3 from 3-point range. He also grabbed four rebounds in his 19 minutes on the floor.
The Racers evened their record at 3-3 as they head out on the road again Tuesday for a game at Southern Illinois.
Jonathan Stark led the Racers with 17 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the 3-point line and MSU got 14 points each from Jachai Taylor and Damarcus Croaker. Bryce Jones and Terrell Miller each added 13 points. Miller scored his first double-double at MSU with 11 rebounds.
Trailing 10-9 in the early going, the Racers hit the Bulldogs with a 9-0 run with four different players scoring. Stark and Croaker scored off of steals and Brion Sanchious and Jalen Dupree scored from the post for an 18-10 lead at the 13:43 mark of the half.
The Racers hit six of their first 12 3-point attempts in the game and when Taylor hit back-to-back threes, MSU enjoyed a 36-21 lead with 4:23 before half.
Jones grabbed a couple of steals and fed easy layups for Taylor and Croaker as the MSU lead ballooned to 42-24 at the 2:22 mark.
The Racers went into the half leading the Bulldogs 47-27 after Croaker dunked on a fast break with 16 seconds left.
The Racers won the rebound battle for the first time in six games this season 33-27.
MSU forced the Bulldogs into 18 turnovers, only one less than the 19 field goals they had total. The Racers shot 59 percent for the game on 26-of-63, including 11-of-24 from the 3-point line.
Game Notes
Tonight's game marked the Racers' first home game since beating Illinois State at the buzzer on Nov. 11.
The Racers have won four in a row at home since their last loss on Feb. 6 to Austin Peay.
The Racers now lead the all-time series with Alabama A&M 3-0.
MSU's Jonathan Stark entered the game as the second leading scorer in the OVC and 42nd in NCAA D-I at 21.6 points per game.
With 13 points tonight, MSU's Bryce Jones has 476 points his MSU career. He's the team's leading active scorer.
The Racers had a 19-to-5 Assist-to-turnover ratio tonight. AAM was 6-to-18.
This marked MSU's first game this season to win the rebound stat. They won it 33-27.
The Racers had a season-best 46 points in the paint, out-doing the 40 they had last week against Bowling Green.
Defensively, the 54 points MSU gave up tonight to AAM was a season low, as was the 27 points they allowed in the first and second halves.
The Racers had a season-high 12 steals in the game. In case you're wondering, the Murray State record for a single game is 25, against Tennessee Wesleyan in 2010.
MSU made 11 3-point baskets in this game. They've had double-digit threes now five times in six games this season. They've done it in five-straight games since hitting nine on opening night against Illinois State. As the night started, MSU had taken more threes than anyone in the OVC, yet were fifth in made threes with a percentage of .373.
Jachai Taylor is becoming one of the Racers' top threats off the bench. After tonight's career-high 14 points, he's averaging 7.2 points per game on only 11 minutes per game. Tonight he was 6-of-9 from the field and 2-of-3 from 3-point range. He also grabbed four rebounds in his 19 minutes on the floor.
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