Consistency All Around Nets Road Win At APSU

Saturday, February 20

Clarksville, Tenn.

6:30 p.m.

Murray State

15-12 (9-5OVC)

Austin Peay

12-17 (5-9OVC)

Murray State

Austin Peay

Photo by: Tab Brockman

2/20/2016 3:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Murray State Racers came away with a 76-60 win over the Austin Peay Governors at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn., Saturday.

The Racers won their third straight and pushed to a season-high three games above the break-even mark at 15-12 and they kept a share of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division at 9-5.

The win for MSU was their seventh-straight at the Dunn Center since a loss in 2009.

Jeffery Moss led the way with 22 points (19 in the second half) on 5-of-7 from the 3-point line, while Damarcus Croaker added 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. It was his first double-double as a Racer. Bryce Jones scored 12 points and Gee McGhee added 11.

The win on the road was MSU's third-straight and the game had to rank high among their most consistent games of the season.

The Racers scored 20 points off of 10 APSU turnovers and won the rebound stat 36-25. The Racers hit 10-of-24 from the 3-point line and were very good from the free throw line at 14-of-17.

After trailing for much of the game MSU got some separation with 10:20 left when Jones hit a 3-pointer and Justin Seymour hit a jumper. When Moss hit a three for a 50-46 lead with 8:14 remaining, the Racers' run was 10-3. Moss hit another three for a 53-46 lead with 7:30 left. The Racers' lead went to 58-50 when APSU accidentally tipped in a basket for MSU with 4:20 left. Jones hit a three for a 63-53 lead for the Racers with 2:26 left.

The first half found the Racers down 13-7 six minutes in, until Moss nailed a 3-point basket. It started a 6-0 run that saw MSU regain the lead 14-13 at 11:53. MSU trailed by four at 5:17, but came back to make it a 31-31 game at the half on a free throw by Croaker.

With one week left in the regular season, the Racers are on the road Thursday at Eastern Illinois and home in a week against UT Martin. If they can win both, they'll win the OVC West Division title.

Game Notes
Jeffery Moss made his 97^th straight start for the Racers tonight. His first start was on Nov. 8, 2013 when the Racers opened the season at Valparaiso.

Moss now has a 13-game streak of making at least one three and Seymour's streak is up to 10.

Moss has 1,335 career points and moves into a tie for 21^st place on the Murray State list with Antoine Whelchel who played from 2000-04. No. 20 on the list is De'Teri Mayes who had 1,340 points in the two seasons he played at MSU from 1996-98.

The Racers lead the all-time series with APSU 79-41 and are 29-27 away from home.

Today was the 27^th game of the regular season. MSU has two games remaining; at Eastern Illinois (Thur., 8:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network) and Saturday against UT Martin (Feb. 27, 7 p.m.) which is senior day.