Saturday, December 8
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
7 p.m.
Murray State
5-1
64
at
42
Middle Tennessee
3-7
1
2
F
Murray State
35
29
64
Middle Tennessee
19
23
42
Team Stats
MSU
MT
FG%
.453
.292
3FG%
.320
.154
FT%
.727
.800
RB
32
36
TO
13
24
STL
11
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics
Racers Post First Road Win In Lock-Down At MTSU
12/8/2018 5:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Murray State Racers ran away with a 64-42 victory over the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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The Racers improved to 5-1 and posted their first win on the road this season as they travel to Carbondale to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis on Wednesday.
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Shaq Buchanan tied his career-high with 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting to go with a career-high seven steals. Tevin Brown posted a 15-point night with four 3-pointers. Ja Morant was a main focus of the Blue Raiders as they tried to hold him down with a trapping zone. But the sophomore still managed nine points and a game-high seven assists.
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MSU has their own great defensive performance when they held MTSU to 29 percent shooting (14-of-48) and 15 percent shooting from the 3-point line (2-of-13). Buchanan was the main defender against MTSU leading scorer Antonio Green who entered the contest leading the Blue Raiders at 19 points per game. Buchanan and the Racers held Green to 11 points (four in the first half).
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Leading by seven, the Racers popped off a 7-0 run for a 26-12 lead at 4:19 of the first half, before Brown hit a pair of threes to put MSU in front 32-13 at the 2:58 mark. By halftime, the Racers had the lead 35-19 and held MTSU to 7-of-24 from the field for 29 percent and had forced them into 14 turnovers.
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The Racers put the game away with a 12-0 run for a 52-27 lead with 8:15 left to play. Jaiveon Eaves hit a pair of threes with 4:44 remaining and the Racers led 62-35.
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Game Notes
Buchanan looked like he was going to get the MSU school record for steals in the first half alone when he seized five of them in the first five minutes of the game. He ended with seven, his new career-high ahead of the four he had at Alabama (Nov. 26). The Murray State record for single-game steals is eight. It has occurred twice, with the last in 2008 by Kevin Thomas when the Racers played at Missouri. The other was from 1983 by Brian Stewart in 1983 against Eastern Illinois.
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The win for the Racers breaks a run of back-to-back MTSU wins in the series and it's their first since 2015 when they won at home 76-65. The win is the Racers' first at the Murphy Center since 2014 when Jarvis Williams dominated the day with 28 points and 12 rebounds in a 68-49 Racer win.
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The 22-point win for the Racers is the second largest margin of victory in the Coach Matt McMahon era (2018-19 is his fourth season MSU) away from home. The largest margin was at Tennessee Tech (Jan. 13) with a 26-point against the Golden Eagles by a score of 71-45.
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The Racers improved to 5-1 and posted their first win on the road this season as they travel to Carbondale to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis on Wednesday.
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Shaq Buchanan tied his career-high with 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting to go with a career-high seven steals. Tevin Brown posted a 15-point night with four 3-pointers. Ja Morant was a main focus of the Blue Raiders as they tried to hold him down with a trapping zone. But the sophomore still managed nine points and a game-high seven assists.
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MSU has their own great defensive performance when they held MTSU to 29 percent shooting (14-of-48) and 15 percent shooting from the 3-point line (2-of-13). Buchanan was the main defender against MTSU leading scorer Antonio Green who entered the contest leading the Blue Raiders at 19 points per game. Buchanan and the Racers held Green to 11 points (four in the first half).
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Leading by seven, the Racers popped off a 7-0 run for a 26-12 lead at 4:19 of the first half, before Brown hit a pair of threes to put MSU in front 32-13 at the 2:58 mark. By halftime, the Racers had the lead 35-19 and held MTSU to 7-of-24 from the field for 29 percent and had forced them into 14 turnovers.
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The Racers put the game away with a 12-0 run for a 52-27 lead with 8:15 left to play. Jaiveon Eaves hit a pair of threes with 4:44 remaining and the Racers led 62-35.
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Game Notes
Buchanan looked like he was going to get the MSU school record for steals in the first half alone when he seized five of them in the first five minutes of the game. He ended with seven, his new career-high ahead of the four he had at Alabama (Nov. 26). The Murray State record for single-game steals is eight. It has occurred twice, with the last in 2008 by Kevin Thomas when the Racers played at Missouri. The other was from 1983 by Brian Stewart in 1983 against Eastern Illinois.
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The win for the Racers breaks a run of back-to-back MTSU wins in the series and it's their first since 2015 when they won at home 76-65. The win is the Racers' first at the Murphy Center since 2014 when Jarvis Williams dominated the day with 28 points and 12 rebounds in a 68-49 Racer win.
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The 22-point win for the Racers is the second largest margin of victory in the Coach Matt McMahon era (2018-19 is his fourth season MSU) away from home. The largest margin was at Tennessee Tech (Jan. 13) with a 26-point against the Golden Eagles by a score of 71-45.
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