Racers At Austin Peay For Regular-Season Final

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MURRAY STATE RACERS (23-5, 15-2 OVC)
Head Coach: Matt McMahon (Appalachian State, 2000)
Career Record: 56-36 (3rd season) • At MUR: Same • OVC: 33-16

AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS (17-12, 12-5 OVC)
Head Coach: Matt Figger (Eastern Kentucky, 1995)
Career Record: 17-12 (1st season) • At APSU: Same • OVC: 12-5

Date-Time: Feb. 24, 7 p.m. CT
Site: Clarksville, Tenn. Arena: Dunn Center TV: None Radio: Racer Radio - WFGE 103.7 FM - Neal Bradley & Kenny Roth Web Streaming: Audio: GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com Video: None Live Stats: GoRacers.com & StatBroadcast.com Twitter: @MSURacers @RacersHoops @RacerDave23

Series History vs APSU
Today's Meeting:125th
Total: Racers 81-43 Home: Racers 47-11
Away: Tied 28-28 Neutral: Racers 6-4 OVC Regular: Racers 68-37 OVC Tournament: Racers 8-6 Last Meeting: 2018 Home MSU Won 84-63 Last APSU Win: 2017 Home 84-81 OT Last OVC Tourney: 2009 Semifinals APSU Won 67-50
MSU Next: OVC Tournament, Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana (Feb. 28-March 3)

The regular season finale takes the Racers to Clarksville, Tennessee where they face long-time rival Austin Peay Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Dunn Center. The game is another chapter in the season-long Heritage Bank Battle of the Border as the point total favors the Racers 15-9 after they swept the women's and men's games at MSU on Feb. 8.

The game also finds the Racers (23-5) having already clinched at least a share of their 25th Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship. After Thursday's 76-66 victory at Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State's 75-67 win over Belmont, The Racers have sole possession of first place at 15-2 and can take it outright if they can win in Clarksville. By the end of the day Saturday, the regular season will be in the books and the eight-team OVC Tournament will be set. The fun begins Wednesday at the Ford Center in Nashville with the Racers getting a bye to Friday's semifinals.

Jonathan Stark, the OVC Preseason Player of the Year, has six 30-point games this season and had a pair of them last week. He has 99 3-pointers heading into the APSU game and is taking aim at his own MSU single-season record of 108 that he hit last season. Stark is leading the OVC in scoring for a second-straight season at 21.4 points per game. He has 1,322 points in 61 games. In the history of two-year players at MSU, only De'Teri Mayes has more as he scored 1,340 points in 63 games from 1996-98.

All-OVC Preseason pick Terrell Miller, Jr., enters the EIU game nearing a career mark of joining the MSU 1000-Point Club. He has 948 points. He has nine double-doubles this season including a 20-point and 12 rebound game at EIU.

Froggy 103 (WFGS 103.7 FM) airs every MSU game with "Voice of the Racers" Neal Bradley calling the action in his 27th season. Former MSU assistant coach Kenny Roth provides commentary. Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com has free online streaming audio. OVCDigitalNetwork.com has free online streaming video of all OVC games.

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Players Mentioned

Terrell Miller, Jr.

Jonathan Stark

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