72nd OVC Season Opens At CFSB Center - Racers vs UTM - Murray State University Athletics

UT Martin Skyhawks (4-7) (0-0) OVC Last: 12/29 H Mt. St. Joseph Won 92-72
Next: 01/04 at Austin Peay 01/09 H Tennessee State
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Murray State Racers (7-5) (0-0) OVC Last: 12/28 H Cumberland Won 81-46
Next: 01/04 H Southeast Missouri 01/09 at Jacksonville State

Series History: UT-Martin (51-7) H: 28-1 A: 23-5 N: 0-1 OVC: 48-6 OVC Trn: 1-1

Coaches
Matt McMahon 5th Season Alma Mater: Appalachian State (2000) Career Record: 94-47 (5th) At Murray State: Same Ohio Valley: 50-18 Home: 55-11 Away: 27-28 Neutral: 12-8 vs UT Martin: 6-3
Anthony Stewart 4th Season Alma Mater: Mount Union (1993) Career Record: 48-60 (3rd) at UT Martin: Same Ohio Valley: 21-31 vs Murray State: 2-5

Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM Neal Bradley & Kenny Roth Television: None Audio & Video: GoRacers.com & Froggy103.com, ESPN+ Stats: StatBroadcast.com

Racers Open 72nd OVC Season
The Murray State Racers (7-5) host the UT Martin Skyhawks (4-7) in the Ohio Valley Conference opener at 7 p.m. at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. The game is the second game of a doubleheader with the men's game following the 5 p.m. start of the women's game with UTM. It's January and that means it is time to go back to familiar things. In the OVC, the players know each other and so do the coaches. The gyms and arenas are well known and there is the all-important familiarity that breeds great competition. The kind competition kids experience on the playground. Of course, all of these factors make conference play a lot of fun for the fans as the 72nd season of collegiate men's basketball in the OVC begins in 2020. The Racers are in a spot to write yet another dominating period for the program by winning their third consecutive OVC regular season championship. The last time MSU accomplished a three-peat, it was Coach Billy Kennedy and Coach Steve Prohm winning titles in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The nine-week grind will produce the OVC champion and complete the 2020 OVC Tournament bracket. Once again, the OVC Tourney will be contested at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. With great play over the next nine weeks, the Racers can give themselves a chance to win the event for a third-straight season and make a third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. If the Racers can get to the NCAA Tournament, it will be the first time since Coach Mark Gottfried and Coach Tevester Anderson took the Racers to the Big Dance in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Froggy 103.7 FM - Flagship Station For Racer Basketball
In his 29th season, the "Voice of the Racers" and Murray State Hall of Famer, Neal Bradley is on the call again for the 2019-20 season. Former MSU assistant coach Kenny Roth provides expert analysis and commentary. All MSU games can be heard over the air and online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. Online streaming video is supplied by ESPN+

"Big Shot" Tevin Brown On a Hot Streak
After going scoreless in the Racers' blowout over Kennesaw State (Dec. 16), MSU's Tevin Brown hasn't missed much at all in the last two games. MSU lost in overtime (Dec. 21) at Evansville where Brown tied his career-high with 31 points. He came back (Dec. 28) and scored 24 against Cumberland. In the two games, he scored 55 points (27.5 ppg) while hitting 10-of-18 (.556) from the 3-point line in the two games and he averaged 6.0 rebounds.Brown is 37th in the nation with 3.0 made threes per game and he is 28th in 3-point percentage (.439). Only 45 games into his Murray State career, Brown is already in the top-20 for made 3-pointers.

SEMO Comes To Town Saturday
Saturday is a doubleheader day at the CFSB Center with Southeast Missouri visiting.

72nd OVC Season Opens At CFSB Center - Racers vs UTM

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