Battle Of The Border - Racers At Austin Peay Thursday - Murray State University Athletics

Game 25 - Austin Peay - Dunn Center - Clarksville, Tenn. - Feb. 13, 2020 - 8 p.m.

Murray State Racers (18-6) (11-1) Ohio Valley Last: 02/08 A Tennessee State Won 73-65 Next: 02/15 H Morehead State 02/20 A Eastern Illinois
Austin Peay Governors (16-9) (10-2) Ohio Valley Last: 02/08 A Belmont Lost 73-61Next: 2/15 H Eastern Kentucky 02/20 A SIUE

Series Records
Racers lead APSU 84-43 H: 48-11 A: 30-28 N: 6-4 OVC: 69-37 OVC Tournament: 8-6 1st Game: 1942 MSU won A 53-43 1st OVC: 1964 MSU won A 98-82

Head Coach Matt McMahon 5th Season Alma Mater: Appalachian State (2000) Career Record: 105-48 (5th) At Murray State: Same Ohio Valley: 61-19 Home: 61-11 Away: 32-29 Neutral: 12-8 vs Austin Peay: 6-2 Head Coach Matt Figger 3rd Season Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky (1995) Career Record: 57-35 (3rd) at Austin Peay: Same Ohio Valley: 35-12 vs Murray State: 0-4

Battle of the Border - Racers vs Govs
The Murray State Racers (18-6, 11-1 OVC) travel to the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee, Thursday for the first of two games this season against the Austin Peay Governors (16-9, 10-2 OVC). The 8 p.m. tip will be aired by ESPNU.

The Thursday tilt at the Dunn Center marks another points night for the First Financial Bank Battle of the Border. The Battle of the Border is an annual rivalry series between these two longtime OVC rivals. Points are awarded for each head to head regular season match up. If no head-to-head contest occurs, points will be awarded on how they finish at the OVC Championship. The 67 points of the annual competition represent the 67 miles separating the two institutions. The Racers currently lead 15-3 in the race for the bragging rights in the 2019-20 school year.

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 on 103.7FM and online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com.

Racers-Govs Series Trends
Murray State and Austin Peay first played in 1942 and had their first game in the OVC in 1964. The Racers lead the all-time series 84-43 and are 30-28 in Clarksville. MSU has won the last five since a loss in overtime at APSU in 2017. The Racers and Govs won't have to wait long for the second meeting. It will come in Murray (Feb. 29), on the final game of the regular season, 16 days after the first clash.

Downtown Tevin Brown
Murray State sophomore is one of the top 3-point shooters in the nation and leads the OVC with 73 made threes, which is good for 18th in all of NCAA D-I. Brown hit 90 threes as a freshman in 2018-19 and is tracking to at least match that this season. Last week in the road games at Belmont (a 71-64 loss) and Tennessee State (A 73-65 win) Brown was held to 10 points by the Bruins, but came back against the Tigers with 28 points. For the week, Brown was 4-of-11 from the 3-point line. When the Racers are going well, so is Brown. This season, he has led the team in scoring 16 times and has 11 games this season of scoring 20 or more points.

Racers & February Fun
Murray State's loss last week at Belmont marked their first and only loss in the month of February in the last three seasons. Since 2018, the Racers are 20-1 in OVC games in February. MSU is trying to win a third-straight OVC championship.
The last three-peat for MSU was from 2009-11. From 1988 to 2000, MSU won or shared 12 of 13 regular-season titles.

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