Murray State
6-1,0-0OVC
Evansville
4-2,0-0MVC
Racers Top UE For Fifth Straight Win
11/30/2021 9:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Young becomes first Racer to go 10-for-10 from field
In A Nutshell
The Murray State women's basketball team went 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the final minute of Tuesday's game against Evansville to hold on for an 85-77 win at the Meeks Family Fieldhouse in Evansville, Indiana.
Fast Facts
·      Tuesday's win in the fifth in a row for Murray State and moves its overall record to 6-1 on the year.
·      Katelyn Young went 10-for-10 from the field on the night to become the first Racer in program history to ever do so in a single game.
·      The win was No. 60 in her career for head coach Rechelle Turner, allowing her to pass Dew Drop Rowlett on the program's all-time win list. She also now the second-fastest coach in Racer women's basketball history to reach 60 wins, doing so in 124 games. Bud Childers was the fastest Racer head coach to reach 60 games, as he did it in 113.
·      Both Katelyn Young and Alexis Burpo had double-doubles in the contest. Young scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds, while Burpo had 10 points and 12 boards.
·      Macey Turley was electric for the Racers Tuesday as she scored a game-high 29 points including a 5-for-10 clip from 3-point range and 10-for-12 performance from the free throw line.
·      Tuesday marked just the 11 time in program history that the Racers have scored more than 30 free throws in a game. MSU got to the line 38 times Tuesday and made 31 on those attempts for 81.6-percent.
Recap
Murray State trailed for most of the first quarter, but used three straight 3-pointers by Macey Turley to take the lead in the stanza and never look back. Evansville cut the lead to three in the third and four in the fourth, but that would be as close as the Purple Aces would get in the game. The Racers sealed the win late in the game by hitting seven of eight free throws in the final minute.
Next Game
On Saturday, Murray State travels to Samford in search of its sixth win in a row and a 7-1 start. Tip-off from the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama is scheduled for 2 p.m.
