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Tevin Brown Earns OVC Player Of The Week Award
12/13/2021 2:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The junior from Fairhope, Alabama wins his first weekly award from the OVC in the 2021-22 season
Murray State's Tevin Brown was named the Player of the Week after a vote by communications directors in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Brown becomes the third MSU player that have received a total of four weekly awards in the 2021-22 season.
He played all 40 minutes as Murray State won 74-72 at Memphis (who was ranked No. 12 in the Preseason Top 25), nearly 10 years to the day they topped a nationally-ranked Memphis squad in 2011-12.
Brown hit six 3-pointers (four in the second half) and helped the Racers overcome a 14-point halftime deficit, its largest come-from-behind win since January 2007. He hit a pair of 3-pointers in a two-minute stretch early in the second half to trim the lead from eight to three points. After the Racers took the lead with 11:12 to play, he hit a 3-pointer at the 9:40 mark and later at the 8:03 mark, and blocked a shot to not let MSU relinquish the lead.
Brown now has 279 career 3-pointers, four away from fifth place in OVC history. Brown leads the OVC in scoring (18.3 points/game), 3-pointers made/game (3.4) and minutes played (35.0/game) and is fourth in 3-point percentage (45.6%) and seventh in assists (3.6/game).
He follows teammates KJ Williams (twice OVC Player of the Week) and DJ Burns (once OVC Newcomer of the Week) who have also won weekly awards from the OVC.
The Murray State women's and men's basketball doubleheader originally scheduled for Tuesday (Dec. 14) have been rescheduled for Wednesday (Dec. 15). The Racer women's team will host North Alabama at 5 p.m. at the CFSB Center with the men's game against Tennessee Wesleyan to follow at 7 p.m.
2021-22 MSU OVC Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 15 – KJ Williams, OVC Player of the Week
Nov. 29 – KJ Williams, OVC Player of the Week
Dec. 6 – DJ Burns, OVC Newcomer of the Week
Dec. 13 – Tevin Brown, OVC Player of the Week
Racers Selected For Two Home Games On ESPNU
The Murray State men's basketball is hosting a pair of televised home games on ESPNU as announced by the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2021-22 season. The Racers will appear on ESPNU (Feb. 17) when they host the Austin Peay Governors at the CFSB Center in a 6 p.m. tip. The second game happens at home (Feb. 24) against the Belmont Bruins in a tip off of 8 p.m. Both of the TV games for the Racers come on Thursday nights. The OVC schedule has a total of nine total men's basketball televised games (six regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) to be aired by one of the ESPN networks during the 2021-22 season. This includes three nights of coverage at the OVC Tournament (March 4-5) at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Racer Basketball Legacy Fund
The new fundraising initiative invites Racer supporters to have a lasting impact on the Murray State men's and women's basketball programs. Those interested in learning more about how you can support the Racer Basketball Legacy Fund initiative may contact Director of Development-Athletics, Taylor Mudd at (270) 809-3517 or tmudd3@murraystate.edu for more information.
Brown becomes the third MSU player that have received a total of four weekly awards in the 2021-22 season.
He played all 40 minutes as Murray State won 74-72 at Memphis (who was ranked No. 12 in the Preseason Top 25), nearly 10 years to the day they topped a nationally-ranked Memphis squad in 2011-12.
Brown hit six 3-pointers (four in the second half) and helped the Racers overcome a 14-point halftime deficit, its largest come-from-behind win since January 2007. He hit a pair of 3-pointers in a two-minute stretch early in the second half to trim the lead from eight to three points. After the Racers took the lead with 11:12 to play, he hit a 3-pointer at the 9:40 mark and later at the 8:03 mark, and blocked a shot to not let MSU relinquish the lead.
Brown now has 279 career 3-pointers, four away from fifth place in OVC history. Brown leads the OVC in scoring (18.3 points/game), 3-pointers made/game (3.4) and minutes played (35.0/game) and is fourth in 3-point percentage (45.6%) and seventh in assists (3.6/game).
He follows teammates KJ Williams (twice OVC Player of the Week) and DJ Burns (once OVC Newcomer of the Week) who have also won weekly awards from the OVC.
The Murray State women's and men's basketball doubleheader originally scheduled for Tuesday (Dec. 14) have been rescheduled for Wednesday (Dec. 15). The Racer women's team will host North Alabama at 5 p.m. at the CFSB Center with the men's game against Tennessee Wesleyan to follow at 7 p.m.
2021-22 MSU OVC Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 15 – KJ Williams, OVC Player of the Week
Nov. 29 – KJ Williams, OVC Player of the Week
Dec. 6 – DJ Burns, OVC Newcomer of the Week
Dec. 13 – Tevin Brown, OVC Player of the Week
Racers Selected For Two Home Games On ESPNU
The Murray State men's basketball is hosting a pair of televised home games on ESPNU as announced by the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2021-22 season. The Racers will appear on ESPNU (Feb. 17) when they host the Austin Peay Governors at the CFSB Center in a 6 p.m. tip. The second game happens at home (Feb. 24) against the Belmont Bruins in a tip off of 8 p.m. Both of the TV games for the Racers come on Thursday nights. The OVC schedule has a total of nine total men's basketball televised games (six regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) to be aired by one of the ESPN networks during the 2021-22 season. This includes three nights of coverage at the OVC Tournament (March 4-5) at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Racer Basketball Legacy Fund
The new fundraising initiative invites Racer supporters to have a lasting impact on the Murray State men's and women's basketball programs. Those interested in learning more about how you can support the Racer Basketball Legacy Fund initiative may contact Director of Development-Athletics, Taylor Mudd at (270) 809-3517 or tmudd3@murraystate.edu for more information.
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