MSU Looks For Consistency In Saturday Game At EKU

Saturday, February 6

Richmond, Ky.

3 p.m.

Murray State

Eastern Kentucky

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

2/5/2021 2:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Date (Time): Feb. 6 (3 p.m. CT)
Murray State Racers: 8-9 (5-7 OVC) (L1)
Opponent: Eastern Kentucky Colonels 14-3 (8-2 OVC) (L1)
Site (Venue): Richmond, Ky. (McBrayer Arena)
Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM (PxP: Neal Bradley, Analyst: Kenny Roth)
Streaming Audio: Froggy103.com & GoRacers.com
TV: None
Streaming Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoRacers.com
Twitter In Game: @MSURacers
All-Time Series vs EKU (Streak): 103-61 (W7)
All-Time Series in Richmond (Streak): Racers lead 38-34 (W6)
First Meeting: 1934, Racers won at Morehead State 37-27
Last Meeting: Feb. 27, 2020, Racers won at home 74-62
Last 5 vs. EKU: MSU has won 5
MUR Next Game: Feb. 11 vs Southeast Missouri (ESPN+)
MUR Next Road Game: Feb. 25 at Jacksonville State (ESPN+)

Racers Meet the Colonels In Richmond
The Murray State Racers (8-9, 5-7) play the second game of their Death Valley trip at Eastern Kentucky Saturday in a 3 p.m. CT tip at McBrayer, Arena in Richmond, Ky.

As the Racers' second most-played series in program history, MSU Is meeting the Colonels for the 165th time and have won the last seven meetings since EKU's last win in 2014 when they defeated the Racers in the OVC Tournament. MSU is 36-32 all-time at EKU and have won the last six games at McBrayer Arena since a loss there in 2008. With EKU headed to become a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, Saturday's game at EKU will be the Racers' final regular season game with the Colonels as members of the OVC, a league they each helped found in 1948.

Froggy 103.7 FM - Flagship Station For Racer Basketball
In his 30th season, the "Voice of the Racers" and now a Murray State Hall of Famer, Neal Bradley is on the call again for the 2019-20 season. Former MSU assistant coach Kenny Roth provides analysis. All MSU games can be heard online at Froggy103.com and GoRacers.com. Online streaming video is supplied by ESPN+.

Racers Back To Searching For Consistency
The Racers were looking at winning their third-straight road game Thursday at Morehead State. However, the evening ended with a 66-56 defeat to the high-flying Eagles who are the hottest team in the OVC with a 10-game win streak.

The Racers had a one-point lead at halftime even though they went the final five minutes without a field and only two points from the free throw line. The Eagles started the second half on a 16-5 run for a 48-38 lead with 11:40 left and the Racers never recovered.

The Racers hit 11 3-pointers at Morehead State but managed only four offensive rebounds in 35 missed shots and were out rebounded 30-21 to the Eagles.

Williams closing on 1000
KJ Williams, the OVC Player of the Week, had an off night at Morehead State, but still scored seven points. He is looking at becoming the 48th member of the MSU 1000-Point Club. Williams now has 907 career points at Murray State in 81 games.

SIUE Game Moved To Feb. 15
MSU will travel to Edwardsville, Illinois Monday (Feb. 15) to take on the SIUE Cougars at First Community Arena in a 4 p.m. tip off. SIUE's second game of the season against Jacksonville State, originally rescheduled for February 15, is now postponed. The game(s) were rescheduled after the OVC Council of Directors of Athletics took action to limit the number of games played in a week (Monday-Sunday) for a team to three (3) games. So far, the Racers have avoided any pause because of established protocols and made up their game at SEMO Monday. As a league, the OVC is ahead of the national average as they have played and completed 80 percent of the regularly scheduled games this season.

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