Racers Push Home Streak to 20 In Win over APSU

Friday, December 16

Murray, Ky.

7 p.m.

Murray State

7-4,2-0MVC

Austin Peay

6-6,0-0ASUN

Austin Peay

Murray St.

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The Racers also pushed their home winning streak vs non-conference opponents to 25

The Murray State Racers pushed their home court winning streak to 20 Friday in a 68-60 victory over the Austin Peay Governors at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.

The win for the Racers (7-4) means they've won four of their last five as they go into a Wednesday game (Dec. 21) at Middle Tennessee, their final game before a break for Christmas.

Quincy Anderson came off the bench to score his MSU high with 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including a game-icing 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining. DJ Burns and Kenny White, Jr., each added 15 points, as Burns also led the Racers with eight rebounds.

Trailing by two points, the Racers opened the second half on a 14-2 run when they turned up the heat on defense and hit their first five shots from the field for a 42-32 advantage with 16:11 remaining. But the Governors answered to take a 3-point lead at 4:47. When JaCobi Wood hit a three to tie the game at 58-58 with 4:22 left, it set the Racers on a 10-2 run to end the game.

After the game at Middle Tennessee, the Racers take a break for Christmas and return to the CFSB Center (Dec. 29) against the Southern Illinois Salukis in a return to Missouri Valley Conference

Game Notes

The Racers have won the last three and 16 of the last 20 games since 2013 games with the Govs.
MSU pushed its home win streak to 20, marking the seventh time in 98 collegiate seasons that the team has won 20 or more games consecutively at home. MSU's 47-game win streak from 1996-00 is still the standard.
With their home non-conference schedule completed, the Racers have won 25-straight games against non-league opponents since their last loss in 2017 to Auburn.
Quincy Anderson's chase to be a career 1,000-point scorer saw him get 16 points closer tonight. Anderson has 84 career games played combined with Murray State and Minnesota State and has 969 points.
The Racers were 28th in D-I (1st MVC) in defensive rebounds per game at 28.7. They grabbed 25 tonight to win the battle of the boards with the Govs 33-32.
MSU was 42^nd in D-I (3rd MVC) in holding opponents to a percentage of .285 from the 3-point line. Tonight they held the Govs to 4-of-12 for 33 percent.
When the Racers go to the Murphy Center Wednesday to play MTSU, they'll be playing the Blue Raiders for a 10^th consecutive season.
The Racers and MTSU have split the last six meetings.