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Racers Tangle With TTU In OVC Semis Friday
3/4/2022 12:43:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Date (Time): Mar. 4 (3:30 p.m.)
Opponent: Tennessee Tech
Site (Venue): Evansville, Ind. (Ford Center)
Audio: WNBS 97.9 FM (PxP: Jeremy Rose)
TV: ESPN+ (PxP: Connor Onion, Analyst: Helen Williams)
Live Stats: GoRacers.com
Twitter In Game: @RacersWBB
MUR Record (Streak): 22-8 (Won 2)
TTU Record (Streak): 19-9 (Won 2)
MUR Last Game: W 84-76 vs. SIUE (Mar. 3, 2022; Evansville, Ind.)
TTU Last Game: W 61-51 vs. UT Martin (Feb. 6, 2022; Cookeville, Tenn.)
All-Time Series vs. TTU (Streak): TTU leads 67-20 (Won 1)
All-Time Series in OVC Tournament (Streak): TTU leads 4-0 (Won 4)
First Meeting: L 48-75 (Mar. 9, 1973; Lexington, Ky.)
Last Meeting: L 62-65 (Jan. 1, 2022; Murray, Ky.)
Last Five vs. TTU: 1-4 (LWLLL)
Next Game: Mar. 4 vs. #2 Tennessee Tech (3:30 p.m.)
The Game
The third-seeded Murray State women's basketball team will look to advance to its first OVC championship game since 2007-08 when it clashes with two-seed Tennessee Tech in the OVC semifinals Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Series At A Glance
Friday will be the 88th all-time meeting between Murray State and Tennessee Tech with the Golden Eagles leading the all-time series 67-20. The two teams split their regular-season meetings with TTU winning, 65-62 in Murray and the Racers winning 70-45 in Cookeville. MSU and Tech have met in the OVC tournament on four previous occasions, with Tech winning all four.
Scouting The Golden Eagles
Tennessee Tech won 12 of its final 14 games of the regular-season to enter Friday's OVC semifinal match-up with the Racers at 19-9 overall.
The Golden Eagles are currently averaging 67.1 points per game on 43.3-percent shooting from the floor with 36.3 rebounds per game, while their opponents are currently averaging 61.3 points on 43.2-percent shooting with 29.8 rebounds per game.
Anna Jones currently leads Tennessee Tech in scoring with13.6 points per game, while Mackenzie Coleman follows at 11.6. Jones also leads the Golden Eagles in rebounding with 7.3 per game, while Coleman and Jada Guinn follow at 5.5 and 5.4, respectively.A Win Would...
A win Friday would send Murray State its fourth OVC championship game overall and first since 2007-08.
In Good Company
Katelyn Young scored a game-high 25 points Thursday to give her 611 total points on the season, making her just the fifth Racer to score 600-plus points in a single season. She joins Ashley N. Hayes (2007-08), Amber Guffey (2007-08), Sheila Smith (1987-88 & 1988-89) and Ke'Shunnan James (2017-18) as the only players to accomplish the feat. Only a sophomore, Young is now the youngest player in program history to reach 600-plus points in one season.
Five-Sided Attack
For the fourth time this season, five Racers reached double-digits Thursday against SIUE. Including Thursday, MSU is now 4-0 contests.
Joining The Club
With 993 career points, Katelyn Young needs just seven to become the 20th member of Murray State's 1,000 point club. If she does it Friday, she will be the second fastest Racer in history to reach the milestone. Sheila Smith was the fastest to 1,000 points, doing so in 57 games, if Young reaches 1,000 points tomorrow she will have done so in 58 games.
