Racers Host Redbirds In Tuesday Night Tilt

Opponent: Illinois State Redbirds Venue - Site: CFSB Center (,8,600) - Murray, Ky. Date-Game Time: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 - 7 p.m. CT MUR Record (Streak): 8-13, 5-5 MVC (L3) ISU Record (Streak): 10-11, 4-6 MVC (W1) All-Time Series vs. ISU: Racers lead 8-2 Murray State Head Coach: Steve Prohm Alma Mater: Alabama (1997) at MUR: 129-57 (6th Season) Career: 226-152 (12th Season) Missouri Valley: 16-14 ISU Head Coach: Ryan Pedon Alma mater: Wooster (2000) at ISU: 21-32 (2nd Season) Career: Same Missouri Valley: 10-20 Racer Radio: Froggy 103.7 FM & Froggy103.com, Jeff Bidwell & Kenny Roth Television: MVC-TV (ESPN+) Tom Ackerman & Kevin Lehman Live Stats: GoRacers.com & StatBroadcast.com

Game Story Lines

In their second season in The Valley, the Racers are 17-15 in MVC games (including Arch Madness).
This game is the second meeting between the Racers and Redbirds after Illinois State took game one in Normal 76-72 (Dec. 3).
The Racers lead the all-time series with the Redbirds 8-2 after the Dec. 3 game that snapped MSU's 6-game win streak against the Redbirds.
MSU had their largest crowd of the season in their 70-68 loss to Southern Illinois last Saturday with 6,757.
The Racers' home average in 2023-24 leads the MVC at 5,300.
MSU led The Valley in 2022-23 with an average of 5,218.
Halfway through the grueling 20-game schedule in The Valley, the Racers are 5-5 and have yet to play Belmont (they meet twice on Feb. 7 in Nashville & Feb. 29 in Murray).
MSU also has road games remaining at Belmont, UNI, SIU, Drake and Indiana State.
In MSU MVC wins, the Racers are scoring 79.0ppg, but only 63.2ppg in losses.
The Racers have a made free throw advantage of 70-34 in MVC losses, but trail 54-42 in their losses.
MSU is hitting .316 from the 3-point throw line in their MVC wins (31-of-98), but they're better in their losses with .367 (36-of-98). They've taken the same number of threes (98) in their five wins and five losses.
MSU is winning the rebound stat in their MVC wins by +5.6, but are on the trailing end in their losses by -6.6rpg.
After Tuesday's game with ISU, the Racers hit the road for a 1 p.m. game Saturday in Cedar Falls against the Northern Iowa Panthers.

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