Lindsay’s 27 Leads Racers to Win at MTSU

Saturday, November 16

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

3 p.m.

Murray State

2-1,0-0MVC

Middle Tennessee

3-1,0-0CUSA

Murray St.

Middle Tenn.

Photo by: Stephen Furst

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Murray State win their 147th all-time meeting with Middle Tennessee

The Murray State Racers ran past Middle Tennessee Saturday 88-67 in their 147^th all-time meeting with the Blue Raiders at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro.

The Racers (2-1) are back at home this week for a pair of games against teams they've never met before. MSU hosts Maryland Eastern Shore and Utah Valley on Wednesday and Friday at the CFSB Center with both games beginning at 7 p.m.

KyeRon Lindsay led four Racers in double-digit scoring with a career-high 27 points. His 31 minutes off the bench included hitting 12-of-16 shots and 3-of-4 from the free throw line with eight rebounds and five blocked shots.

AJ Ferguson added 16 points on four-straight 3-pointers, while JaCobi Wood scored 15 and Terence Harcum 11.

The Racers started slow and trailed 22-13 at 12:15 when they found their defensive game and hit an offensive stride that produced a 14-0 run over 2:57. Lindsay hit a pair of shots in the lane and assisted Justin Morgan who drilled a corner three for a 27-22 lead at 9:01.

The Racers enjoyed a 44-30 lead at the halftime intermission on 64 percent shooting on 16-of-25.

Murray State's lead went to 20 in the first five minutes of the second half. The Blue Raiders got as close as 10 points with 11:33 remaining, but Harcum hit back-to-back threes, followed by another from AJ Ferguson as the Racers cruised to the win.

Game Notes

KyeRon Lindsay played 12 minutes in the first half and set his collegiate high-scoring game with 16 points.
His score line in 12 first-half minutes was most impressive (16PTS, 7-9FG, 2-2FT, 5REB, 1A).
The previous career-high for Lindsay was 14 points when he was a freshman at Georgia vs Miami (OH) on 11-14-22.
Lindsay's five blocked shots is also a career-high as he had two in a game three times previously.
The Racers had their best offensive game of the season on 32-of-52 from the floor for 61 percent and 53 percent from the 3-point line on 10-of-19.
Harcum has hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the last two games: at Pittsburgh and at MTSU today.
MSU is now 9-5 against the Blue Raiders as a non-conference game since 2000.
The Racers win in Murfreesboro for the first time since 2018 (64-42) when Shaq Buchanan led the Racers with 21 points.
The win for the Racers snaps a non-conference road drought that had grown to nine games after MSU lost at Pittsburgh last week.
Today's win was the first for the Racers since they won at Memphis under Coach Matt McMahon (Dec. 10, 2021).
It's a rare day that the MSU football and men's basketball play at the same time.
The basketball game in Murfreesboro tipped while Racer Football had 2:38 remaining in their third quarter in Lexington.

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