Aloha! Racers Open Diamond Head Classic vs Nebraska

Game 11 (8 p.m. CT)	Murray State vs Nebraska
SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center	Capacity: 10,300
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024	Honolulu, Hawaii
Murray State Racers	6-4 (1-1 MVC)
Head Coach	Steve Prohm
Alma Mater	Alabama (1997)
Murray State Record	139-68 (7th Season)
Career Record	236-163 (13th Season)
MVC Record	21-21
Prohm vs NU	0-0
Nebraska Cornhuskers	7-2 (1-1 Big-10)
Head Coach	Fred Hoiberg
Alma Mater	Iowa State (2007)
NU Record	70-96 (7th Season)
Career Record	236-163 (13th Season)
Big-10 Record	31-70
Hoiberg vs MSU	0-0
Radio - Froggy 103.7 FM	Jeff Bidwell & Kenny Roth
ESPN	Roxy Bernstein & Shawn Farnham

Game Day Story Lines

2024-25 is the 100th season of collegiate basketball at Murray State & third in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Racers meet the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the United Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
MSU meets Nebraska the third time after the two met twice, both MSU wins, in 1990 and 2000.
The Racers are playing their first Christmas Week tournament event since they last played in Honolulu in 1998.
Under MSU Hall of Fame Coach, Tevester Anderson, the Racers defeated Southwest Louisiana, sandwiched by losses to Florida State and Charlotte.
The Racers will play three games this week including on Christmas Day, just their second such game after one in 1997 when MSU upset Arkansas in Puerto Rico.
The Racers get a second round game at the Diamond Head event against either Charlotte or Hawaii.
MSU is coming off a 84-74 defeat Wednesday in Terre Haute against Indiana State as the Racers nearly came back after trailing by 22 points with 13 minutes remaining.
The Racers dropped to 1-1 in the MVC as they return to league play at home Jan. 2 against Illinois State.
The Racers have started the same five in all seven games: JaCobi Wood, Terence Harcum, Kylen Milton, AJ Ferguson and Nick Ellington.
Harcum has hit a 3-pointer in all 10 games this season for the Racers.

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