Racers Host Belmont In Saturday Afternoon Clash

Saturday, January 25

Murray, Ky.

3 p.m.

Murray State

Belmont

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

1/24/2025 4:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

The Racers play the Belmont Bruins for the first of two regular season meetings

Game 21 (3 p.m. CT)	Belmont at Murray State
CFSB Center	Capacity: 8,600
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025	Murray, Ky.
Murray State Racers	11-9 (5-4 MVC)
Head Coach	Steve Prohm
Alma Mater	Alabama (1997)
Murray State Record	144-73 (7th Season)
Career Record	241-168 (13th Season)
MVC Record	25-24
Prohm vs BEL	3-6
Belmont Bruins	14-6 (6-3 MVC)
Head Coach	Casey Alexander
Alma Mater	Belmont (1995)
BEL Record	132-49 (6th Season)
Career Record	269-169 (14th Season)
MVC Record	32-17
Alexander vs MSU	7-4
Radio - Froggy 103.7 FM	Jeff Bidwell & Kenny Roth
MVC TV/ESPN+	Drayton Charlton-Perrin & Rob Cross

Game Day Story Lines

2024-25 is the 100th season of collegiate basketball at Murray State & third in the Missouri Valley Conference.
It's a rivalry week for the Racers as they have met one this week with a win and host Belmont Saturday for the first of two games with the Bruins this season.
The Racers became one of four teams in the MVC that have won at least three league road games this season when they won 74-64 over the Southern Illinois Salukis Wednesday in Carbondale.
Former Belmont Bruin and Murray State Racer for the third season, JaCobi Wood, is closing on becoming the 47th member of the Murray State 1000-Point Club as he enters the game with 991 points.
Combining his two seasons with the Bruins (2020-22) and his three seasons with the Racers, Wood has already reached the 1500 career points mark and has 1533 in 146 career games.
recently went past 1500 career points between the Racers and Belmont, enters the has 982 points in 83 career games in Murray.
After Saturday's game, the Racers begin a run of four games in which three of them will be on the road where they are 4-4 this season.
Next week the Racers play at Evansville (Jan. 29) and Missouri State (Feb. 1).