Racers Roll Nicholls – King & Jackson Each Score 20 - Murray State University Athletics

Saturday, November 15

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Racers Roll Nicholls – King & Jackson Each Score 20

11/15/2025 7:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Racers shot nearly 60 percent in winning their second home game at the CFSB Center

The Murray State Racers won for a third time in four games to start the 2025-26 season Saturday when they blitzed the Nicholls Colonels 99–79 at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.

The Racers (3-1) host the Little Rock Trojans Tuesday in a 7 p.m. tip at The Bank, before playing Thanksgiving week at the Cayman Islands Classic.

Fred King scored a career-high 24 points, while Javon Jackson scored 23 to help the Racers to a rare 50/40/80 game, which occurs when the Racers make 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from the 3-point line and 80 percent from the free throw line. King became the first Racer in 15 years to hit 8-of-8 from the field and the first Racer to score 20 points, grab 10 rebounds and have five blocked shots since 2012.

The Racers broke open the first half with a 12–0 run sparked by Jackson, King, and Layne Taylor, who made his first Racer start and scored 14 points.

After MSU had a 48–39 lead at the halftime intermission, they held off the Colonels after they had cut the MSU lead to three points in the early second half with a 19-8 run. The Racer outburst was punctuated by their 11th 3-pointer by Roman Domon for a 20-point lead with 6:11 left.

Game Notes

Javon Jackson's 4-point play with 14:33 left in the first half came as he made a 3-pointer and was fouled and made the free throw, it was MSU's first since Kylen Milton at UIC on Jan. 5, 2025.
Fred King's performance of 8-of-8 from the field, 8-of-9 from the free throw line with 10 rebounds and five blocked shots was impressive.
The last time a Racer had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots was Ed Daniel who scored 20 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked five shots against Lipscomb on Nov. 26, 2012.
King is the first Racer to score 20 points with 10 or more rebounds since Nick Ellington (22/12) at home against Midway in 2023.
King is the first Racer to go 8-of-8 from the field since Jeffery McClain did it against Eastern Illinois on Jan. 11, 2010.
Since 2012, MSU has only had 14 games that qualified for the 50/40/80 designation and the first since last season when the Racers did it at Middle Tennessee on Nov. 16, 2024.
MSU beat the Blue Raiders 88-67 and shot 61 percent from the field, 53 percent from the 3-point line and 87 percent from the free throw line.

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