Racers Win For First Time at Indiana State in MVC

Thursday, February 12

Terre Haute, IN

6 p.m.

Murray State

19-8,11-5MVC

Indiana State

10-16,3-12MVC

Murray St.

Indiana St.

2/12/2026 10:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Racers posted their fifth road win in The Valley with a 2-point victory over the Sycamores

The Murray State Racers scored their fifth road win in Missouri Valley Conference play Thursday night with a 74-72 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute.

The Racers (19-8) improved to 10-6 in The Valley as they scored their first win at ISU's home floor since joining the MVC in 2022.

MSU comes home Sunday to host the Belmont Bruins in a 5 p.m. game at the CFSB Center, while the MSU women's team makes it a doubleheader day at The Bank when they host the UIC Flames at 1 p.m.

Putting a pair of players in 20-point scoring in the same game this season, the Racers were led by Javon Jackson and Roman Doman with 23 and 20 points as the senior-freshman duo combined for 42 points, eight assists and 10 rebounds. Fred King added 13 points to the MSU attack and tied his season-high with five blocked shots against the Sycamores.

Murray State shot 56 percent from the field in the first period, building a lead as large as 22 points (43-21) just before the break. Part of MSU's big opening stanza was that they forced the Sycamores into 10 turnovers for a 43-21 lead at the intermission.

The old saying that 'it was a tale of two halves' never had a better application when the second half began.

The second half saw a complete reversal of momentum as Indiana State fought back, outscoring the Racers 51-31 in the final period.

Indiana State found their rhythm and hit 57 percent from the floor including 7-of-14 from three-point range in the second half to erase nearly the entire deficit as they whittled the MSU lead to two points with :05 left. MSU hit 6-of-8 from the free throw line to seal it.

Game Notes

For the first time in the MVC, the Racers have won at the Hulman Center over the Sycamores.
It was MSU's first win at Indiana State since the first in 2008 when Danero Thomas scored 22 points in MSU's
The Racers have five road wins in MVC play after today's game with victories at Valparaiso, UIC, Evansville, Southern Illinois and now Indiana State.
The Racers had their third instance of a pair of players scoring 20 points in the same game this as Jackson scored 22 and Domon 20.
The other two instances also involved Jackson in the Akron game in Las Vegas as Layne Taylor scored 23 and in the Nicholls game when King scored 24.
MSU's best shooting streak of the day was five with Jackson hitting the first three and King making the last two.
King tied his career-high with five blocked shots today.
He has done it three times now, with the first against Arizona State (12/12/22) when he played at Creighton and he also did it at home this season against Nicholls (11/15/25).
MSU's dominant first half included outscoring INST 18-6 in field goals and they forced the Sycamores into 11 turnovers.
Indiana State flipped the script in the second half and outscored the Racers by 20 points and MSU's first half lead of 22 points was whittled down but they still won the game by two points.

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