basketball
Flomo out for season because of heart surgery
Story by Blake Bernier, Staff writer, and Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor Sophomore guard Kedrick Flomo underwent emergency heart surgery Monday night at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. “We had a very scary situation with him (Flomo) yesterday,” said Head Coach of men’s basketball Matt McMahon. “A situation that required him to be transferred to Vanderbilt for emergency heart Read More
Racers back on the court
Story by Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor Returning from a 29-6 season and a record-breaking 25-win streak, the men’s basketball team looks to begin its season with a new coach and six new players. The Racers ended their conference play with a heartbreaking lost to Belmont 88-87, in the OVC Championship game. During the summer, the Racers lost Read More
Women’s team expects tough schedule, better chemistry in 2015-16
Story by Mark McFarland, Staff writer A tough non-conference schedule, including Alabama A&M and Florida State, sets up a challenging beginning for the women’s basketball. The Racers plan on playing a tough schedule against some very high RPI conferences, which includes the number seven team in the country, Florida State, according to Head Coach Rob Cross. “Our Read More
Racers travel to Canada
Story by Mallory Tucker, Staff writer. Once every four years, the NCAA allows basketball programs the opportunity for an international tour. The 2015-16 season marks the fourth year since former head coach Steve Prohm took the Racers to Toronto, Ontario Aug 4-9, 2011 in his first season in that role. Murray State once again traveled to Read More
A Payne-full goodbye
Fans filled the Racer Room of the CFSB Center and fruit trays were present in lieu of the typical press conference pizza. Almost the whole team was present, and fans young and old filled the seats behind the usual beat reporters. There were three cameras filming instead of the usual one, and the statistic sheet Read More
WHAT’S NEXT?
Racer basketball fans lay in wait as the futures of sophomore point guard Cameron Payne and senior forward Jarvis Williams are decided throughout the next few weeks. Articles on Payne, who has been unavailable for comment, have been circulating on the Internet speculating that he is leaning toward entering the NBA draft. Adrian Wojnarowski of Read More
The road ends here
It was a fairytale season with a nightmare of an ending – an ending that was all too familiar for the Murray State Racers as they lost on a buzzer-beater three from Old Dominion University on Wednesday during the quarterfinal game of the National Invitation Tournament at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. Read More