Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Two years, two OVC Championships, two NCAA Tournament appearances, a Lute Olson award, a Bob Cousy award and an OVC Player of the Year award later, Ja Morant’s jersey is now hanging amongst other Racer greats in the rafters of the CFSB Center. As Murray State men’s basketball led 35-26 Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu With 1:23 left to play and the Racers up 76-72, sophomore guard Tevin Brown hit a fadeaway three as the shot clock expired to put the metaphorical dagger in Belmont’s hopes for a win and sent the CFSB into a frenzy. “It was a play designed for me to come Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu The Racers wrapped up its four-game road swing, grabbing win its second wins of the season against UT Martin and SEMO to hold onto first in the OVC and give Head Coach Matt McMahon wins No. 99 and 100. UT Martin Murray State men’s basketball got the better of UT Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu After going 7-5 in non-conference play, Murray State men’s basketball opened up OVC play with a bang over Christmas break by winning its first four games. UT Martin OVC basketball has arrived and the Murray State men’s basketball team kicked things off with a bang, defeating the Skyhawks of UT Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu After a tough road loss to Missouri State University, the Murray State men’s basketball team grabbed the lead at 1-0 and never lost it on the way to an 85-52 victory over Middle Tennessee State University. The Racers came out of the gates looking to take command, going on a Read More
Sports Editor Gage Johnson gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Despite holding the lead for the vast majority of the game, the Murray State men’s basketball team’s offensive woes in the second half led to an 82-63 loss to the University of Tennessee. It was a back-and-forth affair for the first 11 minutes of the game. However, after the Volunteers Read More
Keaton Faughn & Gage Johnson Contributing writer & Sports Editor kfaughn1@murraystate.edu & gjohnson17@murraystate.edu With the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, the Murray State men’s basketball team said goodbye to one of its strongest backcourts in program history, leaving one burning question: who will fill Ja Morant and Shaq Buchanan’s shoes? The backcourt tandem leaves the Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State men’s basketball kicked off the year with a 105-64 victory over Martin Methodist College, in large part because of five players scoring in double figures and dominant play inside. After trailing the RedHawks 6-3 to start the game, the Racers kicked the intensity up a notch. This led Read More