Jakob Milani Sports Editor jmilani@murraystate.edu Basketball season kicked off with a blowout 109-77 win for the Murray State men’s basketball team as they defeated the Cumberland University Phoenix on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Junior forward KJ Williams set a career high in points with 32 in the game while junior guard Tevin Brown scored 21 points Read More
Jakob Milani Sports Editor jmilani@murraystate.edu Basketball season officially kicked off for Murray State on Monday, Nov. 2, as both the men’s and women’s teams played in exhibition games. Women’s game vs Trevecca Nazarene The women’s team started off the night taking on the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans. The Racers defeated the Trojans 95-62 in a game Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu After a tough road loss to the University of Tennessee, Murray State men’s basketball returned to the CFSB Center and demolished Brescia University 114-48. The Racers led 3-0 before junior guard Ricky Shuford threw down a thunderous dunk, silencing cheers from the crowd. After that dunk, though, it was all 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 After a year full of highlight passes, dunks, record-breaking performances and the largest NCAA Tournament win in program history, Murray State men’s basketball’s journey toward its third-straight OVC Championship and a trip to the Big Dance is underway. Filling the shoes of the “bounce bros” Whether you tuned in to Read More