Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Sophomore guard Janika Griffith-Wallace poured in a career-high 29 points as well as nine rebounds, but her teammates couldn’t pick up the slack offensively, falling to Morehead State 80-71. Murray State women’s basketball team looked to knock the Eagles out of their own nest, using a 6-0 run Read More
Story by Keith Jaco Staff writer rjaco@murraystate.edu With playoff implications on the line, the Murray State women’s basketball team will look to continue to build its resume with two more wins in the final week of the season. The Racers are playing their best basketball of the season as of late, winning five of their Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Sitting in a three-way tie for seventh place in the OVC, Murray State will play UT Martin and SEMO in a set of weekend games that are crucial to making a trip to the conference tournament. “We’ve got four games left and we have to try to win Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State women’s basketball extended its winning streak to three games by defeating Eastern Kentucky 76-63 on the back of one of its best three-point shooting performances of the season, going 11-for-24. The Racers came flying out of the gates, firing on all cylinders. Murray State jumped to Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Senior writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State women’s basketball avenged its Jan. 19 loss to SIUE with one of its better offensive performances of the year, scoring over 70 points for the first time since Jan. 5 to claim an 81-75 win. The Racers were clicking right out of the gates with a Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Senior writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Looking to avenge their 75-67 loss at Eastern Illinois earlier in the season, the Racers took the Panthers to overtime and claimed a 60-51 victory on the heels of their nearly perfect free throw shooting in the final two quarters of play. In the first quarter, Murray State Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Senior Writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Coming off of a late victory against Jacksonville State that put them in eighth place in the OVC, the Racers went toe-to-toe with the conference’s leader: Tennessee Tech. Murray State took the Golden Eagles down to the wire, but a 45-point surge from their bench had Tennessee Tech Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Senior Writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu On Thursday, Jan 24, Murray State played arguably its best game of the season against the defending OVC Champion Belmont Bruins. On Saturday, the 1-18 Lady Tigers took on the Racers and left fans in the CFSB stunned by the result of the showdown. You could hear a Read More