Ben Morrow Staff writer With the 2012 track and field season gearing up for Murray State, second-year Head Coach Jenny Severns is eager for her team to compete. “We are a much better team this year,” Severns said via email. “I think we are an even better outdoor team than we are an indoor Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor Deck the halls with blue and gold. Murray State is undefeated through 13 games going into a four-day Christmas break. Donte Poole scored 15 points and the 22nd-ranked Racers remained unbeaten with a 78-54 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Wednesday night in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams. “We Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor Junior guard Isaiah Canaan felt as though he couldn’t miss — and it showed. Canaan hit six of his 10 3-point attempts and scored 21 points to lead the Racers (No. 24 AP) to a 66-53 win over Arkansas State on Saturday night. “A lot of teams have tried to Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor The CFSB Center had a nationally ranked team in the building for the first time. It just so happened to be the home team. Ed Daniel and Ivan Aska both scored 16 points and No. 24 Murray State won its first game as a ranked team in 13 years, an Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor The men’s basketball team celebrated the end of finals week with a 76-72 win against the No. 20 ranked Memphis University Tigers (5- 3) in the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. Sunday night. For the first time since 2002, the Racers took on the Tigers serving Memphis their 16th loss in Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor The Murray State men’s basketball team is 9-0 for the first time since the 1998-99 season. The Racers defeated the Dayton Flyers 75-58 Sunday in the CFSB Center in the first meeting between the teams since Murray State won 76-69 in 1997. A member of the Atlantic-10 Conference, the Dayton Read More
Carly Besser Staff writer After a week on the road the women’s basketball team played at home Thursday earning a 78-64 win over the Saint Louis Billikens. This was their first win against the Billikens, who they played last week on the road. The win added to their overall record of 3-5. The starting Read More
Carly Besser Staff writer After falling 49-59 to the Billikens in St. Louis Saturday, the Racers have one more chance at revenge against St. Louis at 7 p.m. Saturday in the CFSB Center. In order to tack on another win to their 2-4 record, the Racers will have to create a better balance between Read More