Waldrop and the Skyhawks will play for an Ohio Valley Conference championship on Saturday.
Tevin Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Murray State won its 20th consecutive home game, defeating Eastern Kentucky 74-62 on Thursday night.
The Skyhawks are one win away from clinching at least a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship, while Murray State earned a spot in the OVC Tournament.
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Mason Jones scored a game-high 37 points and Arkansas started the game on a 14-1 run and never trailed in an 86-69 win over Tennessee.
Jordan Barnes scored 21 points as Indiana State topped Southern Illinois 77-68.
Lost in the shuffle of Murray State's win at SIUE on Saturday, Matt McMahon won his 107th game as the head coach of the Racers.
Immanuel Quickley had a career-high 30 points and made eight 3-pointers, also a career-best, to lead No. 8 Kentucky to its seventh straight win, 69-60, over Texas A&M.
Trent Forrest scored 14 of his 16 points after halftime, and No. 6 Florida State rallied from a double-digit deficit to beat No. 11 Louisville 82-67.
Kentucky moves up two spots to #8.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers had a week to remember with one bone chilling loss and one heart stopping win.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- Austin Phyfe had 17 points, 18 rebounds and five assists to help lift Northern Iowa to a 64-52 win over Southern Illinois, the Panthers' 15th consecutive home victory.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Immanuel Quickley scored a career-high 26 points, including 15 of Kentucky's 17 during a decisive second-half stretch as the 10th-ranked Wildcats pushed past Florida 65-59 for their sixth consecutive victory.
PADUCAH, KY -- For the second straight game the Murray State Racers saw a double digit lead in the second half evaporate, however were able to bounce back and pick up a 59-58 win over SIU Edwardsville on Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jordan Nwora scored 18 points to lead No. 11 Louisville over North Carolina 72-55.
PADUCAH, KY -- After a historic loss to Eastern Illinois on Thursday night the Murray State Racers are at a crossroads when it comes to the final two weeks of the season.
Josiah Wallace nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Eastern Illinois rallied in the final minutes to shock Murray State 63-60 in a come-from-behind upset.
Cade Crosland came off the bench to score 15 points and Tennessee Tech turned back UT Martin 78-65.
Marcus Domask had 19 points as Southern Illinois got past Evansville 70-53.
Jordan Nwora scored 17 points, Dwayne Sutton added 16 and No. 11 Louisville routed Syracuse 90-66 to end a two-game losing streak.
If staying on message could somehow earn you a prize, Murray State's Matt McMahon would have earned the biggest of gold stars at this point. He never publicly worries about tomorrow. Every breath is about today. That's what made his weekly news conference so surprising on Monday. McMahon act…
Immanuel Quickley scored 21 points and No. 10 Kentucky made a timely string of 3-pointers in a 79-76 victory over LSU on Tuesday night.
Jordan Bowden scored 17 points and clinched a victory by sinking two free throws with five seconds left as Tennessee outlasted Vanderbilt 65-61.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points and Illinois snapped a four-game losing streak with a 62-56 victory over No. 9 Penn State.
Senior guard scored a career-high 21 points at Austin Peay last Thursday.
The Racers rallied to beat Morehead State after officials gave Turner a pair of technical fouls in the second quarter.
In late January, Murray State coach Matt McMahon ruled freshman guard Chico Carter Jr. out indefinitely due to illness.
Saturday night against Morehead State Carter Jr. made his return to the court, and did not disappoint.
With Saturday's win over Morehead State, the Racers' men's basketball team bounced back from Thursday's loss to Austin Peay to stay atop the OVC standings.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Daytona 500 is being delayed by rain for the second time. The stoppage dampened NASCAR's season opener that started with a visit from President Donald Trump.
MURRAY, KY -- The Murray State Racers bounced back in a big way following Thursday nights loss at Austin Peay, as they beat down Morehead State 85-57 on Saturday afternoon.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO -- Quatarrius Wilson scored on a layup and Alex Caldwell hit four straight free throws in the final minute as Southeast Missouri State held off Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 75-71.
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Elijah Childs posted 14 points and nine rebounds as Bradley edged past Southern Illinois 69-67.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Johh Newman III had a career-high 23 points and Clemson used a strong defensive first half to send No. 5 Louisville to its second straight defeat, 77-62.
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Quintin Dove had 32 points and 10 rebounds and Derek Hawthorne Jr. hit a pull-up 3-pointer as time expired in overtime as UT Martin narrowly defeated Eastern Illinois 80-79 on Saturday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Nick Richards had 16 points, including two go-ahead free throws with 1:11 remaining, and Immanuel Quickley and Keion Brooks each made two more in the closing seconds to help No. 12 Kentucky escape Mississippi 67-62.
CLARKSVILLE, TN -- Murray State had two good looks at a three to send the game into overtime, but the Racers come up short on the road 71-68 to Austin Peay on Thursday night.
ATLANTA (AP) - Moses Wright made a huge block at one end, then powered inside for a basket that helped Georgia Tech pull off a 64-58 upset of No. 5 Louisville.
UT Martin's football team released their 2020 football schedule on Wednesday, highlighted by non-conference meetings with Alabama and Memphis.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Freshman Santiago Vescovi had 20 points and eight assists before fouling out to set career highs in both categories as the Volunteers trounced Arkansas 82-61.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tyrese Maxey scored 25 points, and the 12th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats rallied from their biggest halftime deficit this season to beat Vanderbilt 78-64.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers dropped their first conference game of the season on Thursday night to Belmont, but bounced back by holding off Tennessee State on Saturday night.
NASHVILLE, TN -- The Murray State Racers held off a late run by Tennessee State to pick up a 73-65 win on Saturday, and bounce back after their first conference loss of the season.
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Marcus Domask scored the last three points of the game, including the winning jumper as time expired and Southern Illinois defeated Missouri State 68-66.
MARTIN, TN -- Jared Newson became the 4th UT Martin Skyhawks to have his number retired by the school on Saturday afternoon.
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) -- De'Torrion Ware had 22 points as Jacksonville State defeated UT Martin 75-61.
MARTIN, TN -- Heather Butler and Jasmine Newsome, two of the most decorated women's college basketball players of all-time had their numbers retired at UT Martin on Saturday afternoon.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Immanuel Quickley scored 18 points as No. 15 Kentucky defeated Tennessee 77-64 on Saturday to win for the sixth time in seven games and end its recent history of frustration in this building.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Steven Enoch scored 13 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 2:47 remaining, and David Johnson, Ryan McMahon and Malik Williams combined for eight more from the line to lift No. 5 Louisville past Virginia 80-73 for its 10th consecutive victory.
Louisville has been dominant and resilient at times during its nine-game winning streak.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tyler Scanlon scored 21 points, tying his season high, as Belmont beat Murray State 71-64.
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Quintin Dove scored 19 points as UT Martin topped Tennessee Tech 74-62.
