PADUCAH, KY -- Kentucky's dynamic do-it-all junior Lynn Bowden Jr. announced on Monday afternoon that he would be leaving school a year early to enter into the 2020 NFL Draft.

Mississippi State is matched against Louisville in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 in Nashville. The Bulldogs had to win three of their last four games to become bowl eligible for a 10th straight year. Their only other Music City appearance was in 2011. Louisville features the top freshman ru…

Indiana is set to face Tennessee in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, on Jan. 2. The Hoosiers are enjoying one of their best seasons in decades. They've won eight games for the first time since 1993. If they beat the Volunteers, they will have nine wins for the first time since 1967. …

PADUCAH, KY -- After some switching around of Bowl games, the Kentucky Wildcats will now face Virginia Tech in the Belk Bowl on New Years Eve.

LSU will play Oklahoma and Ohio State will face defending national champion Clemson in the College Football Playoff. The selection committee revealed the pairings for the national semifinal. The 13-member committee chose SEC champion LSU as the top seed. The Tigers will head back to Atlanta …

EJ Montgomery scored a career-high 25 points, forward Keion Brooks added 15 off the bench and No. 8 Kentucky dominated Fairleigh Dickinson 83-52 for its 600th victory at Rupp Arena.

Jordan Nwora scored 19 points, Malik Williams had 13 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and No. 1 Louisville used a 17-4 second-half run to pull away from Pittsburgh for a 64-46 victory.

As we enter the month of December, Murray State's Matt McMahon is still trying to get his offense tuned up and running better than it is right now.

Marcus Domask had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead five Southern Illinois players in double figures as the Salukis beat Norfolk State 76-59 on Wednesday night.

John Fulkerson scored 15 points to lead five Tennessee players in double figures as the 21st-ranked Volunteers trounced winless Florida A&M 72-43 for their 31st consecutive home victory.

The Southeastern Conference has suspended Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings for the first half of the Volunteers' bowl game.

You have to go back three seasons to find the last time Murray State lost back-to-back games -- until now.

Jordan Nwora had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and top-ranked Louisville held No. 4 Michigan to a season-low 26% shooting mark for a 58-43 victory in its first game since returning to No. 1. 

Keandre Cook sank a go-ahead 3-pointer and added two late free throws and Tulio Da Silva notched his second double-double of the season as Missouri State held off Murray State 71-69 on Tuesday night.

Chris Lykes scored 28 points and Miami held off a furious second-half comeback to beat Illinois 81-79 on Monday.

Tennessee offensive lineman Ryan Johnson has tweeted that he is entering the transfer portal and that "it is time for me to start a new chapter in my life and in my football career.''

Check out some of Murray State's best plays of the week in this edition of the Racer Rewind.

Javonte Perkins had 18 points off the bench to lead Saint Louis to a 69-60 win over Southern Illinois on Sunday.

Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide's record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.

Tennessee freshman Eric Gray rushed for 246 yards and three touchdowns, including breakaways of 56 and 94 yards, as the Volunteers trounced Vanderbilt 28-10 on Saturday to end the regular season with a five-game winning streak.

James Robinson rushed for 297 yards on 41 carries _ both career highs _ and Illinois State beat Southeast Missouri 24-6 on Saturday in a first-round FCS playoff game.

Lynn Bowden rushed for career highs of 284 yards and four touchdowns to lead Kentucky's school-record 517-yard ground performance that blew out rival Louisville 45-13 on Saturday in the Governor's Cup showdown.

Andrew Marty ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns while passing for another and Northwestern upset Illinois 29-10 on Saturday.

A person with direct knowledge of the decision says Missouri has fired football coach Barry Odom.

Nick Richards and EJ Montgomery each scored 16 points and combined for 17 rebounds, helping No. 9 Kentucky beat UAB 69-58 on Friday night.

ESTERO, FL -- The Murray State Racers scored just 17 points and shot just 17% from the floor in the second half in a 63-53 loss to Drake in their final game of the Gulf Coast Shootout on Wednesday.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) _ Craig Randall II scored 25 points as UT Martin narrowly beat Boston University 76-73 in the Cancun Challenge on Wednesday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. - The SIU men's basketball team made each of its first seven 3-point field goal attempts en route to a 64-48 rout over NC Central on Tuesday night at Banterra Center. The Salukis shot 10-of-13 from the 3-point line in the first half and held a 42-28 lead at the break. 

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) _ Jaheam Cornwall scored a career-high 24 points, going 7 of 8 from 3-point range, as Gardner-Webb got past UT Martin 81-64 in the Cancun Challenge on Tuesday.

ESTERO, FL -- Sophomore Tevin Brown scored the final four points of the game, as the Murray State Racers came from behind late to beat Weber State 69-68 on Tuesday.

ESTERO, FL -- The Murray State Racers made runs in the second half, but could not overcome a hot shooting LaSalle Explorers team in a 75-64 loss in the first game of the Gulf Coast Showcase.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Ryan McMahon made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left, helping No. 2 Louisville escape Akron 82-76 on Sunday night.

MURRAY, KY -- The Murray State Racers moved to (3-1) on the season this past week by picking up a 79-66 win over Southern Illinois.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ Tyrese Maxey scored 21 points and No. 9 Kentucky made a season-high 10 3-pointers in an 81-56 victory over Lamar on Sunday night.

PADUCAH, KY -- The Murphyboro Red Devils are heading to their first state championship game after defeated Effingham 20-17 in overtime on Saturday in the IHSA Class 4A State Semifinals.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ Lynn Bowden rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 50-7 win over UT Martin on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Micale Cunningham passed for a career-best five of six touchdowns accounted for, including a 14-yarder with 1:24 remaining to seal Louisville's 56-34 victory over Syracuse on Saturday.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) _ Daniel Santacaterina threw a pair of touchdown passes to Zack Smith late in the game that made the difference as Southeast Missouri State rallied to beat Murray State 31-24 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) _ Kobe Johnson, Adam Cofield and Trey Lance all ran for touchdowns and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State completed a perfect regular season with a 21-7 victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday.

PADUCAH, KY -- Murray State's Mitch Stewart has been relieved of his duties as head football coach for the Racers, and reassigned to a new position within the athletic department according to a school release.

UT Martin overcame a ten-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Samford 80-75 in overtime Thursday night at the Elam Center.

The Racers will play three games in three days starting Monday against La Salle.

The fifth-year senior was one of five Racers who scored in double-figures against SIU.

Ryan McMahon made consecutive 3-pointers and Dwayne Sutton and Darius Perry had one each during a second-half surge that rallied No. 2 Louisville past USC Upstate 76-50 Wednesday night.

Jordan Bowden scored 16 points to lead four Tennessee players in double figures Wednesday night as the 20th-ranked Volunteers trounced Alabama State 76-41 for their 29th straight home victory.

Tevin Brown had 18 points to lead five Murray State players in double figures as the Racers beat Southern Illinois 79-66 on Tuesday night.

Trae Berhow poured in a career-high 36 points and Northern Iowa breezed to an 87-67 victory over UT Martin on Tuesday night.

Ashton Hagans scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 9 Kentucky survived another close game against what should have been a lesser opponent, beating Utah Valley 82-74 on Monday night.

Duke has moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll following Kentucky's surprising loss to Evansville. 

Considering who has played the position over the years at Murray State, whoever is playing point guard for the Racers is always going to be the most talked about person on the floor.