Katelyn Young led Murray State with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
PADUCAH, KY -- The college basketball hasn't even started yet and almost every team in the country has had to make adjustments to their schedules.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers announced on Sunday afternoon that their season opener on Wednesday night against Brescia has now been canceled.
In case you missed it Saturday night, here is our Murray State basketball preview special, “Racing to March.” This 30-minute special will look back at Murray State’s 2020 offseason and look forward to what the Racers could do in the 2020-21 season.
Burpo made a big leap last season as she started 25 games, averaging about ten points and eight rebounds per game as she earned second team All-OVC honors.
Racers open the season November 25th vs. Brescia.
PADUCAH, KY -- The last time Matt McMahon spoke with the media was just following the Murray State Racers loss to Belmont in the OVC Championship game back in March.
Conference play will begin Sunday, February 21st.
Rookie of the Year Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies was the lone unanimous selection to the NBA's All-Rookie Team that was announced Tuesday.
PADUCAH, KY -- A decision on fall sports by the Ohio Valley Conference is expected to be made at some point on Friday afternoon.
PADUCAH, KY -- When the Louisville Cardinals released their updated 2020 college football schedule on Thursday afternoon the Murray State Racers were not listed as one of the schools eleven opponents.
Payne rolled into Murray in the summer of 2013 as a skinny freshman from Memphis, trying somehow to fill the gigantic shoes left by the recently graduated Isaiah Canaan. Payne more than held us his end of the deal.
Kennedy led the Racers to back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference regular season championships in 2010 and 2011.
PADUCAH, KY -- Former Murray State Racer and current Memphis Grizzly Ja Morant apologized on Sunday night for an anti-police post he retweeted on twitter over the weekend.
MURRAY, KY -- "I think most people would say that this in the most unique stretch of their lives," said Murray State Athletic Director Kevin Saal.
"As a young Black man, I cannot stress enough how disturbing and oppressive it is to know the city still honors a Confederate war general defending white supremacy and hatred," Morant writes.
PADUCAH, KY --The transition from high school to college basketball is a big one, and one that McCracken County's Jackson Sivills will have to make later this year when he heads to play at Murray State.
MURRAY, KY -- It was something that every coach across America had to do, tell their team that their season had just come to an end thanks to the ongoing world pandemic.
The rising junior missed the final four games of the season after tearing her MCL at Eastern Illinois.
For Dan Skirka and the Murray State Racers, their whole world was turned upside down on March 16th.
Murray State basketball fans now have one date they can scribble on their calendar, as the Racers will be making one final trip to Auburn on December 22nd.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers seemed to have completed their 2020 recruiting class with the addition of JUCO guard Justice Hill.
PADUCAH, KY -- Here is our 30 minute Murray State postseason special, "Racer Rewind."
PADUCAH, KY -- Six years ago, on April 3rd, 2014, the Murray State Racers won the College Insider.com Tournament Championship by defeating Yale at the CFSB Center.
The former Murray State Racer, who plays basketball professionally in Italy, is quarantined while the country copes with COVID-19.
PADUCAH, KY -- According to "Verbal Commits," Murray State's Jason Holliday and Noah Kamba are entering the transfer portal.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers didn't have the ending to their season that they wanted as they fell to Belmont 76-75 in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship game on Saturday night.
Tyler Scanlon scored 17 points including a layup with three seconds remaining to give top-seeded Belmont a 76-75 victory over second-seeded Murray State in the championship game of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.
Tevin Brown scored 24 points and KJ Williams had a double-double and Murray State beat Austin Peay 73-61 in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on Friday.
UT Martin had five players score in double-figures as the Skyhawks blew out Murray State 88-33 in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals in Evansville.
SEMO's Rekha Patterson is the OVC Coach of the Year.
Austin Peay's Terry Taylor is the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year.
Murray State will play in the OVC Tournament semifinals on Friday night in Evansville.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers locked up their third straight Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship with two more wins this past week.
MURRAY, KY -- Senior Anthony Smith led the way on senior night as the Murray State Racers defeated Austin Peay 75-61 to win their third straight Ohio Valley Conference regular season title on Saturday night.
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.
PADUCAH, KY -- The Murray State Racers had a week to remember with one bone chilling loss and one heart stopping win.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
