16 Wins In A Row As Racers Top EKU In OT

Thursday, January 29

CFSB Center

8 p.m.

Murray State

11-9 (3-4OVC)

Eastern Kentucky

18-4 (8-0OVC)

OT 1

Eastern Ky.

Murray State

Photo by: Tab Brockman

1/29/2015 2:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

The Murray State Racers stayed undefeated in the Ohio Valley Conference and pushed their win streak to 16 Thursday with a nail-biting 85-78 win at home over the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

5,295 watched the Racers push their home win streak to eight at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.

MSU improved to 18-4 and 8-0 in OVC play, while the Colonels fell to 11-9 and 3-4.

Jarvis Williams scored his 22^nd career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds and Cameron Payne had his second with 21 points and 10 rebounds. MSU had five in double-figure scoring including T.J. Sapp with 14 points, while Jeffery Moss added 13 and Justin Seymour 11.

It was Seymour's 3-pointer with 37 seconds remaining that forced the game into overtime.

When MSU scored the first seven points in the overtime, they completed a 30-15 run after they trailed EKU with 11 minutes in regulation time. From this point through the final, MSU's defense came alive and held EKU to 6-of-20 from the field for 30 percent.

The Racers outscored the Colonels 15-8 in extra time and hit 11-of-14 from the free throw line.

Game Notes

The game marked MSU's first overtime game since the final regular season game last March at SEMO, which ended in a 114-110 defeat. This was MSU's first home overtime game since Feb. 2013 when they defeated Austin Peay 90-81 in double overtime.

The Racers wore gold uniforms for the second time this season after they first wore them against Tennessee State (Jan. 17). The game was a BE BOLD WEAR GOLD day at the CFSB Center.

Updating MSU's trio that is making a run at the MSU 1000-Point Club: Cameron Payne has 997 after his 21-point performance tonight. Jarvis Williams has 858 and Jeffery Moss has 832.

Payne's 10 rebounds is a career-high besting the seven he had this season at Xavier.

The Racers are back at home Saturday to host the UT Martin Skyhawks at 7 p.m.