Racers Fall at Illinois State - Domon Joins Freshman 400-Point Club

Wednesday, February 18

Normal, IL

8 p.m.

Murray State

19-10,11-7MVC

Illinois State

18-10,10-7MVC

Murray St.

Illinois St.

Racers Fall at Illinois State - Domon Joins Freshman 400-Point Club

2/19/2026 12:28:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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The Racers were looking for their seventh MVC road win before being knocked off course in the second half

The Murray State Racers dropped a 78-61 loss Wednesday to the Illinois State Redbirds at CEFCU Arena in Normal.

The Racers (19-10) fell to 11-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference and into third place with a pair of game remaining in the regular season. The Racers come home to the CFSB Center Saturday for the final regular season home game when the Racers host Evansville at 3 p.m. on Senior Day.

Romon Domon led the Racers with 18 points and also became just the 12^th freshman in MSU program history to reach the 400-point mark, while Fred King added 14 points.

Early on, the Racers had their largest lead of the game of five points at 15-10 when Layne Taylor scored on a drive into the lane.

The homestanding Redbirds took the lead for good with 9:00 to go 22-19 on a 3-pointer from Ty Pence.

ISU had a 36-28 lead at halftime and hit the Racers with a 10-2 run to start the second half and were ahead by 18 points with 14:29 left.

Game Notes

With two more blocked shots today, Fred King has moved into the top-10 for a single season in program history.
King is tied with recent MSU Hall of Fame inductee, Cuthbert Victor and is three blocks from catching those in seventh place with 60 including: Jarvis Williams 2013-14 and Antoine Teague 1992-93.
MSU's single season mark of 95 was set by Tony Easley in the 2009-10 season.
Romon Domon became the 12^th Racer freshman to top the 400-point mark.
The last to do it was Ja Morant in 2017-18 with 405 points.
The all-time freshman scoring mark for a single season is still Cameron Payne's 572 points in the 2013-14 season.
The Racers are 2-7 this season when trailing at halftime.
MSU came back twice from deficits at the intermission at Valparaiso and UIC.
The Racers are 11-3 at home in the CFSB Center with one game remaining, Senior Day (Feb. 21) against Evansville.
On Saturday, the team will honor seniors, Fred King, Javon Jackson, Mason Miller and JJ Traynor.

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