Sensational Senior Day - Racers Beat Aces to Win 20th - Murray State University Athletics

Saturday, February 21

Murray, Ky.

3 p.m.

Murray State

20-10,12-7MVC

Evansville

6-22,2-15MVC

Evansville

Murray St.

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

Sensational Senior Day - Racers Beat Aces to Win 20th

2/21/2026 7:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Racers closed out the 2025-26 season at the CFSB Center ahead of major renovations to the Racers’ home court

The Murray State Racers scored an 88-75 victory on Senior Day over the Evansville Purple Aces at the CFSB Center on Saturday afternoon in Murray, Kentucky.

The Racers (20-10) moved to 12-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference making Head Coach Ryan Miller the fourth MSU rookie head coach in the modern area (since 1948) to win 20.

With their open week ahead, the Racers return to action on March 1, in a 1 p.m. game at Bradley. The final game of the regular season takes the team into the postseason at the MVC Tournament-State Farm Arch Madness (March 5-8) in St. Louis.

Roman Domon and KJ Tenner each scored 20 points to lead the Racers, while Javon Jackson added 13.

Breaking a slow period of shooting when the Racers went 2-of-15, Brayden Shorter scored the rarest of rare 5-point play. He hit a 3-pointer from the wing and nearly simultaneously, the UE bench was hit with a technical foul. Shorter made both free throws to cut the Aces lead to 28-19. Evansville started the game hot in making 6-of-9 from the 3-point line to get their largest lead of 14, just before Shorter's outburst.

The Racers took their first lead of the game with 26 seconds in the half on a Mathis Courbon fast break layup and a pair of free throws from Tenner.

MSU finished the half on a 14-3 run to lead at the intermission 37-36.

In the second half, MSU had a 10-0 run in 90 seconds that included a 4-point play by Domon and Fred King for a 59-48 lead with 10:17 remaining.

Evansville couldn't get any closer than nine points the rest of the way.

Game Notes

After the game, the Racers honored seniors Fred King, Javon Jackson, Mason Miller and JJ Traynor and their families.
The game marked the final for the MSU men's team at the CFSB Center ahead of the much anticipated phase one renovation of the arena.
Work on the CFSB Center is set to begin after the MSU women's team finishes its schedule and the KHSAA Region-I basketball tournaments are played.
MSU is 4-3 in February and close out for their home season at the CFSB Center winning their final two games against Indiana State and Evansville.
The Racers have won eight of their nine games against UE since joining the MVC in the 2022-23 season and are 4-0 at home.
MSU takes the season series after taking the first meeting in Evansville 79-69 (Jan. 7).
The Racers are 12-3 at home in the CFSB Center in the 2025-26 season.
MSU head coach Ryan Miller is the fourth coach (modern era since 1948) in MSU program history to win 20 games in his rookie season and the first since Steve Prohm went 31-2 in the 2011-12 season.
Mick Cronin (2003-04) and Tevester Anderson (1998-99) also won 20 games in their rookie seasons in Murray.
The Racers have also secured their 33rd season of 20-wins in the program's 101st season.
The 20 wins marks MSU's best win total in MSU's four seasons in the MVC.
The last time MSU won 20 games was under Coach Matt McMahon in 2021-22 when the team went 31-3.
For the fourth time this season, the Racers have a pair of 20-point scorers in Domon and Tenner.
The other three instances included: Jackson (22) & Domon (20) at Indiana State (02-12-26); Taylor (23) & Jackson (20) in Las Vegas vs Akron (12-13-25) and King (24) & Jackson (23) Home vs Nicholls (11-15-25).
MSU had its seventh half in this season of scoring at least 50 points with 51 in the second half today against the Aces.
All nine instances have come in the second half.
Today's 50-point half is MSU's first since they scored 68 points in the second half (Dec. 13) against Akron in Las Vegas.

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