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Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Murray State Racers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
7-8, 2-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
85 - 97
Murray State Racers
11-2, 9-0 Home

Morant has 34 points, 10 assists; Murray St. beats EKU 97-85

Murray State (11-2, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) stretched its home winning streak to 18 games, and has beaten Eastern Kentucky (7-8, 0-2) in 18 straight.

Shaq Buchanan, Tevin Brown and Darnell Cowart added 16 points apiece for the Racers. KJ Williams chipped in 13 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.

Nick Mayo had 36 points and nine rebounds to lead Eastern Kentucky.

Eastern Kentucky built a 12-point lead early in the second half, but the Racers answered with a 27-13 run for a 68-66 advantage with 9:19 remaining and led the rest of the way.

The Colonels cut the deficit to 88-85 with 2:03 left, but Cowart, Morant and Buchanan each scored on a dunk as the Racers closed on a 9-0 run.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 97
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 85 - 97
2nd 0:27 Shaq Buchanan made Dunk. 85 - 97
2nd 0:33 Shaq Buchanan Steal. 85 - 95
2nd 0:33 Jomaru Brown Turnover. 85 - 95

Statistics

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30-67 FG 37-69
45 Field Goal % 54
6-25 3PT 7-21
24 Three Point % 33
19-23 FT 16-24
83 Free Throw % 67
33 Rebounds 42
11 Offensive Rebounds 16
22 Defensive Rebounds 26
10 Assists 20
12 Steals 14
2 Blocks 7
19 Turnovers 20
1 Team Turnovers 2
19 Total Turnovers 20
0 Technical Fouls 4
0 Total Technical Fouls 4
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Off Turnovers 29
15 Fast Break Points 28
46 Points in Paint 60
22 Fouls 18
12 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

Venue: CFSB Center

Location: Murray, KY
Attendance: 6,552 | Capacity:

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Utah Valley 14-4 - 25-9
California Baptist 13-5 1 25-9
Utah Tech 11-7 3 19-15
UT Arlington 9-9 5 18-14
Southern Utah 6-12 7 10-22
Tarleton State 5-13 9 14-18
Abilene Christian 5-13 9 14-19

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
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