Murray State Racers @ Tennessee State Tigers
23-2, 13-0 OVC
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23-2, 13-0 OVC
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
MUR | 29 | 44 | 73 |
TNST | 36 | 26 | 62 |
10-15, 5-8 OVC
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10-15, 5-8 OVC
| TIME | PLAY | MUR | TNST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:40 |  | Justice Hill missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:35 | | Kassim Nicholson Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:24 | | Foul on Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:56 | | Tevin Brown Turnover. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:56 | | Kenny Cooper Steal. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:33 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:31 | | KJ Williams Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:27 | | KJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:23 | | DJ Burns Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:23 | | Foul on Carlos Marshall Jr.. | 0 | 0 |
| 18:23 | | DJ Burns made Free Throw. | 1 | 0 |
| 18:23 | | DJ Burns made Free Throw. | 2 | 0 |
| 18:12 | | Kenny Cooper missed Jumper. | 2 | 0 |
| 18:08 | | Tevin Brown Defensive Rebound. | 2 | 0 |
| 17:55 | | KJ Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Carter Collins. | 4 | 0 |
| 17:38 | | Kassim Nicholson made Jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:38 | | Foul on DJ Burns. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:38 | | Kassim Nicholson made Free Throw. | 4 | 3 |
| 17:17 | | DJ Burns missed Jumper. | 4 | 3 |
| 17:14 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:47 | | Kassim Nicholson missed Layup. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:44 | | Carter Collins Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:38 | | Justice Hill Turnover. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:38 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Steal. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:33 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. missed Layup. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:33 | | KJ Williams Block. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:33 | | Tennessee State Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:30 | | Foul on Nicholas McMullen. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:30 | | Shakem Johnson missed Free Throw. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:30 | | Tennessee State Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:30 | | Shakem Johnson missed Free Throw. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:28 | | Trae Hannibal Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:12 | | Justice Hill Turnover. | 4 | 3 |
| 16:12 | | Tajik Bartholomew Steal. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:45 | | Shakem Johnson missed Jumper. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:42 | | Kassim Nicholson Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:38 | | Kassim Nicholson Turnover. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:38 | | Justice Hill Steal. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:34 | | Trae Hannibal missed Dunk. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:33 | | Tennessee State Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 3 |
| 15:33 | Official TV Timeout | 4 | 3 | |
| 15:06 | | Tajik Bartholomew made Jumper. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:44 | | KJ Williams missed Three Point Jumper. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:41 | | Tennessee State Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:41 | | Foul on DJ Burns. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:23 | | Foul on Nicholas McMullen. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:23 | | Shakem Johnson missed Free Throw. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:23 | | Tennessee State Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 5 |
| 14:23 | | Shakem Johnson made Free Throw. | 4 | 6 |
| 14:13 | | KJ Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Carter Collins. | 6 | 6 |
| 13:44 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. made Jumper. | 6 | 8 |
| 13:24 | | Trae Hannibal made Layup. | 8 | 8 |
| 13:06 | | Kenny Cooper made Jumper. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:46 | | Carter Collins Turnover. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:46 | | Tajik Bartholomew Steal. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:20 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:19 | | Kassim Nicholson Offensive Rebound. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:19 | | Kassim Nicholson missed Layup. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:18 | | Kassim Nicholson Offensive Rebound. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:18 | | Foul on Tevin Brown. | 8 | 10 |
| 12:18 | | Kassim Nicholson made Free Throw. | 8 | 11 |
| 12:18 | | Kassim Nicholson missed Free Throw. | 8 | 11 |
| 12:16 | | Trae Hannibal Defensive Rebound. | 8 | 11 |
| 12:14 | | Tevin Brown missed Three Point Jumper. | 8 | 11 |
| 12:10 | | Shakem Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:51 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:48 | | KJ Williams Defensive Rebound. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:43 | | Tevin Brown missed Layup. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:43 | | Shakem Johnson Block. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:36 | | Shakem Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 8 | 11 |
| 11:36 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. | 8 | 14 |
| 11:16 | | Carter Collins made Dunk. | 10 | 14 |
| 10:51 | | Shakem Johnson made Layup. | 10 | 16 |
| 10:26 | | Foul on Jalen Dupree. | 10 | 16 |
| 10:21 | | Justice Hill missed Three Point Jumper. | 10 | 16 |
| 10:21 | | Kenny Cooper Block. | 10 | 16 |
| 10:16 | | Dedric Boyd Defensive Rebound. | 10 | 16 |
| 10:06 | | Kenny Cooper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shakem Johnson. | 10 | 19 |
| 9:47 | | KJ Williams made Jumper. | 12 | 19 |
| 9:27 | | Dedric Boyd made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kenny Cooper. | 12 | 22 |
| 9:04 | | Trae Hannibal missed Jumper. | 12 | 22 |
| 9:01 | | Dedric Boyd Defensive Rebound. | 12 | 22 |
| 8:56 | | Kenny Cooper made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Marshall Jr.. | 12 | 25 |
| 8:42 | | Tevin Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justice Hill. | 15 | 25 |
| 8:21 | | Shakem Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Carlos Marshall Jr.. | 15 | 27 |
| 8:14 | | Tevin Brown missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 27 |
| 8:08 | | Shakem Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:42 | | Jalen Dupree missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:38 | | Tevin Brown Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:16 | | Carter Collins missed Jumper. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:16 | | Jalen Dupree Block. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:16 | Official TV Timeout | 15 | 27 | |
| 7:15 | | Murray State Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:13 | | Foul on Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.. | 15 | 27 |
| 7:13 | | Tevin Brown made Free Throw. | 16 | 27 |
| 7:13 | | Tevin Brown missed Free Throw. | 16 | 27 |
| 7:12 | | Kassim Nicholson Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:51 | | Jalen Dupree Turnover. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:44 | | Tevin Brown missed Jumper. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:44 | | Kassim Nicholson Block. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:40 | | Emmanuel Dowuona Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:18 | | Emmanuel Dowuona missed Layup. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:14 | | Tevin Brown Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 27 |
| 6:04 | | Trae Hannibal made Jumper. | 18 | 27 |
| 5:40 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. made Jumper. | 18 | 29 |
| 5:15 | | Trae Hannibal missed Jumper. | 18 | 29 |
| 5:07 | | Dedric Boyd Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 29 |
| 5:05 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 29 |
| 5:03 | | Tevin Brown Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 29 |
| 4:57 | | DJ Burns made Layup. Assisted by Trae Hannibal. | 20 | 29 |
| 4:30 | | Dedric Boyd missed Three Point Jumper. | 20 | 29 |
| 4:27 | | Kassim Nicholson Offensive Rebound. | 20 | 29 |
| 4:12 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. made Layup. | 20 | 31 |
| 3:45 | | Carter Collins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tevin Brown. | 23 | 31 |
| 3:23 | | Dedric Boyd missed Jumper. | 23 | 31 |
| 3:21 | | Carter Collins Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 31 |
| 3:21 | | Foul on Emmanuel Dowuona. | 23 | 31 |
| 3:09 | | Tevin Brown missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 31 |
| 3:06 | | Kassim Nicholson Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 31 |
| 2:40 | | Foul on Tevin Brown. | 23 | 31 |
| 2:40 | | Kassim Nicholson made Free Throw. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:40 | | Kassim Nicholson missed Free Throw. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:39 | | DJ Burns Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:26 | | Trae Hannibal missed Layup. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:25 | | Murray State Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:21 | | Trae Hannibal missed Dunk. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:21 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. Block. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:16 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:11 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 32 |
| 2:07 | | Tevin Brown Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 32 |
| 1:55 | | Foul on Kenny Cooper. | 23 | 32 |
| 1:46 | | Tevin Brown missed Layup. | 23 | 32 |
| 1:41 | | DJ Burns Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 32 |
| 1:41 | | DJ Burns made Layup. | 25 | 32 |
| 1:26 | | Kassim Nicholson made Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Marshall Jr.. | 25 | 34 |
| 1:12 | | Foul on Kassim Nicholson. | 25 | 34 |
| 1:12 | | DJ Burns made Free Throw. | 26 | 34 |
| 1:12 | | DJ Burns made Free Throw. | 27 | 34 |
| 0:49 | | Kenny Cooper made Jumper. | 27 | 36 |
| 0:18 | | KJ Williams made Layup. Assisted by Nicholas McMullen. | 29 | 36 |
| 0:01 | | Carlos Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 29 | 36 |
| 0:01 | | Murray State Defensive Rebound. | 29 | 36 |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 29 | 36 | |
Game Information
Nashville, TN
Referee:John St. Clair
Referee:Coy Gammon
Referee:Davis Maxwell
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Missouri Valley Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 10-2 | - | 20-3 |
| Murray State | 8-4 | 2 | 16-7 |
| Bradley | 8-4 | 2 | 15-8 |
| UIC | 8-4 | 2 | 13-10 |
| Illinois State | 7-4 | 2.5 | 15-7 |
| Northern Iowa | 6-6 | 4 | 14-9 |
| Drake | 6-6 | 4 | 12-11 |
| Valparaiso | 5-6 | 4.5 | 11-11 |
| Southern Illinois | 3-8 | 6.5 | 9-13 |
| Indiana State | 2-10 | 8 | 9-14 |
| Evansville | 1-10 | 8.5 | 5-17 |
| Ohio Valley Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Martin | 9-2 | - | 17-5 |
| Tennessee State | 8-3 | 1 | 14-7 |
| Lindenwood | 8-4 | 1.5 | 14-9 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 8-4 | 1.5 | 13-10 |
| Morehead State | 8-4 | 1.5 | 12-11 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 7-5 | 2.5 | 14-9 |
| Little Rock | 6-5 | 3 | 9-13 |
| Eastern Illinois | 5-7 | 4.5 | 9-14 |
| Tennessee Tech | 3-8 | 6 | 8-14 |
| Southern Indiana | 2-10 | 7.5 | 5-17 |
| Western Illinois | 0-12 | 9.5 | 4-19 |
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