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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State's men's basketball team will be back on FamilyLeisure.com Court in Johnson Arena Saturday as the Eagles take on Southeast Missouri in a matinee. Tip-off time is 3 p.m. ET following the women's game.
Morehead State leads the series over Southeast Missouri 35-20. After winning 10 straight home contests over SEMO, the Redhawks upended the Eagles in Johnson Arena the last time the teams met, last February. MSU owns a 19-8 home record all-time against SEMO.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network (WIVY-96.3 FM) with Chuck
Mraz and Drew Barnette. It is also available on MSUEagles.com as well as network partner
WGOH 100.9 FM/1370 AM. The game will also air live on ESPN+ as Jared Stacy and Dean Hardin describe the action.
2022-23 RECORDS
MSU: 10-8/3-2 OVC | SEMO: 8-10/3-2 OVC
SERIES RECORD
Record vs. SEMO: 35-20
First Meeting:1/18/92 SEMO won 85-74 at SEMO
Last Meeting: 2/19/22 SEMO won 92-84 at MSU
Streak: SEMO, 1 game
Record in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: 14-12
Record in Morehead: 19-8
Neutral Record: 2-0
NOTABLE
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Preston Spradlin ranks first among the 10 current OVC head coaches in wins at their current school (102), winning percentage at their current school (.516), conference wins at the school (62) and conference winning percentage (.550).
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Mark Freeman missed the past two games with injury, but he still ranks first in the OVC in scoring average (24.0) against league teams. He is expected back in the lineup against SEMO.
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Alex Gross tied his MSU career-high with 23 points at Tech. He is one of just 15 current players on Division I teams to score 2,000+ career points in college. He is the ONLY current player in Division I to record 2,000+ points AND 1,300+ career rebounds in college (Gross' first four seasons were in NAIA). His career college totals stand at 2,242 points and 1,355 career rebounds.
• Morehead State has three 1,000+ point college scorers on the same team this year.
Alex Gross (2,242) and
Branden Maughmer (1,835) already have well surpassed 1,000.
Mark Freeman just got there too, now with 1,026.
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Alex Gross leads the OVC in blocked shots with 27 and 1.5 per game. Gross has had at least one blocked shot in all 18 games. In combination with his first four years at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), he now has 390 career college blocked shots.
• In the past three seasons, MSU is 32-4 at home and the Eagles are 20-2 in January games.
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Mark Freeman is tied with SEMO's Phillip Russell for the best assist-turnover ratio (1.6) in the league.
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Drew Thelwell has scored in double figures in six consecutive games, averaging 13.0 points in that span. Prior to the last six games in double figures, Thelwell ONLY had six career games with 10+ points. He has also averaged 34 minutes of court time in his last six games.
• Morehead State leads the OVC in free throw percentage (.745) and three-point defense. Despite giving up a 13-for-22 three-point day at Tech, the Eagles still defend the arc at only a 30 percent rate for opponents, which is top 20 in the nation.
• In the last six games, MSU has not missed more than six free throws in each of those contests.
• Among the 8 Division I men's basketball programs in Kentucky, Morehead State continues to rank first in wins in the last three seasons - 56.
• In the past three seasons, Morehead State is 51-1 when leading with a minute left in regulation time.
• MSU is 31-2 in the past three seasons when its opponent scores 60 or fewer points.
