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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Alice Lloyd College from Pippa Passes, Ky., visits Saturday for Morehead State Men's Basketball's final non-conference game of the 2024-25 season. Game time at Johnson Arena is Noon ET.
Morehead State has won all seven previous meetings with NAIA River States Conference foe Alice Lloyd (Ky.). Ironically last season, Alice Lloyd defeated Campbellsville-Harrodsburg right before playing MSU, and this year is the same scenario. The ALC Eagles are 9-3 in 2024-25.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network (WIVY-96.3 FM flagship station as well as WGOH in Grayson, Ky.) with Chuck Mraz and Drew Barnette. It is also available on MSUEagles.com. ESPN+ has the contest, with Jared Stacy and Dean Hardin.
2024-25 RECORDS
MSU: 6-6, 2-0 OVC | ALC: 9-3, 0-1 RIVER STATES
THE SERIES
Record vs. Alice Lloyd: 7-0
First Meeting: 11/26/07 MSU won 85-51 at MSU
Last Meeting: 12/21/23 MSU won 101-39 at MSU
Streak: MSU, 7 games
Record vs. ALC in Pippa Passes, Ky.: 0-0
Record vs. ALC in Morehead: 7-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
NOTABLE
• The last non-D1 team to beat MSU was Union (Ky.) on Dec. 12, 1992. Since then, MSU is 64-0 against non-D1 opponents.
• Last season, former MSU point guard
Drew Thelwell set the program single-game assist record versus ALC with 19.
• Morehead State has scored 70+ points in six consecutive games. In the last four years now, the program is 65-11 when it scores at least 70 in a game.
• MSU has won seven straight home games. The Eagles are 25-2 in home games since Jan. 26, 2023 - three seasons ago. MSU was 14-1 at home last season and is perfect 5-0 in Johnson Arena this winter.
• Morehead State has now won seven straight overtime games dating back to the March 4, 2020 loss in extra time versus Tennessee State. MSU scored the final six points in the final 1:18 of overtime laat Thursday to defeat UT Martin.
• Kenny White, Jr. erupted for 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in the win over Tennessee State. He ranks among the OVC's top 10 in scoring at 13.8 per game.
• In eight of the 12 games in 2024-25, Morehead State has more assists than its opponent.
• Morehead State out-rebounded Tennessee State 44-27 last week. The Tigers entered averaging +10.5 in rebound margin. MSU is now at a +5.1 rebound martin, keeping up its strong tradition on the glass. MSU has led or ranked second in the OVC in rebound margin five straight years.
• Morehead State leads the Ohio Valley Conference in free throw attempts per game at 24.4. The Eagles have had only two games this year (at Cincinnati and at home vs. UT Martin) where they did NOT have more than 20 free throw attempts.
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Jerone Morton has scored in double figures in three of the six games he's appeared in this season, and he averaged 16.5 ppg in the last two contests. Morton hit the game-tying and game-clinching baskets (in overtime) as the Eagles rallied to beat UT Martin last week.
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Kade Ruegsegger has scored 1,864 career points in college, including 1,776 in four seasons at NAIA Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio).
• Kenny White, Jr., is MSU's next closest to joining the 1,000 career point club in college. He enters the game with 833 career points.
• In the last five games, Morehead State has received excellent scoring production from its bench. The Eagles averaged 34.3 points from the non-starters in that span.
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Tyler Brelsford hit 8-of-8 free throws against Tennessee State and still owns a career free throw accuracy of better than 80 percent.
• Morehead State owns 100 victories in the last five seasons (averaging 20-plus wins per season), two OVC Tournament championships and two OVC regular season titles. Current head coach
Jonathan Mattox was on the bench for the 2020-21 tournament title and the 2022-23 regular season trophy.
