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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Men's Basketball will be looking to be lion tamers on Saturday. The Eagles host the Lindenwood Lions at 3:30 p.m. ET at Johnson Arena.
Lindenwood is a program MSU has not lost to yet. The Eagles have won all three matchups against the Lions. Saturday will mark the third straight matchup between the Eagles and Lions in Morehead. Last year, due to the unbalanced scheduling, the teams only met one time - the final regular season contest.
Lindenwood enters off a 80-73 loss at Southern Indiana Thursday. Anias Futrell and Markeith Browing each average around 13 points a game.
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: 11-7, 6-1 OVC | LU: 8-10, 3-4 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. LIN: 3-0
First Meeting: 1/21/23 MSU won 72-63 at LIN
Last Meeting: 3/2/24 MSU won 67-49 at MSU
Streak: MSU, 3 games
Record in St. Charles, Mo.: 1-0
Record in Morehead: 2-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
NOTABLE
• Morehead State and its 18 opponents have scored the exact same amount of total points this year. And it's an interesting figure - 1,234.
• If the Eagles hold the lead with a minute left Saturday and win, it would mark the 100th game in the last four years MSU has won with a lead with a minute remaining.
• Morehead State has won 36 consecutive games when its opponent scores 60 or fewer points.
• Morehead State has won eight of its last nine games, and the opponent has failed to score 70 points in all eight of those games.
• In the last three games, MSU has only allowed 52.0 points per game and only 37 percent (64-of-172) shooting overall.
• The 47 points allowed to Western Illinois Thursday was the lowest total allowed to a Division I opponent since Dec. 2, 2016 when the Eagles defeated Saint Louis 60-46.
• Morehead State is 59-6 at home since 2020-21, or a 91 percent winning total since the COVID times. The program has won 21 of the last 22 games at Johnson Arena.
• In the past five seasons, MSU is 42-5 in January games.
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Jerone Morton has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games, scoring a career high 18 versus UT Martin and 17 in two other games, including Thursday versus WIU.
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Jerone Morton has been a workhorse as of late. In the past three games, he has only been OFF the floor for a total of two minutes and he has played 35+ minutes in five straight games.
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Anouar Mellouk has recorded back-to-back double-doubles (points/rebounds) and averaged 13.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in his last five games. Amazingly, he also shot 65 percent from the field in the last five games.
• In nine of the last 10 games, MSU has made more free throws than its opponent. The Eagles rank second in the OVC in FT attempts per game.
• Morehead State has managed to score 25+ points in the paint in 17 straight games. MSU's only game not accomplishing that was the season opener at Louisville.
• Kenny White has scored 917 career collegiate points.
• Morehead State and Western Illinois combined for only five assists Thursday. MSU's two assists marked its lowest total in a game since at least 2000-01.
