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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Men's Basketball will play at Johnson Arena for the third time (and second time officially) this year on Sunday when Kentucky Christian makes the short drive over to face the Eagles at 12:30 p.m. ET. Sunday's promotion is a Toy Drive.
The game will air on ESPN+ and the Eagle Sports Radio Network. You can listen to Chuck Mraz and
Drew Barnette on WIVY-96.3 FM (flagship station), on WMST 106.9 FM or on MSUEagles.com and watch the broadcast with Jared Stacy and
Dean Hardin.
MSU returns to Johnson Arena for just the second of three non-conference home games in 2025-26. MSU holds a 12-0 all-time mark against the Kentucky Christian Knights, from just 35 miles east in Grayson
KCU has opened the season at 0-5 (pending a game versus Great Leakes Christian on Saturday at home). The Knights were 5-23 last season. KCU will count the game as exhibition, having already also played two other D1 foes in Liberty and fellow Ohio Valley Conference school UT Martin.
2025-26 RECORDS
MSU: 1-3, 0-0 OVC | KCU: 0-5, 0-0 RSC (Note: KCU also plays on Nov. 15)
THE SERIES
Record vs. KCU: 12-0
First Meeting: 2/1/03 MSU won 88-39 at MSU
Last Meeting: 12/15/24 MSU won 86-63 at MSU
Streak: MOR, 12 games
Record in Grayson, Ky.: 0-0
Record in Morehead, Ky.: 12-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
MSU vs. the Current RSC: 28-2
Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 7-0 Midway (Ky.) 2-0 St. Mary OTW (Ind.) 1-0 Rio Grande (Ohio) 11-1 IU-SE (Ind.) 2-0 Brescia (Ky.) 2-0 WVU-Tech 3-1
NOTABLE
• Head Coach
Jonathan Mattox needs to coach one more win to get to 200 for his career as a staff member or a head coach (at Morehead State and Murray State).
• Morehead State has a 110-60 overall record since 2020-21, or 62 percent success rate. That figure ranks No. 1 for winning percentage in the Ohio Valley Conference in that span. The program has had nine 20-win seasons since 2008-09.
• The last non-D1 team to beat MSU was Union (Ky.) on Dec. 12, 1992. Since then, MSU is 66-0 against non-D1 opponents.
• Morehead State is 50-10 at home in the last five seasons, an 83 percent success rate.
• Transfer
Davion Cunningham busted out for a season-high 18 points and seven rebounds at Clemson.
• Transfer guard
Chase Dawson was the 2024-25 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year at Mount Olive (N.C.). Dawson scored the third-most points in a single season in Mount Olive (N.C.) (Division II) history after racking up 642 points in 30 games played.
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Jon Carroll was named Second-Team NJCAA Division II All-American last year and produced 18 double-doubles at North Central Missouri College. Carroll made all seven of his FG attempts against Midway. He is the first Eagle since Treshaad Williams on Dec. 28, 2016, to go perfect from the field on a minimum of 7 attempts. Carroll recorded his first Eagle double-double at Georgia with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Morehead State's .607 field goal percentage vs. Midway (Ky.) was the fifth best single-game percentage since 2012-13.
• The 120 points allowed at Georgia was the most points allowed by an Eagle team since falling 129-61 at Connecticut on Dec. 23, 2005.
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George Marshall, Jr. has now made 41 of his last 43 attempts from the stripe. He is a career 83 percent free throw shooter.
• Morehead State out-rebounded Clemson 41-40. The Tigers entered the game with a +17 rebound margin.
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Josiah LeGree's eight assists in the home opener vs. Midway tied for the most assists in a home opener in the past 10 seasons, joining Drew Thelwell's eight on Nov. 23, 2023.
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Anouar Mellouk registered 10 double-figure scoring games in his first season as an Eagle and started off right last Monday when he scored 13. He is also the lone international player on the roster, hailing from Amsterdam.
• Morehead State trimmed its turnovers down every game during the Power 4 road trip, going from 19 to 16 to 11.
• Morehead State is averaging 36.5 bench points in the first four games.
• Freshman
Vince Dawson III is a state champion. He led Great Crossing High School in Georgetown, Ky., to the Sweet 16 title in 2024-25.
Davion Cunningham was also a state champion at North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina.
• Senior transfer
Tamaury Releford earned the MVP of the Arkansas State Tournament and was named the Northwest Arkansas Conference MVP during his senior season in 2021-22.
• Four Eagle transfers -
Josiah LeGree,
Tamaury Releford,
Jacob Wilson and
Tyonne Farrell - have D1 experience.
• Freshman
Clayton Parker had his first 10+ scoring game at UGA.
• In the past five years, MSU is 48-2 when it shoots 50 percent or better and and 59-2 when the opponent fails to score 60.
