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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Men's Basketball continues its 2025-26 season with a trip to a familiar foe in Murray State. The teams meet up Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on the Racers' home court.
The game will air on ESPN+ and the Eagle Sports Radio Network. You can listen to Chuck Mraz on WIVY-96.3 FM (flagship station), on WMST 106.9 FM or on MSUEagles.com.
Morehead State returns to the CFSB Center in Murray, a venue the Eagle program has played in since the center opened in 1998-99. With 178 all-time games against Murray State, this is the second longest series in Morehead State men's basketball history, trailing only the 197 games versus former OVC rival Eastern Kentucky. The last matchup with Murray State was the OVC Tournament championship game in 2022, a contest where the Racers edged MSU 71-67.
Under new head coach Ryan Miller, the high-scoring Racers enter at 5-3 following a 1-2 showing in the Cayman Islands Classic last week. They finished their island time with a last-second 96-95 win over George Washington.
2025-26 RECORDS
MSU: 3-5, 0-0 OVC | MUR: 5-3 0-0 MVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. MUR: 57-121
First Meeting: 2/1/34 MUR won 46-22 at MSU
Last Meeting: 3/5/22 MUR won 71-67 at Evansville, Ind.
Streak: MSU, W3
Record in Murray, Ky.: 15-63
Record in Morehead, Ky.: 39-40
Neutral Record: 3-18
MSU vs. the Current Missouri Valley: 69-163
BELM 6-17, UNI 0-1, ILL ST 1-8, DRAKE 0-1, MUR 57-121
IN ST 0-1, SIU 1-2, EVAN 4-12
NOTABLE
• Head coach
Jonathan Mattox has long ties with Morehead State as a graduate manager, assistant coach and associate head coach, but he also spent two seasons (2022-23 and 2023-24) on the Murray State bench as assistant coach under Steve Prohm.
• Morehead State ranks second in the OVC in fast break points scored, averaging 15.2 a game on the break. The Eagles have double-digit fast-break points in five of the eight games.
• Head Coach
Jonathan Mattox reached 200 overall wins for his career as a staff member or a head coach (at Morehead State and Murray State) with the Eagles' win over Kentucky Christian.
• Morehead State has a 112-62 overall record since 2020-21, or 64 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.
• Morehead State ranks in the top 3 in the Ohio Valley Conference in eight (8) stat categories as the Eagles rank No. 1 in the league in offensive rebounds per game (14.3).
• Morehead State's offense has generated 80+ points in five of the first eight games.
• Transfer guard
Davion Cunningham won the OVC's Player and Newcomer of the Week honors last week. He averaged 22.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game at the ETSU MTE event.
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Davion Cunningham is the Eagle with the hot hand lately. In the past three games, he averaged 18.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and shot 75 percent on free throws.
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Jon Carroll ranks first in the OVC and 10th nationally with four double-doubles, including the last two games. In those two, he averaged 14.5 points and 12.0 rebounds. He has 18 double-doubles last season at North Central Missouri College.
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Jon Carroll leads the entire OVC in total rebounds (70) and offensive rebounds per game (3.6).
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George Marshall, Jr. has made 54 of his last 58 attempts from the free throw stripe. He is a career 83 percent free throw shooter.
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Josiah LeGree faced Murray State last year at Indiana State. In his first meeting with the Racers last December 18, he scored 11 points. LeGree ranks first in the OVC this year with 4.6 assists per game.
