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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The most important season for the Morehead State men's basketball team resumes on New Year's Day as the Eagles get back to the final 18 OVC games, starting at Lindenwood. Game time is 4:30 p.m. ET at Hyland Arena in the western suburbs of St. Louis, Mo.
The game will air on ESPN+ and the Eagle Sports Radio Network. Listen to Chuck Mraz and Tom Lewis on WIVY-96.3 FM (flagship station), on WMST 106.9 FM, WPKE 98.1 in Pikeville, WPRT 104.5 in Prestonsburg or on MSUEagles.com.
The Eagles have started 2-0 in league play this year. Lindenwood eliminated the Eagles from the OVC Tournament last March, 73-65. MSU started 4-0 against the Lions but has since dropped the last two meetings.
The Lions are 8-5 overall, with OVC wins over Eastern Illinois (82-74) and Western Illinois (92-76).
2025-26 RECORDS
MSU: 6-7, 2-0 OVC | LIN: 8-5, 2-0 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. LIN: 4-2
First Meeting: 1/21/23 MSU won 72-63 at LIN
Last Meeting: 3/5/25 LIN won 73-65 at Evansville, Ind.
Streak: LIN, W2
Record in St. Charles, Mo.: 1-1
Record in Morehead: 3-0
Neutral Record: 0-1
GAMES
1/21/23 St. Charles,Mo. W 72-63
2/18/23 MOREHEAD, KY. W 71-58
3/2/24 MOREHEAD, KY. W 67-49
1/18/25 MOREHEAD, KY. W 82-65
2/13/25 St. Charles, Mo. L 73-60
3/5/25 Evansville, Ind. L 73-65
NOTABLE
• Morehead State has only ever played on New Year's Day one time, that being on Jan. 1, 1947 when the Eagles upended Creighton in a tournament in Louisville, Ky.
• Morehead State has a 115-64 overall record since 2020-21, or 65 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 is 65-11 at home in the past five seasons, an 86 percent success rate in Johnson Arena. However, the road has been tougher where MSU is 32-41 (.438).
• The program has had particular success in the first half of the conference schedule. MSU started OVC action 9-1 last season and was 11-1 at one point in 2023-24. The Eagles have kick-started the 2025-26 OVC action 2-0.
• Morehead State has won six consecutive overtime contests. The last time MSU dropped an overtime affair was in the final game of the 2019-20 season against Tennessee State in the OVC Tournament.
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Josiah LeGree posted his first career double-double against Alice Lloyd (Ky.), with 20 points and 10 assists. His six three-pointers were the most by an Eagle since Kalil Thomas drained seven vs. UT Martin on March 8, 2024.
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Josiah LeGree ranks second in the league in assists (56) and assists per game (4.3).
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George Marshall, Jr. is averaging a team-best 18.0 points per game in OVC contests so far. That is 8th in the league.
• MSU limited Southern Indiana to only 17 percent field goal accuracy in the second half (4 made FGs) on Dec. 20 and just 28 percent overall for the game on the road. MSU has never lost (4-0) at USI.
• The Eagles rank in the top four in nine (9) stat categories among OVC squads.
• Morehead State's three-point accuracy (.337) ranks second in the conference.
• In the past five years, MSU is an astonishing 108-3 when it holds a lead with a minute left in the game.
• 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.
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Davion Cunningham averaged 13.5 points per outing in his last seven games.
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Tyonne Farrell is coming off a career-high 17-point outing vs. Alice Lloyd (Ky.).
• Morehead State's non-starters average 32.0 points per game, second in the OVC. MSU has two games (KCU and Alice Lloyd [Ky.]) where the bench scored 60+ points.
• Morehead State has out-rebounded 115 opponents in the last five years, winning 94 of those games.
• MSU has scored 20+ points in the paint in all 13 games and averages 36.3 paint points per game.
