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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Go west young man! The Morehead State Men's Basketball team will be doing just that this week as the Eagles hit the road to face Lindenwood before going to Western Illinois. First up, its a battle at Lindenwood Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Morehead State owns a perfect 4-0 record all-time versus the Lindenwood Lions, but Thursday marks just the second meeting in St. Charles. The previous three came in Morehead, including the only meeting last year in the regular season finale. MSU's last three wins versus Lindenwood have come by an average victory margin of 16.
MSU has been on a bit of a slide lately, falling in three straight. Nevertheless, the Eagles are still in the top four in the OVC and are just one game behind first place.
The Lions have been up and down this year, splitting their last six games with interchanging wins and losses. Markeith Browning is the Lions' top point producer at 12.9 per game.
The game can also be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network (WIVY-96.3 FM flagship station as well as WGOH in Grayson, Ky.) with Chuck Mraz. It is also available on MSUEagles.com. The game is set to air on ESPN+.
2024-25 RECORDS
MSU: 14-11, 9-5 OVC | LIN: 11-14, 6-8 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. LIN: 4-0
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: 3-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
NOTABLE
• In the past five seasons, Morehead State has a 79-19 record in January and February.
• Morehead State has a 108-51 overall record since 2020-21, or 68 percent success rate. No other OVC MBB programs (among the six others who were in the OVC since then) have a winning percentage of even at least .500.
• Morehead State will be looking to reverse the unprecedented territory it has been in recently. With three straight overall losses, its the first three-game losing streak for the program since the end of the 2019-20 season when MSU fell in its last three.
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Tyler Brelsford has scored in double figures in seven consecutive games. He led the Eagles with 13 points against SEMO and also led the team in points at home versus Southern Indiana (19)and on the road at SIUE (18). During the last seven games, Brelsford shot 40 percent from three-point range.
• Morehead State ranks third in the OVC in scoring defense in league matchups. The Eagles allow only 66.0 ppg in conference action.
• MSU ranks first in the conference in rebound margin (+4.3) against league competition.
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George Marshall is 24 for his last 25 free throws. He made 22 consecutive free throws since the Dec. 31st game at Southern Indiana before missing his third attempt against SEMO last Thursday.
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Jerone Morton leads MSU by hitting 50 percent from three-point range. He is 25-of-50 from distance. That would rank first in the league if he had enough attempts to qualify for the stat minimum.
• Kenny White, Jr. is just 11 points shy of scoring 1,000 for his collegiate career, which includes four current or former OVC schools - Tennessee Tech (2 years), Murray State (1 year when they were in first year in Missouri Valley) and UT Martin (1 year).
• MSU has a -8.8 scoring margin in its 13 games away from Morehead. In comparison, the Eagles' scoring margin in the 12 home games is +6.6.
• In the past three games, opponents averaged 76.0 points against MSU. In the prior six games before that, opponents only mustered 58.6 points per average against the Eagles.
