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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Still with some OVC Tournament seeding on the line, Morehead State men's basketball will close the regular season Saturday against the team it opened league play against back in December - UT Martin. Tip-off time in West Tennessee is 4:30 p.m. ET.
Morehead State has won eight of the last 10 games overall against UT Martin, but the Eagles will be searching for the program's first win in Martin, Tenn., since the 2020-21 season. At home, MSU is nearly unbeatable versus UTM all-time (28-4) but is just 14-12 versus the Skyhawks in the Elam Center.
Morehead State has qualified for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament for the seventh straight season, which is the most consecutive appearances for any current league team. Only MSU and SIUE have each qualified for the last five OVC Tournaments. MSU can only finish either sixth, seventh or eighth place depending on Saturday's outcomes.
UT Martin handed Southern Indiana a 79-63 defeat Thursday and has won four of its last six games. Tarence Guinyard leads UTM with 16.2 points per outing.
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 and
Drew Barnette. It is also available on MSUEagles.com. The game is set to air on ESPN+.
2024-25 RECORDS
MSU: 14-16, 9-10 OVC | UTM: 13-17, 9-10 OVC
THE SERIES
Record vs. UTM: 47-18
First Meeting: 12/16/91 MSU won 9-76 at MSU
Last Meeting: 12/19/24 MSU won 70-69 at MSU (OT)
Streak: MSU, 2 games
Record in Martin, Tenn.: 14-12
Record in Morehead, Ky.: 28-4
Neutral Record: 5-1
NOTABLE
• Morehead State was one of six teams (and one of five OVC teams) to play an overtime contest against UT Martin this year. In fact, of the five OT conference games UTM has been involved in, the Eagles' 70-69 win on Dec. 19 was the first.
• Morehead State has a 108-56 overall record since 2020-21, or 64 percent success rate.
• Morehead State has not dropped eight straight games since the 2017-18 season. The program has not seen a nine-game OVC losing streak since the 2006-07 season.
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Steven Clay has grabbed 21 rebounds in the last four games. He set his career best with six at Western Illinois Feb. 15, then topped that with eight boards versus Eastern Illinois Feb. 22.
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Jerone Morton's 21 points Feb. 20 versus SIUE was a career-high, eclipsing his previous mark of 20. Morton has 13 double-figure scoring efforts this winter.
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George Marshall has made 28 of his last 29 free throws - all in the year 2025.
• In the last 10 games, Morehead State has been limited to just 60.2 points per game.
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Tyler Brelsford has scored in double figures 16 times this season, including 11 times in OVC contests.
• Kenny White, Jr., whose last school was UT Martin last season, reached the 1,000-point milestone in his college career at Western Illinois Feb. 15. White, Jr., who has played at Tennessee Tech, Murray State and UT Martin, now has 1,023 career collegiate points. He has scored 801 of those while playing in the OVC.
• During the Eagles' current eight-game losing streak, MSU has shot 40 percent or under six times.
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Tyler Brelsford,
George Marshall and
Kade Ruegsegger all own career free throw percentages of better than 80 percent.
