MSU Women's Hoops Travels to Murray State for a Thursday Matinee

11/11/2026 9:00:00 AM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations

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Morehead, Ky. – Morehead State's women's basketball team swings back into action Thursday as the Eagles travel to western Kentucky to take on former Ohio Valley Conference foe Murray State in the CFSB Center in Murray.

It's a matinee affair, with tipoff scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET. The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Network (flagship WIVY 96.3) with Tom Lewis and Dean Hardin on the call. The game is also scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+.

RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State              0-3/ L 3
Murray State                      1-2/ L 2

SERIES

Record vs Murray State:            46-45
Last Meeting: L, 85-78 on December 3, 2025 in Morehead
First Meeting: L, 44-40 on March 10, 1972
Streak: L 7
Record in Morehead: 27-18
Record in Murray:    17-26
Neutral Sites: 2-1

NOTABLES

Redshirt junior Kensley Feltner is Morehead State's most experienced player with appearances in 70 games over three seasons at Belmont. Last season, injury limited Feltner to just five games; in the 2024-25 season, Feltner appeared in 39 games, making two starts.
Feltner posted a career-high 22 points in Thursday's game against Eastern Kentucky. She shot 6-13 from the floor, including 3-7 from three-point range and hit 7-8 from the free throw line in 38 minutes of play. She leads Morehead State and is tied for the OVC lead averaging 18.3 points per game.
Felter is third in the OVC hitting 52.9% from the floor. She ranks second in the OVC hitting 47.1% from three-point range. Her 78.6% accuracy at the free throw line ranks third in the OVC.
Feltner had a storied career at Lawrence County High School, scoring 4,189 points in her career, becoming just the fourth player in Kentucky to score over 4,000 career points. She led the state in her senior season scoring 28.9 points per game and was a finalist for Kentucky Miss Basketball and a First Team All-State selection. She also led the state in scoring in her junior season averaging 26.9 points per game and was named a First Team All-State selection.
Heidi Smith had a big game against Eastern Kentucky last Friday; the redshirt sophomore notched her first career double-double, posting career highs with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Heidi Smith appeared in seven games last season before injury cut her season short. Averaging 17.1 minutes per game, she posted 5.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game averages.
Twins Courtney and Heidi Smith have stayed together through their college journey: they both redshirted in their freshman season (2024-25) at Toledo. The pair transferred to Montana State last season and re-joined Jackie Alexander at Morehead State last Spring.
Courtney Smith appeared in 27 contests for the Bobcats last season. She posted her career high of nine points on January 24 at Weber State. She matched that total five days later against Sacramento State.
Grad Student Lanae Riley comes appeared in six games at Akron in 2024-25 after appearing in 29 games and making 13 starts the previous season. She averaged 8.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Zips while averaging 21.6 minutes per outing. She shot 47% from the floor, 43% from three-point range and 75% from the free throw line. She posted 11 points and five boards in the season-opener at Kentucky.
Riley was a two-time First Team All-Ohio selection at Archbishop Hoban High School, and was finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball her senior season (2021-22) averaging 21 points and nine rebounds per game, leading Hoban to an undefeated regular season.
Allie Sykes appeared in 26 games, making four starts at Presbyterian last season. In an average of 12.4 minutes per outing, she averaged 4.2 points per game. She led the Blue Hose with 30 made three points, hit treys at a 31.3% clip.
Sykes scored 1,746 career points, posting a career average of 15.5 points per game at Western Alamance High School in Burlington, N.C. She averaged 18.1 points per game in her senior season, shooting 42% from three-point range. Over her career, she shot 41% from the floor and 38% from beyond the arc.
JUCO transfer Breayah Jefferson was a NJCAA Div. I Honorable Mention All-America last season at Monroe University (N.Y.). She appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts and averaged 18 points per game while shooting 45% from the floor.
Jefferson set the Monroe program record, scoring 50 points against Lackawanna College on February 19. She hit 19 of 53 attempts from the floor, including 7-29 from three-point range.
Jefferson finished in double figures Tuesday at Vanderbilt with 10 points, her first double-figure performance of the season.
Samaria Taylor appeared in 27 games, making one start at Furman last season. She posted season highs of 12 points and six steals against Bob Jones January 3. She posted 11 points against East Tennessee on February 7, hitting all three of her field goal attempts, including on three-ball, and went four of five from the charity stripe.
Kamora Morgan spent her first two collegiate years at Northern Kentucky. She was named Horizon League Freshman of the Week twice in the 2024-25 season, when she appeared in 32 games, making eight starts, posting 7.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.
As a freshman, Morgan had a breakout game with 21 vs. Southern Indiana; she backed that up a month later, setting career highs with 23 points and seven rebounds. Last season as a sophomore, she averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game in 32 games averaging 12.9 minutes per game.

SCOUTNG THE RACERS

Rechelle Turner is in her 10^th season as Murray State's head coach and is the all-time winningest coach in program history with a record 167-133. She was the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year last season after leading the Racers to a school-record 31 wins, the MVC regular-season title and their second consecutive MVC Tournament championship.
Morehead native Haven Ford is averaging 12 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Racers through the first three outings of the season. Last Friday against Rice, Ford dropped 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds.
Last season, Ford averaged 17.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and was named All-MVC Second Team for the second consecutive season and to the MVC All-Defensive Team.
Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Halli Poock is picking up right where she left off: she leads the Racers averaging 23 points per game. In Murray State's season-opener at Southern Indiana, Poock dropped 30 points on 10-20 shooting from the floor and hit 7-10 from three-point range.
Sharnecce Currie-Jelks was an All-MVC First Team selection and was the MVC Newcomer of the Year last season in her debut campaign with the Racers. She averaged a double-double with 17.4 points and 11.7 rebounds per game and shot 55% from the field. She set the Murray State program record with 409 rebounds, ranking sixth nationally.
Currie-Jelks is averaging 13.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game through the Racers' three contests this season. She dropped 20 points on Rice last Friday, hitting 6-10 from the floor and gathered 12 rebounds.

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