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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State's Men's Basketball faces a touch challenge Saturday as the Eagles travel the two hours west to battle No. 11 Louisville. The game at the KFC Yum! Center tips at high Noon ET.
The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with WIVY-96.3 FM serving as flagship station. Chuck Mraz and Tom Lewis provide the radio call. Fans can also hear it on MSUEagles.com, WGOH-100.9 FM/1370 AM, WMST-106.9 FM/1150 AM, WPKE 103.1 FM and WPRT 104.9 FM. The game will stream live on ACC Network Plus.
The Eagles are coming off a convincing 114-60 win over Virginia-Lynchburg at home Thursday, while the 'Cards opened their season at home Monday and defeated Chattanooga 84-70.
Louisville leads the all-time series 32-12, including the first game of current head coach
Jonathan Mattox's career two years ago. MSU won the previous matchup in the 2011 NCAA Tournament in Denver, Colo. The Eagles will look to reverse history as MSU is just 2-26 all-time in games versus the Cardinals in Louisville.
2026-27 RECORDS
MSU: 1-1, 0-0 OVC | LOU: 1-0, 0-0 ACC
SERIES INFORMATION
Record vs. LOU: 12-32
First Meeting: 1/19/32 LOU won 30-24 at LOU
Last Meeting: 11/4/24 LOU won 93-45 at LOU
Streak: LOU, W1
Record in Louisville, Ky.: 2-26
Record in Morehead, Ky.: 8-3
Neutral Record: 2-3
LAST 5
12/26/07 Louisville, Ky. (A) L 73-49
11/22/08 Louisville, Ky. (A) L 79-41
3/20/09 Dayton, Ohio (NS) L 74-54 (NCAA)
3/17/11 Denver, Colo. (NS) W 62-61 (NCAA)
11/4/24 Louisville, Ky. (A) L 93-45
NOTABLE
• Morehead State will be facing a top-25 ranked opponent for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.
• The 2025-26 OVC co-Coach of the Year,
Jonathan Mattox, is the first coach in men's basketball program history to lead his team to an OVC regular-season championship in his first two years leading the program. He is in his third season as head coach, spending nine years on the Morehead State staff before two on staff at Murray State.
• Morehead State is 73-13 at home in the past five seasons, an 86 percent success rate in Johnson Arena.
• Morehead State has reached 20 wins in five of the past six seasons. No other current league team can claim that accomplishment.
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Chase Dawson and
Vince Dawson III both were tabbed as "Players to Watch" in the OVC preseason awards. Morehead State was picked for a tie for third place with UT Martin and SIUE.
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Chase Dawson and
Davion Cunningham both eclipsed the 900-point threshold in their college careers late in the season in 2025-26. Dawson has 943 now, while Cunningham sits at 918.
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Clayton Parker is Morehead State's leading scorer after two games, averaging 18.0 ppg. He had career highs of 24 points and four steals against Virginia Lynchburg. Parker has also not missed a three-pointer yet this season (4-for-4).
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Kyrell Shaw lit up the nets for 28 points against Virginia-Lynchburg, including six first-half three-pointers when he scored 22 points.
• Morehead State's 15 made three-pointers against Virginia-Lynchburg was just three short of the program single-game record set in 1995-96 versus Centre (Ky.).
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Jarvis Wright had a breakout game versus Virginia-Lynchburg. After sitting out last year, he posted career bests of eight assists, seven points and six rebounds.
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Dalman Alexander and
Tayvion Tangiora each produced double-doubles versus Virginia-Lynchburg.
• MSU's 'big men"
Clayton Parker,
Tayvion Tangiora and
Dalman Alexander have combined to hit 25-of-34 (.735) fron the field in the first two games.
