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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State men's basketball squad is preparing for another Ohio Valley Conference road trip this week as the Eagles start it out at Southeast Missouri Thursday. Tip off time is 8:30 p.m. ET.
The game will air on ESPN+ and the Eagle Sports Radio Network. Listen to Chuck Mraz 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.
Morehead State will be looking to keep up its recent success rate playing at the Show Me Center. MSU has won five straight at SEMO since 2020-21. The program has won eight of the last nine times in Cape Girardeau since 2016-17 and 12 of the last 14 road games vs. SEMO since the 2007-08 season. Overall, the Eagles lead the series 40-23.
The Redhawks have won four straight games and sit at 13-10 overall and are tied with the Eagles in the league standings at 8-4.
2025-26 RECORDS
MSU: 12-11, 8-4 OVC | SEMO: 13-10, 8-4 OVC
SERIES INFORMATION
Record vs. SEMO: 40-23
First Meeting: 1/18/92 SEMO won 85-74 at SEMO
Last Meeting: 1/10/26 MSU won 71-69 at MSU
Streak: MSU, W1
Record in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: 17-12
Record in Morehead: 21-10
Neutral Record: 2-1
LAST 5 GAMES
12/31/23 Cape Girardeau, Mo. W 83-64
2/29/24 MOREHEAD, KY. W 72-50
1/11/25 Cape Girardeau, Mo. W 67-56
2/6/25 MOREHEAD, KY. L 80-51
1/10/26 MOREHEAD, KY. W 71-69
NOTABLE
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Davion Cunningham's career-high 35 points lifted the Eagles to a 71-69 win in the first meeting with SEMO Jan. 10 at home. MSU trailed by as many as 12 in the second half before rallying. Cunningham's 35 ranks No. 2 for single-game points by an OVC player this year.
• MSU ranks No. 1 in the OVC in games decided by five points or less. The Eagles have been in 10 of those games this season, going 7-3. SEMO has five games in the five or less range. SIUE ranks second with nine, followed by Tennessee Tech with eight.
• MSU has won 40 straight games when its opponent scores 60 or less, since falling to No. 23-ranked Murray State on Feb. 12, 2022.
• Morehead State's streak of winning when leading with a minute left in regulation was halted Saturday when Lindenwood rallied in the final 10 seconds to beat the Eagles. MSU had won 30 straight games when holding the lead with a minute left. In the past five seasons, MSU is 73-4 when it holds the advantage with 60 or fewer seconds left.
• Morehead State has won 53 straight games when it shoots at least 50 percent from the floor.
• The Eagles have won five games this season where they trailed with three or fewer minutes left in regulation.
• MSU and Lindenwood traded leads 18 times Jan. 31 before the Lions finally had the last change with 3.2 seconds left, winning 79-78. That's the most lead changes in an Eagle games this year.
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Jon Carroll ranks first in the conference in offensive rebounds per game (3.3). He has eight games where he's grabbed 4+ offensive boards.
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George Marshall, Jr., now has 993 career points in college. He's scored 567 in his three seasons at MSU. If Marshall can get to 1,000 points, it will mark the fifth straight season an Eagle reached 1,000 career college points. The last Eagle to score 1,000+ all at Morehead State was LaMontray Harris in 2018-19.
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George Marshall, Jr., has scored in double figures in 12 of the last 14 games, averaging 14.0 ppg in that span. He leads the team with 16 contests scoring 10+.
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Chase Dawson and
Davion Cunningham have both now eclipsed 800 career collegiate points. Dawson (847) Cunningham (828) each reached or exceeded the 800 threshold vs. Western Illinois Jan. 22.
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Anouar Mellouk has scored in double digits five straight games and shot 45 percent in that span.
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Vince Dawson III, known to the team as "Trip", leads MSU by hitting 43 percent from "trip" range - three-point range.
• Morehead State's non-starters average 31.0 points per game, second in the OVC. In 10 games this year, MSU's bench production has been 10+ points better than the opponent's bench scoring.
• This marks eight consecutive seasons Morehead State has had at least one three-game winning streak.
• MSU owns six wins this year where it trailed at halftime. That's the most wins trailing after 20 minutes in the past six seasons.
• Morehead State will look to start February better than it did last season. The Eagles ended the shortest month of the year at 0-7 in 2024-25.
• The Eagles boast an 9-3 record this season when they make more free throws than the opponent.
