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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State men's basketball is gearing up for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, and the Eagles' road to the title will only need to be two wins. The No. 2 seed Eagles will await their first opponent, but they know they will play in the semifinals on Friday evening at 10:30 p.m. ET in Evansville, Indiana's Ford Center.
The opponent will either be No. 3 Southeast Missouri, No. 6 Lindenwood or No. 7 Little Rock. Little Rock and Lindenwood play Wednesday evening, and the winner plays SEMO Thursday night for the chance to advance to the play MSU.
The game will air on ESPNU with Robert Lee and Richie Schueler. Fans can listen to the Eagle Sports Radio Network with Chuck Mraz and Tom Lewis 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.
2025-26 RECORD
MSU: 19-12, 15-5 OVC
SERIES INFORMATION
SEMO
Record vs. SEMO: 40-23
First Meeting: 1/18/92 SEMO won 85-74 at SEMO
Last Meeting: 2/5/26 SEMO won 82-70 at SEMO
Streak: SEMO, W1
Record in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: 17-13
Record in Morehead: 21-10
Neutral Record: 2-1
LAST 5 GAMES
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
2/5/26 Cape Girardeau, Mo. L 82-70
LINDENWOOD
Record vs. LIN: 4-4
First Meeting: 1/21/23 MSU won 72-63 at LIN
Last Meeting: 1/31/26 LIN won 79-78 at MSU
Streak: LIN, W4
Record in St. Charles, Mo.: 1-2
Record in Morehead: 3-1
Neutral Record: 0-1
LAST 5 GAMES
1/18/25 MOREHEAD, KY. W 82-65
2/13/25 St. Charles, Mo. L 73-60
3/5/25 Evansville, Ind. L 73-65
1/1/26 St. Charles, Mo. L 77-64
1/31/26 MOREHEAD, KY. L 79=78
LITTLE ROCK
Record vs. LR: 5-3
First Meeting: 1/26/23 MSU won 76-72 at MSU
Last Meeting: 2/26/26 MSU won 76-70 at LR
Streak: MSU, W2
Record in Little Rock, Ark.: 2-2
Record in Morehead, Ky.: 2-1
Neutral Record: 1-0
LAST 5 GAMES
3/9/24 Evansville, Ind. W 69-55
1/9/25 Little Rock, Ark. W 59-53
2/8/25 MOREHEAD, KY. L 76-62
12/16/25 MOREHEAD, KY. W 78-64
2/26/26 Little Rock, Ark. W 76-70
NOTABLE
• Morehead State's 15 league wins are the second most in program history, only behind the 17 won in 2020-21. The Eagle program has won at least a share of three of the past four OVC regular season titles.
• The OVC co-Coach of the Year,
Jonathan Mattox, is the first coach in men's basketball program history to lead his team an OVC regular-season championship in his first two years leading the program. MSU's staff of
Jason Taylor,
Ky Klingsick, Bryan Sherrer,
Ben Sisson and John Tedesco completely rebuilt the roster, which only included two players returning who saw minutes last season.
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Jonathan Mattox is a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award by CollegeInsider.com, honoring Division I's top minority head coach.
• MSU is appearing in the OVC Tournament field for the eighth straight season, the longest active streak among current OVC teams. The Eagles have appeared in the OVC Tournament title game in three of the past five seasons (2021, 2022, 2024). Morehead State has won at least one game in 12 of its last 16 appearances.
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George Marshall, Jr., earned First-Team All-OVC and
Jon Carroll earned Second-Team all-conference and All-Newcomer.
• Morehead State enters the OVC Tournament on a seven-game winning streak and has won 11 of the past 13. During the win streak, the Eagles shot 48 percent from the field and held three foes to 63 points or less.
• In the past six games (240 minutes worth), MSU has only trailed for 24:34.
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George Marshall, Jr., now has 1,210 career points. It marks the fifth straight season an Eagle reached 1,000 career college points during the season.
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George Marshall, Jr., ranks second among all OVC players with 122 free throws made and also ranks second, hitting 84 percent from the line in the Eagles' 31 games. In the last six games, he hit 33-of-36 free throws (.916)
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Jon Carroll is the second leading rebounder in the OVC with 238 total boards this year but is the leading rebounder among players in the OVC Tournament since league leader Tolu Samuels from USI is not in the field.
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Jon Carroll hit 70 percent from the field in the past six games (39-of-56).
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Chase Dawson and
Davion Cunningham both eclipsed the 900-point threshold in their college careers in the regular season finale. Dawson now has 903, while Cunningham sits at 900.
• Morehead State has scored at least 70 points in 21 games. MSU ranks third in the conference in scoring offense at 75.8 per game.
• The Eagles had more assists than their opponent in 12 of the 20 conference games.
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Tamaury Releford has shot 75 percent in the past eight games, including 7-of-8 at Western Illinois when he scored a career high (against D1 opponents) 14 points.
• In conference games, MSU ranks third in the league in free throw percentage at .754.
• MSU has won 42 straight games when its opponent scores 60 or less, since falling to No. 23-ranked Murray State on Feb. 12, 2022.
• The Eagles boast a 14-3 record this season when they make more free throws than the opponent.
• When MSU shoots 50 percent or better, the program has won 57 of the last 58 games since 2020-21.
• What a difference a season makes. Last February, MSU was 0-7. This February, MSU was 7-1.
OVC WEEKLY AWARDS
Davion Cunningham (Player) Nov. 24
Davion Cunningham (Newcomer) Nov. 24
Davion Cunningham (Newcomer) Jan. 12
Vince Dawson III (Freshman) Jan. 12
Jon Carroll (Newcomer) Feb. 16
Jon Carroll (Newcomer) March 1
