Scores

Final

Tennessee St 51

(9-23, 6-12 OVC)

Murray St 84

(28-4, 17-1 OVC)

8:00 PM ET, March 2, 2010

1 2 T
TNST 24 2751
MURR 36 4884

Top Performers

Tennessee State: R. Covington 9 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl, 4 Blk

Murray State: I. Miles 9 Pts, 3 Reb, 11 Ast, 1 Stl

Murray St. 84, Tennessee St. 51

Associated Press

MURRAY, Ky. -- Ivan Aska scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures in Murray State's 84-71 win over Tennessee State in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament on Tuesday night.

Isaiah Canaan added 13 points, Tony Easley 12, Danero Thomas 11 and B.J. Jenkins 10 for the Racers (28-4), who improved to 15-0 at home this season.

The Racers broke a 16-16 tie early with 13 straight points to lead 29-16 on Easley's free throw with 5:17 left in the first half. They will play Eastern Illinois, a 68-61 winner over Eastern Kentucky, in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday.

Murray State, ranked No. 1 in the OVC in field goal percentage (50.9), shot 57.1 percent from the field (32 of 56), 50 percent from 3-point range (9 of 18) and went 11-for-11 from the free throw line against the Tigers.

Jeremiah Crutcher and Martell Buie scored 11 each for Tennessee State (9-23).

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Team Stat Comparison

 
TNST
MURR
Points 51 84
FG Made-Attempted 19-56 (.339) 32-56 (.571)
3P Made-Attempted 8-22 (.364) 9-18 (.500)
FT Made-Attempted 5-9 (.556) 11-11 (1.000)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 15 (0/0) 13 (0/0)
Largest Lead 0 39

Game Leaders

 
TNST
MURR
PointsJ. Crutcher 11I. Aska 17
ReboundsR. Covington 6T. Easley 7
AssistsW. Peters 3I. Miles 11
StealsW. Peters 4D. Thomas 3
BlocksR. Covington 4T. Easley 6
Team Stats: Tennessee State | Murray State

2009-10 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 7, 2010 MURR 80, @TNST 59Recap
Feb 4, 2010 @MURR 76, TNST 54Recap
» Mar 2, 2010 @MURR 84, TNST 51Recap

Next 5 Games

TNST
MURR
11/12 @MSST 8:00pm
11/15 FISK 8:00pm
11/17 @ILST 8:05pm
11/20 @AFA 9:00pm
11/23 @SLU 8:00pm
 03/05 EIU 7:00pm
03/06 MORE 8:00pm
03/18 @VAN 2:30pm
03/20 @BUT 3:20pm
11/15 ETSU 8:30pm
Complete Schedule: Tennessee State | Murray State

Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Murray State17-130-4
Morehead State15-323-10
Eastern Kentucky11-720-12
Eastern Illinois11-719-12
Austin Peay11-717-15
Tennessee Tech8-1015-17
Jacksonville State7-1111-19
Tennessee State6-129-23
Southeast Missouri State3-157-23
Tennessee-Martin1-174-25
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