Published: December 11, 2007 02:33 pm         

Eagles fall to Racers

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Drake Reed scored 16 points to lead a balanced Austin Peay scoring attack and the Governors defeated Morehead State, 67-63, Thursday (Dec. 6) evening at Dave Aaron Arena in Clarksville.

APSU, now 4-4 overall and 2-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference, also got 11 points from Todd Babington and 10 points each from Fernandez Lockett and Kyle Duncan.  Lockett pulled won a game-high eight rebounds.

Morehead State, 2-5 overall and 0-1 in the OVC, was led by Jamyron Steward who scored 16 points.  Leon Buchanan added 13 points, and Maze Stallworth scored 11 points.  Point guard Nikola Stojakovic handed out a game-high nine assists.

“It was disappointing,” said MSU Head Coach Donnie Tyndall, “because we had a chance to win tonight.  A couple of failed block outs late, and they were able to capitalize.

“I thought Jamyron Steward was as aggressive as he had been all season.  Nikola (Stojakovic) hit a couple of shots at key time.  Cecil Brown hit a big shot late, and that was good to see.”

Both teams hit 24-of-48 (50 percent) from the field.  MSU made seven-of-21 from three-point range, Austin Peay five-of-17.  The Eagles out-scored the Governors by two points from the field, but APSU hit 14-of-18 free throws to eight-of-11 for MSU.

The Eagles won the rebound battle, 27-to-26.  MSU committed 17 turnovers, Austin Peay had 14 miscues.

The Governors led by four points, 34-to-30, at halftime.  But, MSU came back to lead by as many as four points in the second half before Austin Peay rallied late to post the conference win.

 

•Eagle Men Lose

to Hot-Shooting

Murray State

MURRAY, Ky. – The Morehead State Eagles lost a 63-44 Ohio Valley Conference contest to hot-shooting Murray State Saturday (Dec. 8) at the Regional Special Events Center in Murray.

The Racers, now 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the OVC, hit 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the field to only 26.1 percent (12-of-46) for the Eagles.  Muray got 13 points and seven rebounds from Bruce Carter and 11 points from Tyler Holloway.

Morehead State, now 2-6 overall and 0-2 in the league, were led by Leon Buchanan who scored 13 points.  Kenneth Faried had nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

“We didn’t play very well offensively,” said Eagle Coach Donnie Tyndall.  “You don’t give yourself much of a chance to win the game when you shoot 26 percent.

“And we weren’t much better defensively.  They shot well and out-rebounded us by seven.  We’re playing three freshmen in our top seven, and I guess some nights this will happen.”

Murray led 31-20 at halftime, then scored the first six points of the second half, and the Eagles could get no closer than 14 points after that.

 

MSU will take next week off for final exams and will then play host to UT Martin at 7 p.m. EST on Dec. 17.