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Racers wrestle first place away from Governors with 67-58 verdcit

February 6, 2011 |

APSU Men’s Basketball

Clarksville, TN – Murray State used a 16-2 early second-half run and never looked back as it defeated Austin Peay State University, 67-58, Saturday night in Ohio Valley Conference basketball action in Dave Aaron Arena.

The victory allowed the Racers, now 17-6 overall and 9-3 in the OVC, to wrestle away first place from the Governors, who fell to 15-10 overall and 9-4 in the OVC.

Junior Josh Terry led the Governors with 17 points in the Govs loss to Murray State, Saturday night.

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First place at stake as Governors play host to Murray State

February 4, 2011 |

APSU Men’s Basketball

Clarksville, TN – It only seems appropriate Austin Peay and Murray State will be battling for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference, 7:30pm, Saturday, in Dave Aaron Arena.

Since 1987 one or both teams have appeared in the OVC tournament title game. Since the turn of the century, the Govs have won four regular-season OVC titles while Murray State has won two, including last season. In other words the two programs have appeared in a multitude of intense ball match ups, some surrounded by controversy.

APSU Men's Basketball. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)

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Governors snap Racers’ 25-game home win streak with 66-64 victory

January 8, 2011 |

APSU Men’s Basketball

Murray, KY – Austin Peay State University snapped the nation’s fourth longest home winning streak, Saturday afternoon, as it held off Murray State, 66-64, in Ohio Valley Conference basketball action, played at the CFSB Center in Murray, KY.

The victory was Austin Peay’s fifth straight and improved them to 5-0 in the OVC and 11-6 overall. Murray State falls to 10-5 overall and 3-2 in the OVC.

The Govs’ victory snapped the Racer’s 25-game home winning streak. Only Kansas (68), Duke (28) and Kentucky (26) had longer winning streaks entering Saturday. It also snapped Murray State’s 18-game OVC home winning streak.

APSU Governors Basketball (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)

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Basketball Govs picked third in OVC preseason poll, Campbell named preseason All-OVC

October 26, 2010 |

APSU Men’s Basketball

Nashville, TN – Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in a preseason Ohio Valley Conference poll of league coaches and sports information directors. Junior forward Anthony Campbell also was voted preseason All-OVC.

This was announced Monday at the OVC Basketball Media Day, hosted at Municipal Auditorium, the new site for the 2010-11 OVC Basketball Tournament. Along with the unveiling of the preseason poll and All-OVC teams, OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche introduced a number of improvements to Municipal, including a new OVC-branded basketball playing surface.

Govs head coach Dave Loos. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)

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Racers run away late to down Govs

January 10, 2010 |

Murray State used a 16-0 late-game run to break open a tight game and defeat Austin Peay State University, 69-53, in Ohio Valley Conference action, Saturday night, in Dave Aaron Arena.

The victory improved Murray State to 13-3 overall and 5-0 in the OVC. Meanwhile, the Governors slip to 9-9 overall and 3-3 in the OVC. It was only Murray State’s third win in Clarksville since 1997 and first since 2006.

The Racers used suffocating defense to hold APSU to just 33.3 percent (13 of 33) shooting. In fact, the 13 field goals were the fewest by the Governors since making only 13 field goals at Illinois in 2006.

APSU attempts to take the ball up court against the tough Racer defense (Robert Smith/The Leaf-Chronicle)

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