A tale of two halves: Racers fall to Evansville 78-74

The Murray State Racers dropped a 78-74 decision Wednesday to the Evansville Purple Aces at the Ford Center in Indiana.

The game saw a stark contrast between the first and second halves. Both teams suffered long scoring droughts early, and Murray led just 25-20 at halftime.

The Racers survived a stretch in the first half of 5:30 in which they went scoreless and missed nine straight shots. Murray then went on a 13-0 run and held the Aces scoreless for 10 minutes.

Then after the total of 45 first-half points, both teams heated up for a combined 107 points scored in the second half.

JaCobi Wood scored a career-high 29 points on 9-of-14 shooting including tying his career-high with six 3-pointers. AJ Ferguson added 19 points, and Terence Harcum added 11.

The Racers (11-11) are 5-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference, as they travel to Springfield to play Missouri State Saturday at 2 p.m., before returning to the CFSB Center to host Drake on Feb. 4.



(Photo David Eaton/MSU Athletics)