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Austin Peay (3-1, 0-0 OVC) at Murray State (2-1, 0-0 OVC) – 8:30 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to the far reaches of Western Kentucky for the Ohio Valley conference opener between Austin Peay and Murray State. The Govs started the season with a second place finish in the #BeachBubble at Fort Myers – they beat Omaha and East Tennessee State before falling to Abilene Christian in the championship. Throw in a non-D1 win against Carver, and Terry Taylor is looking like a leading OVC Player of the Year candidate with 19.5 points a game and 12 rebounds a game through their first four games.
Murray State opened their season with a glorified exhibition against non-D1 Greenville with a 173-95 victory; they have split their first two games against D1 competition with a loss at Middle Tennessee State and, most recently, a 76-65 home victory against Illinois State. Tevin Brown scored 22 points for the Racers against Illinois State and became the 44th member of Murray State’s 1,000-point club. He is only a junior and may be on pace to potentially be a future 2,000-point member as well!