MURRAY, Ky. (AP) - Isaiah Canaan had 30 points, three assists and two steals to lead Murray State to a 79-72 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday night.
Ed Daniel added 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the Racers.
Murray State (4-1) built a 12-point lead 11 minutes into the first half, but the game went down to the wire with the lead changing hands nine times, the last time with 2:49 on the clock when Canaan drained a 3.
Despite Daniel's performance, the Racers were outrebounded 41-30 in a game where Murray State shot 49.1 percent from the field (28 of 57) and 42.3 percent at the line (11 of 26).
Old Dominion (1-5) outscored the Racers from the bench 38-5 in its fourth consecutive loss, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor (29 of 65) and hitting just 7 of 23 3-pointers.
Donte Hill led the Monarchs with 16 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Old Dominion (1-5) | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Murray State (4-1) « | 40 | 39 | 79 |
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| Old Dominion Monarchs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Ross, F | 17 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Larsen, C | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Hill, G | 35 | 6-16 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| K. Palmore, G | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Batten, G | 18 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Painter | 28 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Clark | 26 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| N. Wright | 24 | 3-11 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Bacote | 20 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 29-65 | 7-11 | 41 | 13 | 23 | 72 | |
| 44.6% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Murray State Racers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Daniel, F | 36 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Garrett, F | 28 | 6-6 | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| I. Canaan, G | 38 | 10-18 | 4-5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| D. Fields, G | 29 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| S. Wilson, G | 25 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ford | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Gilmore | 10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Moss | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. McCree | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-57 | 12-20 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 79 | |
| 49.1% | 60% | ||||||
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