NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Isaiah Canaan scored 32 points, 19 in the second half, as Murray State fought off a tough challenge by Lipscomb for an 88-79 nonconference victory Monday night.
Canaan, who scored 30 in his previous game, made 10 of 17 shots, including 6 of 11 on 3-pointers.
Ed Daniel added 18 points and 18 rebounds to get his fourth straight double-double for the Racers (5-1), and Stacy Wilson added 23 points and six assists.
The Bisons (2-3) led 40-39 at halftime and 46-41 with 17:59 left in the second half. Murray State pulled ahead 47-46 with 15:55 left after a layup and 3-pointer by Canaan and never trailed again.
Lipscomb cut a 12-point deficit to four, 80-76, on Carter Sanderson's 3-pointer with 1:54 left, but the Racers used free throws to rebuild their lead to 10.
Malcolm Smith led Lipscomb with 22 points, Deonte Alexander had 18 and Martin Smith 17.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Murray State (5-1) « | 39 | 49 | 88 |
| Lipscomb (2-3) | 40 | 39 | 79 |
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| Murray State Racers | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| S. Wilson, F | 36 | 8-18 | 2-2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| E. Daniel, F | 32 | 4-9 | 12-17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| B. Garrett, F | 12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| I. Canaan, G | 39 | 10-17 | 6-9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| D. Fields, G | 31 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Z. Henderson, F | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Moss, F | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Gilmore, F | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E. McCree, F | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Ford, G | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Rambo, F | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28-58 | 21-30 | 47 | 17 | 22 | 88 | |
| 48.3% | 70.0% | ||||||
| Lipscomb Bison | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| M. Smith, F | 37 | 6-15 | 5-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Smith, F | 35 | 7-14 | 6-10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| S. Hurt, C | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| D. Alexander, G | 35 | 7-15 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| K. Sankey, G | 28 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Sanderson, G | 24 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| O. Garcia, C | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Denny, G | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Johnson, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 28-71 | 17-24 | 37 | 15 | 23 | 79 | |
| 39.4% | 70.8% | ||||||
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