MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Isaiah Canaan scored a game-high 18 points to lead Murray State past Tennessee-Martin 73-62 Thursday night in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup.
Stacy Wilson added 16 points, Jeffery Moss had 14, and Ed Daniels chipped in with 9 points and 11 rebounds to help Murray State (10-3, 1-0) win its conference opener.
Morehead State shot 48 percent (12 for 25) in the first half, and held Tennessee-Martin to just 28 percent (7 for 25) in the period.
Wilson scored 14 points in the half as Murray State took a 33-19 lead into halftime.
Even though Tennessee-Martin (3-12, 0-3) shot 50 percent in the second half, the Racers led by as many as 24 points and shot a better 54.2 percent (13 for 24) for the period.
Murray State outscored Tennessee-Martin 8-0 on fast-break points.
Mike Liabo led the Skyhawks with 12 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Murray State (10-3) « | 33 | 40 | 73 |
| Tennessee-Martin (3-12) | 19 | 43 | 62 |
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| Murray State Racers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Wilson, F | 23 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| E. Daniel, F | 20 | 2-5 | 5-9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| B. Garrett, F | 19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Fields, G | 19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Canaan, G | 16 | 6-8 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Moss | 25 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| C. Ford | 19 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| E. McCree | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Rambo | 15 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Gilmore | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Z. Henderson | 11 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Mushatt | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 17-26 | 35 | 17 | 21 | 73 | |
| 51% | 65.4% | ||||||
| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 25 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| J. Washington, F | 20 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Childs, G | 32 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Richardson, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| O. Minor, G | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith | 27 | 2-9 | 6-6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Liabo | 21 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| B. McLaughlin | 19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Dowdell | 15 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Oldham | 12 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Taylor | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Jones | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 14-18 | 30 | 11 | 24 | 62 | |
| 40.4% | 77.8% | ||||||
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