CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Isaiah Canaan scored 28 points and Murray State rallied from a 6-point halftime deficit to defeat Southeast Missouri 74-66 on Saturday.
Murray State (11-3, 2-0 Ohio Valley) got 15 points from Ed Daniel and 14 points from Stacy Williams. Canaan and Williams each connected on three 3-pointers.
Daniel helped Murray State to a decisive 43-29 advantage on the boards with 17 rebounds.
A.J. Jones led Southeast Missouri (10-7, 2-1) with 20 points. Tyler Stone scored 16 points and Corey Wilford scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers. He also had five assists.
Murray State converted 18 of 27 free-throw attempts, while Southeast Missouri was 8 of 12.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Murray State (11-3) « | 28 | 46 | 74 |
| Southeast Missouri State (10-7) | 34 | 32 | 66 |
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| Murray State Racers | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| E. Daniel, F | 37 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| B. Garrett, F | 31 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| I. Canaan, G | 39 | 8-18 | 9-12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| S. Wilson, F | 39 | 4-14 | 3-3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| D. Fields, G | 22 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Moss, F | 25 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Z. Henderson, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 24-56 | 18-27 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 74 | |
| 42.9% | 66.7% | ||||||
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| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| N. Johnson, F | 36 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Stone, F | 35 | 7-18 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| L. Nutt, G | 33 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Wilford, G | 33 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Jones, F | 27 | 7-10 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| N. Niemczyk, G | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Smith, G | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. White, G | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Tolbert, F | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 25-58 | 8-12 | 29 | 17 | 24 | 66 | |
| 43.1% | 66.7% | ||||||
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