CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Isaiah Canaan scored 26 points, and Ed Daniel had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead Murray State to a 71-68 victory against Austin Peay in an Ohio Valley Conference game Saturday night
Canaan made 8 of 16 from the field and 6 of 7 from the line, and Daniel shot 6 of 7 from the field and made 9 of 13 free throws for the Racers (12-4, 3-1).
Travis Betran had 27 points for the Governors (5-13, 1-3), Will Triggs scored 12 points and Anthony Campbell 10. Austin Peay beat Morehead State 84-81 in overtime on Wednesday to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Murray State led 31-29 at the half, but Betran made two free throws to grab a 53-52 lead with 6:08 left.
The Racers went ahead to stay 55-53 on Daniel's three-point play at 5:46, although Betran's four-point play closed it to 70-68 with 11 seconds remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Murray State (12-4) « | 31 | 40 | 71 |
| Austin Peay (5-13) | 29 | 39 | 68 |
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| Murray State Racers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Daniel, F | 31 | 6-7 | 9-13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| B. Garrett, F | 31 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| S. Wilson, F | 28 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| I. Canaan, G | 37 | 8-16 | 6-7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| D. Fields, G | 30 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Moss | 20 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| E. McCree | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Rambo | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Mushatt | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Henderson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-51 | 19-27 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 71 | |
| 45.1% | 70.4% | ||||||
| Austin Peay Governors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Campbell, F | 31 | 3-11 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| W. Triggs, F | 30 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Horton, C | 28 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| T. Betran, G | 39 | 8-19 | 6-8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| J. Purvis, G | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Arentsen | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Lynch | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Hasse | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| C. Freeman | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Lawrence | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-59 | 10-14 | 31 | 13 | 21 | 68 | |
| 40.7% | 71.4% | ||||||
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