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2011 MORGAN STATE BASKETBALL
Game 2
Monday, November 14 – 7 p.m. (ET)
Morgan State (0-1, 0-0 MEAC) vs. Murray State (1-0, 0-0 OVC)
Baltimore, Md. – Hill Field House
 
Live Coverage
Television:  N/A
Radio: Sirius Channel 137, Lamont Germany (Play-by-Play)
  
BEAR FACTS
Head Coach: Todd Bozeman
Alma Mater/Year: Rhode Island/1986
Record at MSU/Year: 102-66/6th
Career Record: 137-128
Basketball SID:  Leonard L. Haynes IV
Office Phone: 443-885-3831
E-Mail: lhaynesiv@aol.com   
Ticket Info: 443-885-3830
 
2011 MSU SCHEDULE & RESULTS
 
OFFICIAL MURRAY STATE WEBSITE

GAME TIME
• Morgan State will host Murray State in their home-opener at Hill Field House on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.  The game will be broadcast live by Sirius Channel 137. There will also be a LIVE stats of the game at www.MorganStateBears.com. Last Friday, Kevin Thompson posted 14 points and 10 rebounds, but the Bears fell 74-63 at #14/15 Xavier. Murray State's Donte Poole scored a career-high 18 points as the Racers won 76-49 in their season- pener against Harris-Stowe at the CFSB Center.

BEAR BITS
• The Bears will look to rebound from last year's fourth place MEAC finish and reclaim the conference title for the fourth time in five years.

• The Bears completed the 2010-11 season with a 17-14 mark and posted a 10-6 conference record.

• Morgan State was selected to win the MEAC Regular Season Title, edging out last year's MEAC Tournament Champion Hampton. The Bears received eight (8) first place votes and a totaled 616 points to take hold of the conference's top spot going into the season.

• MSU senior Kevin Thompson returns to lead the Bears this season...the 6-foot-9 forward was the 2010 MEAC Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the 2011 All-District 1st Team ... Thompson averaged 13.1 points per game, 9.1 rebounds and has recorded 13 double-doubles (pts & rebs) last season.

• MSU recorded several non-conference victories last year including wins over Loyola Marymount University (81-79), Maryland Baltimore County (75-62), Western Illinois (72-53), Robert Morris (67-66).

THE SERIES VS. THE RACERS
• Morgan State and Murray State will meet for the second time on Monday.  
• Murray State won the first meeting 75-66 on February 20, 2010 in an ESPN Bracketbusters contest.

NOTE ON THE RACERS
• Isaiah Canaan was named Henson Preseason All- America. He enters his junior season as a member of the All-Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Team. He was OVC Freshman of the Year and OVC Tournament MVP in 2010, as well as a part of the OVC Newcomer Team. Last season, Canaan was named to the All-OVC First Team. 

• Steve Prohm took over the head coaching reigns at Murray State when Billy Kennedy became the head coach at Texas A&M. Prohm (the 15th head coach in MSU history) is one of 52 first-year head coaches in NCAA D-I and one of 24 making this season their first head coaching job at any level. 

HOME SWEET HOME
• Todd Bozeman has coached the Bears to a terrific home record since joining Morgan State.
• Bozeman has led the Bears to a 44-8 (.846) home record inside the confines of Hill Field House, including a home season finale win against Delaware State on Feb. 23.
• The Loyola Greyhounds' 73-69 victory at Hill Field House on November 29, 2010 handed the Bears its first home loss since a 71-68 loss to South Carolina State on February 15, 2010.
• The 76-74 loss to Norfolk State on January 29, 2011 was the first conference loss at home since the South Carolina State game on February 15, 2010.
• The average margin of loss at home in the past four seasons is 4.1 pts, including a 83-63 loss vs. Seton Hall on Nov. 26, 2006 at Hill Field House.