The Official Tennessee vs. Murray State Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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Tennessee Volunteers: 1-0 (0-0 SEC)

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Murray State Racers: 1-0 (0-0 OVC)

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GAME 2 | TENNESSEE vs. MURRAY STATE - Nov. 12, 2019 | 9:05 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)


Line: UT: -12.5
O/U: 148

TV: SEC Network: Watch
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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads the all-time series with Murray State 3-0.
• After first meeting in Knoxville in 1945, these programs did not play again until November of 2005 in Nashville. The most recent meeting came in December of 2006 in Knoxville.
• Murray State head coach Matt McMahon is a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and a graduate of Oak Ridge High School.
• McMahon was a graduate assistant at Tennessee under head coach Buzz Peterson during the 2001-02 season.
 
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STORYLINES

• Tennessee looks to extend the nation's longest active home win streak Tuesday. A victory over Murray State would stand as UT's 28th straight win at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Tennessee has won five straight home games against teams from the state of Kentucky, dating to February of 2016. That includes four victories over Kentucky and a victory over Eastern Kentucky.
• Murray State is adjusting to life after All-American guard Ja Morant, who was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the No. 2 overall pick in June's NBA Draft. Morant led the Racers to back-to-back OVC regular-season titles, OVC Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament berths.
 
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LAYUP LINES

• Eight of the nine Vols who played in last Tuesday's season-opener vs. UNC Asheville scored.
• Rick Barnes hopes to see a dramatic reduction in turnovers after the Vols' starting backcourt accounted 13 turnovers in the opener.
• Juniors Yves Pons (15 points) and Jalen Johnson (eight points) both set career-highs for scoring in the win over UNC Asheville.
• Junior forward John Fulkerson was +20 against UNC Asheville and was one rebound shy of logging a double-double (10 points, nine rebounds).
• 7-foot transfer forward Uroš Plavšic is inactive this season after his NCAA waiver for immediate eligibility was denied.
• Freshman forward Drew Pember suffered a right ankle injury during UT's Oct. 30 exhibition. He missed the UNC Asheville game, and his status is day-to-day.
 
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ABOUT MURRAY STATE

• The Racers opened their 2019-20 campaign with a 69-49 victory over Southern University on Saturday night. Top returners, Tevin Brown and KJ Williams led the way for Murray State accounting for 17 and 15 points respectively. The victory was the Racers 21st home opening victory since moving into the CFSB Center 22 years ago, with the lone loss coming in 2014 against Houston.
• After losing the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, guard Ja Morant, Murray State will look to redshirt sophomore guard Tevin Brown as a key contributor. Brown is the Racers' leading returner in scoring (11.8 ppg), assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.1 spg), while also showing himself as a force on the glass, averaging 6.5 rebounds per game last season.
• The Racers also return forward Darnell Cowart. The senior, in his first season with Murray State—after transferring from junior college—was named to the 2019 OVC All-Newcomer Team after averaging 10.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season. After Cowart was inserted into the starting lineup in their 22nd game, the Racers reeled off 12 consecutive wins to end the season before losing to Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Murray State head coach Matt McMahon and assistant coach Tim Kaine are both East Tennessee natives, hailing from nearby Oak Ridge.
• Along with two key returners, the Racers also look to gain production from their talented class of freshmen guards. Noah Kamba (6-2, Brookline, Mass.) provides a unique playmaking ability, along with a high level of quickness and speed. While, Chico Carter Jr. (6-2, Columbia, S.C.) has the ability to distribute as well as any guard, along with being an effective scorer.
• Murray State was named the most Instagrammed college in the state of Kentucky in a 2019 study.
• The Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum is located on Murray State's campus.
 
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Big thanks as always Yankee. Murray State was preseason picked to finish 2nd in the OVC with their strong frontcourt. This will be a challenge for us down low but should be a good test for what Washington can throw at us. GBO
 
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I grew up playing Matt McMahon, Murray State Head Coach, in basketball. This will be fun for me. I figure Matt will get picked up by a bigger school soon. I will cheer for Matt; however Go Vols!
 
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9PM What's with that? Blue Hair bedtime. The old soldiers will have to bring their cots.
 
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Lol its is on later than I had hoped. I hope Turner can control the ball a little better tonight, he has always had the propensity to turn it over, I kept telling myself he will improve next season on that lol..... but it is what it is, I enjoy watching him play

Go Big Orange!
 
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I know Morant was huge for Murray state last year, but this is a team that will compete for their conference championship again this year. Will learn a lot about a young Vols team tonight, and right before the game against a solid Washington team in Canada.
 
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Thanks for the pre-game info Yankee. If only the News-Sentinel would follow your lead - there is no story or any mention wrt tonight's game in the print edition. Currently the online edition has nothing published today either (two features still up from Monday). Perhaps it's because there's a late game tonight that won't make the print edition in the morning either. Out of sight, out of mind maybe.

Basically my gripe is..the KNS sports section sucks.
 
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A-RodWiLks said:
Big thanks as always Yankee. Murray State was preseason favorite to win the OVC with their strong frontcourt. This will be a challenge for us down low but should be a good test for what Washington can throw at us. GBO
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From what I saw Belmont was the preseason pick, Murray State was 2nd and received 1st place votes, but Belmont was #1. Even so, your point remains, it’s a team expected to do well and a team that you could see in an opening round NCAAT game as a potential 5/12 matchup.
 
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Going to be an interesting matchup for sure. Biggest thing I want to see is us take care of the ball. And get Bowden some shots. He and Turner don’t need to be facilitators they need to be scorers.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
From what I saw Belmont was the preseason pick, Murray State was 2nd and received 1st place votes, but Belmont was #1. Even so, your point remains, it’s a team expected to do well and a team that you could see in an opening round NCAAT game as a potential 5/12 matchup.
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You are correct! Thanks for pointing that out
 
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I hate Mu**ay..........................

Beat Mu**ay!
 
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I'd like to see Pons build on what he did last week. Not necessarily 15 points a game, but 8-10 ppg along with 8-10 rebs pg and the assorted blocked shots would be sweet. Just don't disappear - be reliable night in and night out.
 
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therealitytheory said:
Thanks for the pre-game info Yankee. If only the News-Sentinel would follow your lead - there is no story or any mention wrt tonight's game in the print edition. Currently the online edition has nothing published today either (two features still up from Monday). Perhaps it's because there's a late game tonight that won't make the print edition in the morning either. Out of sight, out of mind maybe.

Basically my gripe is..the KNS sports section sucks.
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In other news, water is wet
 
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