The Racers are OVC Champs

In last night's men's OVC basketball action, Murray State won their road game against South East Missouri State, 75 to 66, clinching their third straight regular season OVC championship. The Racers are number 16 in the nation according to the Associated Press poll. They'll face one of their toughest opponents this season when they square off against number 21 St. Mary's in Saturday's ESPN Bracketbuster game. Tip off is at 5pm at the CFSB Center. Well- known sportscaster Dick Vitale will call the game for ESPN. In other OVC action last night, Eastern Illinois beat SIU Edwardsville 73 to 66, Tennessee Tech won out over Eastern Kentucky 74 to 67, and Morehead State edged out Austin Peay 52 to 48.