Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Spons 144 Center Darrin Hale, ajum'or from London, takes a P shot against the Eastern Ky. Colonels. The Eagles EL lost the game 81-78 on Feb. 4. PHOTO BY: Kevin L Goldy w xi Men's Basketball MSU 93 Tenn. Wesleyan 84 MSU 99 Ohio Univ. 7 , 92 MSU 67 Cincinnati 68 MSU 52 K TexasaElPaso 83 MSU 59 ' Sam Hbuston St. 63 MSU 115 F lorida Int. 85 MSU, 98 Ohio Wesleyan y; 95 MSU 73 Vandisrbilt 8 81 8 MSU 69 Syracuse 1 10 , MSU; 87 Marshall 2 -,89 I MSU 78 Eastern Ky. 81 MSU 64 Austin Peay L 93 'MSU, 74 Murray Statej $85 I MSU 88 Tennessee State 99 MSU 64 : Youngstown State 67 MSU' 64 Tennessee State 7 31 I MSU 85 Middle Tenn. 100 , M81239 83,; Tenngssee Tech 89 MSU 75 Eastem Ky. 95 MSU 77 Mo.-Kansas City 81 I MSU 77 :5: , Tennawee Tech x84 MSU 95 Middle Tennessee 109 MSU , 75 Murray State , 77 M80 7' 88 h AuStiii Peayk L , '90 Concentration is evident on the face of freshman forward Donnie Mathews from Florence, South Carolina. The Eagles had a close game with the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Feb. 8. PHOTO BY- Kevin L. Goldy

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Center Darrin Hale 6521, from London, and for- ward Derrick Davis M301, from Decator, AL, fight to keep the Univ. of Mo.-Kansas City from scoring. The Eagles ended up losing the game 88-71 on F ebruary 8. PHOTO BY? Kevin Goldy Guard Talbert Turner, a 5-11 senior from Peach Grove, pushes to the basket during the Mo.-Kansas City game. The Eagles lost 81A77. PHOTO BY: Kevin Goldy Baseball may be Americcfs pasttime, but basketball is Kentucky1s. , This is an exciting scene for fans during the season. PHOTO BY: en 3 BaSketba Kevin Goldy 1 43

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Men's Basketball continued . . . gles were outscored only an average of 7.6 points per game. Most of the losses came by 1 1 or fewer points. We were pretty young as a team. We had to learn new plays and theories, so we were at a disadvantage, said Michael Chaney, a 6'9 junior from Jack- son. The losing streak started with back-to- back road losses to nationally ranked Vanderbilt l81-73l and Syracuse OOO- 69l. The last two losses were by two points each, to Ohio Valley Conference champion, Murray State l77-75l and Junior guard Roddy Peters from Washington, D.C., takes a shot at two points against Murray St. on Feb. 20. The Eagles lost two games to Murray. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy ,8. w. Austin Peay l90-88l. These games placed the Eagles in last place in the OVC. Despite these losses, several members ofthe team had a successful season. Dar- rin Hale, a 6'10 junior from London, scored a career high 0f25 points against Eastern Kentucky and captured 17 re- bounds against Tennessee Tech. Michael Mason, a 6'2 senior from Courland, AL, averaged 15 points per game and scored a career high of 25 points against Marshall. Bo Rivers, a 6'4 junior from Haines City, FL, scored 26 points in the 109-95 loss to Middle Tennessee. The highlight of our season was the Syracuse game, noted Gaither. The Ea- gles traveled to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY, where they played in front of an audience of 26,513 Syracuse fans. t'It was a bit intimidating and very ex- citing, noted Caither. The game and the trip it- self was an experience the team will always remem- ber. . - By: Melody Cooper ,x Senior Forward Derrick Davis WSW, from Deca- tor, AL, and junior center Darrin Hale, from Lon- don, try to prevent a score by Cincinnati. The Eagles lost the game by 1 point on Dec. 3. PHOTO BY: jefColquhoun Matthews from Florence, drives to the basket against Austin Peay. The Eagles lost a very close two- point game on Feb. 22. PHOTO BY: jefColquhoun Men's Basketball 145