A familiar face has earned his opportunity to lead the Morehead State Men s Basketball program. Jonathan Mattox, who spent nine seasons on the MSU bench and helped guide the Eagles
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For just the third time in program history and the first since 2010-11, Morehead State Men's Basketball has landed two players on the All-OVC First-Team. Second-year center Johni Broome and third-year point guard Ta'Lon Cooper are both First-Team members while Broome became the second-ever Eagle to be voted the OVC Defensive Player of the Year.
Morehead State Men's Basketball shot a season-high 58 percent, including 62 percent in the second half, as the Eagles gradually pulled away and roughed up host Eastern Illinois 82-46 Thursday evening at Lantz Arena.
Trailing for much of the game and finding the going tough shooting the ball, Morehead State Men's Basketball dug deep into the rally bin and used a 17-4 run to end the game as the Eagles won their 20th game of the season, 68-60, at UT Martin Wednesday night.