Racers fall to SIU for second straight road loss
Posted By: Simon Elfrink
December 13, 2020
Gage Johnson
gjohnson17@murraystate.edu
The Murray State men’s basketball team followed up a dominating performance with a foul-heavy and turnover-laden performance against Southern Illinois University, falling in the closing moments at 70-66.
The Salukis came out of the gates letting it fly from deep, forcing the Racers into two turnovers and quickly taking a 6-0 lead.
Along with lights out shooting from SIU, turnovers became a recurring theme for the next 38 minutes of play.
Murray State had six turnovers by the 12:52 mark and the Salukis had turned them into eight points off of turnovers to jump out to a 16-10 lead.
Sidelines: Lawrence graduate Mason Cooper begins his climb up the coaching ladder at Eastern Kentucky
Grad student is done playing basketball at Eastern Kentucky. Now, he helps the Colonels as the team s video coordinator, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Lawrence High School graduate Mason Cooper has moved on from his playing career at Eastern Kentucky University. He s now serving as the team s video coordinator. Contributed photo/Eastern Kentucky athletics
There’s a slight twang to Mason Cooper’s voice now. The Lawrence High School graduate is now a 21-year old young man of the South, not just of southern Somerset County.