Murray State Racers vs. Evansville Purple Aces

Jan 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MUR	42	37	79
EVAN	30	39	69

Game Recap

Murray State Racers vs Evansville Purple Aces game highlights

Murray State defeats Evansville 79-69. Javon Jackson's 22 points helped Murray State defeat Evansville 79-69 on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

MURRAY STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13Mason Miller	24	0-3	0-2	2-2	3	1	1	0	1	3	2
8JJ Traynor	17	5-8	2-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	12
33Fredrick King	30	4-5	0-0	1-7	7	1	0	2	2	3	9
9Layne Taylor	30	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	2	3
22Javon Jackson	26	8-16	1-4	5-6	3	2	1	0	0	3	22
11Dylan Anderson	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
6Brock Vice	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77Roman Domon	25	6-10	3-5	4-4	11	2	1	0	1	0	19
34Brayden Shorter	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Mathis Courbon	16	2-6	0-2	6-8	3	1	0	0	3	2	10
10KJ Tenner	10	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2
TOTAL	-	27-5945.8%	7-2528.0%	18-2766.7%	34	13	4	2	8	20	79

EVANSVILLE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Joshua Hughes	24	5-9	0-1	4-4	4	0	0	0	1	5	14
23AJ Casey	31	10-13	1-2	3-5	5	1	1	1	0	1	24
6Leif Moeller	26	2-8	0-3	2-3	3	5	0	0	2	4	6
0Bryce Quinet	34	5-11	0-1	3-4	5	4	2	0	2	2	13
12Alex Hemenway	27	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2
2James Dyson-Merwe	13	2-3	0-0	0-1	6	1	0	1	1	4	4
45Trent Hundley	24	1-5	0-3	2-2	3	0	1	1	0	0	4
9Kaia Berridge	21	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	1	1	3	2	2



TOTAL	-	27-5350.9%	1-128.3%	14-1973.7%	27	15	5	4	12	19	69

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMUREVAN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Murray State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Evansville.
+2 (19:43) Fred King makes layup (Mason Miller assists).
20
(19:26) Leif Moeller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:23) Javon Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:17) Javon Jackson makes 6-foot jumper.
40
+2 (18:55) AJ Casey makes 7-foot jumper (Leif Moeller assists).
42
+2 (18:38) Javon Jackson makes layup (Fred King assists).
62
+2 (18:23) AJ Casey makes 7-foot jumper (Bryce Quinet assists).
64
(18:02) Javon Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:57) JJ Traynor Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:57) JJ Traynor makes 0-foot tip in layup.
84
+3 (17:42) AJ Casey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Quinet assists).
87
(17:31) JJ Traynor misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:27) Leif Moeller Defensive Rebound.
(17:11) Leif Moeller misses 7-foot jumper.
(17:08) Fred King Defensive Rebound.
(16:44) Javon Jackson misses 12-foot jumper.
(16:41) Evansville Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:19) Bryce Quinet makes layup.
89
(16:19) Foul on Dylan Anderson.
+1 (16:19) Bryce Quinet makes free throw 1 of 1.
810
(16:02) JJ Traynor misses layup.
(16:02) AJ Casey Block.
(15:57) Joshua Hughes Defensive Rebound.
(15:44) Foul on JJ Traynor.
(15:41) team 5 sec inbound turnover.
+2 (15:16) JJ Traynor makes 5-foot jumper (Dylan Anderson assists).
1010
(14:57) Alex Hemenway bad pass turnover.
(14:57) Layne Taylor Steal.
(14:51) Mason Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:49) Evansville Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:26) Joshua Hughes makes 6-foot jumper (Leif Moeller assists).
1012
(14:10) Brock Vice misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:04) Roman Domon Offensive Rebound.
(13:58) KJ Tenner misses 9-foot jumper.
(13:55) Joshua Hughes Defensive Rebound.
(13:32) AJ Casey misses 20-foot jumper.
(13:29) Brayden Shorter Defensive Rebound.
(13:11) Roman Domon bad pass turnover.
(12:54) Foul on Kaia Berridge.
(12:54) Kaia Berridge turnover.
(12:43) Foul on Leif Moeller.
+1 (12:43) Mathis Courbon makes free throw 1 of 2.
1112
(12:43) Mathis Courbon misses free throw 2 of 2.
(12:41) James Dyson-Merwe Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:25) Trent Hundley makes layup.
1114
(12:02) Roman Domon misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:58) James Dyson-Merwe Defensive Rebound.
(11:49) Leif Moeller misses layup.
(11:45) Roman Domon Defensive Rebound.
(11:35) Brayden Shorter misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:29) Roman Domon Offensive Rebound.
(11:24) Mathis Courbon misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:21) James Dyson-Merwe Defensive Rebound.
(11:12) Bryce Quinet bad pass turnover.
+2 (10:51) Mathis Courbon makes layup.
1314
(10:29) Foul on KJ Tenner.
+1 (10:29) Bryce Quinet makes free throw 1 of 2.
1315
(10:29) Bryce Quinet misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:29) Roman Domon Defensive Rebound.
(10:21) Foul on James Dyson-Merwe.
+1 (10:21) Mathis Courbon makes free throw 1 of 2.
1415
(10:21) Mathis Courbon misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:20) Kaia Berridge Defensive Rebound.
(10:18) Foul on Layne Taylor.
(10:03) Joshua Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:00) Mathis Courbon Defensive Rebound.
(9:51) Mathis Courbon misses layup.
(9:51) Kaia Berridge Block.
(9:40) Trent Hundley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:32) Joshua Hughes makes layup.
1417
(9:18) Roman Domon misses 10-foot jumper.
(9:14) Fred King Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:12) Fred King makes layup.
1617
(8:50) Kaia Berridge bad pass turnover.
(8:37) Fred King traveling turnover.
+2 (8:18) Bryce Quinet makes layup.
1619
(8:17) Foul on Javon Jackson.
+1 (8:17) Bryce Quinet makes free throw 1 of 1.
1620
+2 (7:56) Fred King makes 3-foot dunk.
1820
(7:56) Foul on AJ Casey.
(7:56) Fred King misses free throw 1 of 1.
(7:54) AJ Casey Defensive Rebound.
(7:37) Bryce Quinet misses 5-foot jumper.
(7:34) Fred King Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:23) Javon Jackson makes 6-foot jumper.
2020
(7:02) Joshua Hughes misses 6-foot jumper.
(7:00) Fred King Defensive Rebound.
(6:50) Foul on Bryce Quinet.
+1 (6:50) Javon Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2120
+1 (6:50) Javon Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2220
(6:46) Foul on JJ Traynor.
(6:18) Joshua Hughes misses 6-foot jumper.
(6:15) Fred King Defensive Rebound.
(5:47) Fred King misses layup.
(5:42) Layne Taylor Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:40) Layne Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2520
+2 (5:17) Bryce Quinet makes layup (AJ Casey assists).
2522
(5:10) Layne Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:08) Joshua Hughes Defensive Rebound.
(5:07) Foul on Fred King.
+1 (5:07) Joshua Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2.
2523
+1 (5:07) Joshua Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2.
2524
+3 (4:55) Roman Domon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Layne Taylor assists).
2824
+2 (4:36) Leif Moeller makes layup.
2826
(4:26) Roman Domon misses layup.
(4:26) James Dyson-Merwe Block.
(4:18) Joshua Hughes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:16) Joshua Hughes makes layup (James Dyson-Merwe assists).
2828
(4:08) Javon Jackson misses layup.
(4:08) Evansville Defensive Rebound.
(3:57) Leif Moeller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:53) James Dyson-Merwe Offensive Rebound.
(3:53) Foul on Layne Taylor.
(3:53) James Dyson-Merwe misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:52) Roman Domon Defensive Rebound.
(3:34) Javon Jackson misses layup.
(3:31) AJ Casey Defensive Rebound.
(3:23) Bryce Quinet misses layup.
(3:23) Murray State Defensive Rebound.
(3:22) Foul on James Dyson-Merwe.
+2 (3:09) Javon Jackson makes layup.
3028
+2 (2:50) James Dyson-Merwe makes layup (Alex Hemenway assists).
3030
+3 (2:30) Roman Domon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Javon Jackson assists).
3330
(2:09) Alex Hemenway bad pass turnover.
(2:09) Roman Domon Steal.
+3 (2:05) Javon Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Roman Domon assists).
3630
(1:39) Bryce Quinet bad pass turnover.
+2 (1:25) Roman Domon makes 3-foot dunk (KJ Tenner assists).
3830
(0:59) Foul on KJ Tenner.
(0:59) Leif Moeller misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:58) Roman Domon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:44) Mathis Courbon makes layup.
4030
(0:28) Alex Hemenway misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:27) Roman Domon Defensive Rebound.
(0:23) Foul on Joshua Hughes.
+1 (0:23) Roman Domon makes free throw 1 of 2.
4130
+1 (0:23) Roman Domon makes free throw 2 of 2.
4230
(0:04) AJ Casey misses 8-foot jumper.
(0:00) Mason Miller Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MUR

EVAN

79Points69

27-59(45.8%)Field Goal(%)27-53(50.9%)

7-25(28.0%)3-Point(%)1-12(8.3%)

18-27(66.7%)Free Throw(%)14-19(73.7%)

36(10)Rebounds(Offensive)32(5)

13Assists15

4Steals5

2Blocks4

9Turnovers15

20(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

14Largest Lead4

Game Details

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Ford Center · Evansville, IN

attendance: 4,017 (40.2%)

spread: MUR -8.5

over/under: 153.5