#96 Murray State Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Murray State Racers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #96
 
Conference Rank: #2 Missouri Valley
 
 
2023-24 Record: 12-20, 9-11
2023-24 Postseason: None
Coach: Steve Prohm
Coach Record: 133-64 at Murray State, 230-159 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Quincy Anderson, Guard, 12.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.1 apg
Rob Perry, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.0 apg
Brian Moore Jr., Guard, 9.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.5 apg
Malek Abdelgowad, Forward, 3.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Shawn Walker Jr., Guard, 3.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
JaCobi Wood, Senior, Guard, 12.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.1 apg
Nick Ellington, Senior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Alden Applewhite, Junior, Forward, 5.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
Justin Morgan, Junior, Guard, 3.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
 
Key New Players:
AJ Ferguson, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Southern Illinois
KyeRon Lindsay, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Texas Tech
John McCrear, Freshman, Forward
Jordan McCullum, Freshman, Forward
Kylen Milton, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.8 (280th in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.9 (106, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.6 (178, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 46.3 (319, 11)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (257, 11)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.1 (276, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.7 (274, 11)
Rebound Margin: -0.5 (226, 8)
Assists Per Game: 11.5 (296, 12)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.5 (11, 1)