Morehead State Eagles NCAA Basketball News

If Morehead State ever plays Louisiana Monroe again, MSU coach Donnie Tyndall will be glad Tony Hooper won't be on the court.

Louisiana-Monroe beats Morehead State 74-73 Eds: APNewsNow. Louisiana-Monroe 74, Morehead St.

Morehead State men's basketball picked up its first win of the 2009-10 season, rolling through in-state foe Brescia, 86-51 Monday night at Johnson Arena.

Kentucky beat Morehead State men's basketball at its own game. MSU fell 75-59 to the No.

Kentucky's Eric Bledsoe had 24 points as he started in place of highly touted fellow freshman John Wall.

Led by a double-double from senior Kenneth Faried, the Morehead State Eagles trounced Asbury 91-57 in its final pre-season tune-up Monday night at Johnson Arena.

Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points while starting in place of John Wall, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats opened the John Calipari era with a 75-59 win over Morehead State on Friday night.

BASKETBALL: UK vs. Morehead St. When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 Radio: WBUL-FM 98.1; WLAP-AM 630.

A possible contender : Austin Peay: The Governors are always in the hunt. They have won four regular-season OVC championships this decade and two tournament titles.

Ballard High School forward Keisten Jones, who is considered one of the top seniors in Louisville, committed to Bellarmine University on Tuesday night.

Kenneth Faried is a low-key big man on Morehead State's campus. He thinks of himself as a regular student, but the 6-foot-8 junior forward is far from that.

OUTLOOK: There was plenty of success in the Ohio Valley Conference last season, beginning with the Morehead State Eagles who won the league tournament and made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 25 years.

Morehead State men's basketball opened the 2009-2010 exhibition season with a decisive 90-58 win over Cedarville Wednesday evening at Johnson arena in front of 2,012 fans.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The Eagles unearthed every possible stone to add to their talent level in the offseason.

C Kenneth Faried grabbed 20 or more rebounds in a game three times last year and finished with at least 10 rebounds in 30 of 36 games.

One of the most loyal Dawg Pounders is done barking about the sad state of his beloved Cleveland Browns.

MOREHEAD, Ky.a 'Morehead State men's basketball has been chosen as Ohio Valley Conference preseason co-champions and Eagle junior Kenneth Faried has been selected as the OVC Preseason Player of the Year.

Dickey Nutt was not one bit surprised by where his first Southeast Missouri State basketball squad ranked in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll announced Thursday.

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

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