Box Score

MURRAY, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky led by five with 1:46 left in regulation, but Murray State scored five unanswered to force overtime and then scored the first seven points in the extra frame for an 85-78 victory on Thursday.
 
With a three-point lead and 53 seconds left in the game, Eastern's Ja'Mill Powell missed two free throws that could have made it a two possession game.  MSU's Justin Seymour answered with a game-tying three-pointer with 37 seconds on the clock.  As the clock ticked down, Corey Walden drove baseline and put up a spinning jumper that just missed.
 
The Racers ran their run to 12-0 by scoring the first seven points in overtime.  EKU got as close as three in the final minute.
 
Walden finished with 26 points, five steals, four rebounds and three assists.  Murray State's Cameron Payne had 21 pints, 10 rebounds, six steals and five assists.
 
EKU made just 1-of-9 from the field in overtime.  MSU shot 54 percent from the field for the game.  The Colonels got out-rebounded by 14, but turned the ball over six fewer times.
 
Walden's three-pointer from the right wing gave the visitors an eight-point advantage, 62-54, with 5:49 remaining in the game.  Murray State then scored eight straight, tying the game on a three-pointer by Payne.  After Seymour tied it, 65-65, with a trey, Eastern Kentucky scored five straight to take a five-point lead in the final two minutes.
 
Powell hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points.  Jarvis Williams contributed a double-double for the home team, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
 
After Murray State scored 12 unanswered midway through the first half to take a 19-11 lead, the Colonels answered with a 22-6 run.  Eric Stutz scored six straight to get it started.  EKU finished it off with eight unanswered.  Walden hit a falling-down lay-up, Timmy Knipp made a three-pointer from the left corner before Walden capped it with an old-fashioned three-point play for an eight-point Eastern lead, 33-35, with 1:54 left in the half.  Walden's three from the top of the key as time expired sent the visitors to the locker room up six, 38-32.
 
The Colonels play at rival Morehead State on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
 
NOTES
With his second steal of the game, Corey Walden passed Bobby Collins (190) for second place on EKU's all-time steals list.  Walden now needs 33 more steals to break the EKU career record of 221.
 
Eastern Kentucky has allowed 70 or more points in four of its last five games and has lost all four.  EKU allowed just three of its first 15 opponents to reach 70 points.
 
Corey Walden began the day as the only player in the OVC ranked in the top-8 in scoring (3rd), field goal percentage (8th), assists (7th) and steals (1st).  He finished with 26 points on 8-of-20 shooting, had three assists and five steals.
 
Murray State entered the game leading the OVC in scoring (78.6 ppg), field goal percentage (48.9 percent) and three-point field goal percentage (39.9 percent).  MSU shot 54 percent from the field and 41 percent from behind the arc.
 
EKU (11.7) and Murray State (11.8) entered the game second and third in the OVC in turnovers per game.  The Racers had 16 and the Colonels had 10.
 
Murray State entered the game tied for the third longest winning streak in the nation at 15 games.
 
The game featured the top two steals leaders in the OVC.  Corey Walden began the day first averaging 2.7 steals per game.  Murray State's Cameron Payne was second at 2.0 steals per game.  Payne had six and Walden swiped five.
 
Eastern Kentucky entered the game second in the nation in turnover margin (+8.5) and fifth in steals (10.2 spg).