Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Tennessee-Martin 66

(9-21, 2-14 away)

Morehead State 73

(15-17, 11-5 home)

Venue: Municipal Auditorium

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, March 06, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Tennessee-Martin	30	36	66
Morehead State	36	37	73

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Tennessee-Martin	M Liabo 24	B McLaughlin 3	J Childs 2
Morehead State	M Chavis 14	K Owens 9	D Atkinson 4

On Wednesday, Mar. 6, Tennessee-Martin was outrebounded 46-23 by Morehead State and lost to the Eagles 73-66 in the first round of the Ohio Valley Tournament. The Skyhawks stay winless against Morehead State this season at 0-2. Mike Liabo put up a game-high 24 points and two rebounds in a losing effort. Terence Smith scored 16 points and added three rebounds. Bruce Reed got 11 points and five rebounds for the Eagles. Tennessee-Martin (9-21) finished the regular season ninth in the Ohio Valley with a 5-11 record in conference play.

Tennessee-Martin Game Notes

UTM beat the spread by 5.5 points. That makes the 12th time this season the Skyhawks have beaten the spread.
Tennessee-Martin has lost 100 percent of the time this season (0-5) after recording 18 or fewer field goals made.
Tennessee-Martin has lost 89 percent of the time this season (1-8) after committing 17 or more turnovers.
When the opposition records 46 or more rebounds this season, Tennessee-Martin has lost 100 percent of the time (0-4).
When the opposition records 73 or more total points this season, Tennessee-Martin has lost 90 percent of the time (2-18).
When the opposition records 25 or more field goals made this season, Tennessee-Martin has lost 90 percent of the time (2-18).
UTM set a season low for rebounds (23).
The Skyhawks have recorded more three-pointers than their opponents for the past four games.
Tennessee-Martin has recorded fewer rebounds than their opponents for the past four games.
Jeremy Washington recorded a team season high in blocks with three.
Mike Liabo accounted for 36.3 percent of the team's points.
Mike Liabo has led the team in scoring in nine out of 30 games this season.
Terence Smith has led the team in rebounding in three out of 30 games this season.
This marks the 14th 20-point game of Mike Liabo's career.
Mike Liabo has 10 straight double-digit point games.
Mike Liabo had a career high with 10 free throws made.
This was the second foul out of the season for Jeremy Washington.

Morehead State Game Notes

Milton Chavis has led the team in scoring 11 times in 32 games this season.
Kahlil Owens has led the team in rebounding seven times in 32 games this season.
Angelo Warner has six straight double-digit point games.

UTM Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Mike Liabo	36	24	2	2	0	0	2
B+	Terence Smith	39	16	3	2	1	0	3
B+	J. Washington	24	12	3	0	2	3	1
C+	Justin Childs	27	8	3	2	3	0	3
C+	B.J. McLaughlin	9	0	3	1	1	1	1
C	K. Taylor	12	2	1	1	0	1	1
C-	D. Richardson	18	2	3	2	0	0	4
D+	Dee Oldham	23	2	0	1	2	0	1
-	Pierre Mopo	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
-	Tobias Dowdell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

MSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Kahlil Owens	17	6	9	3	0	1	0
A	Bruce Reed	23	11	5	3	0	0	1
B+	Milton Chavis	26	14	5	1	2	1	1
B+	Jason Holmes	12	6	4	1	0	0	1
B	Chad Posthumus	11	2	6	0	1	1	1
B	Bakari Turner	20	8	4	1	0	1	1
B-	Angelo Warner	27	11	7	1	2	0	5
C+	Devon Atkinson	34	8	3	4	0	0	3
C	Jarrett Stokes	16	6	0	1	1	0	2
C	Drew Kelly	12	1	3	1	0	0	1