Murray State Basketball: Racers Lose First Game of the Season to Tennessee State

The ride is over.  No. 9 Murray State fell at home to Tennessee State on Thursday night, 72-68. Robert Covington's go-ahead three-pointer with about four minutes remaining was the difference, putting Tennessee State ahead, 65-62—a lead they would not relinquish.

Murray State (23-1, 11-1 Ohio Valley Conference) had an opportunity to take the lead with 11.2 seconds left, but turned the ball over and lost to a Tennessee State (16-10, 9-4) team they'd previously defeated eight straight times.

Tennessee State's Wil Peters reflected on the win.

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It's an amazing feeling. Most people don't get this experience in their whole college career, to beat a team that was unbeaten for a long period of time and to share that with your teammates your senior year is very special, and I'll probably remember this for the rest of my life.

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The Murray State end was disappointed but optimistic, according to head coach Steve Prohm.

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I've got to do a better job in some areas to make sure we're doing a better job executing at times. But, I'm proud. I'm extremely proud of our guys. We had an amazing run, 23 wins in a row. I'm sure we set a lot of records along the way, but now we've got to be totally locked in on winning a conference championship.

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So, the question remains; how far will Murray State tumble in the polls?  And how much will this affect their NCAA Tournament seed?