2015-16 Pre-Season / In-Season Exempt Tournaments

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Murray State had someone there tweeting throughout their 2 games. That's all the fans back home were getting. Better than nothing.

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The Crusaders will play at Canada's Carleton University August 13. Carleton then plays Baylor on August 14.

Murray State got smoked by Ottawa today 81-57. Not that surprising - Prohm left the cupboard pretty bare. The Racers play Carleton tomorrow.

Carleton lost a close game to Murray State 63-59.

The Carleton Ravens struggled from the floor in their Can-Am Shootout opener, falling to the Murray State Racers 63-59.

Jeffery Moss of Murray State caught on fire in the 4th quarter for the Racers, scoring 10 out of his 16 points during a shooting clinic from the Madison, Alabama native. In a game of few runs, Moss managed to put together a strong offensive display over three minutes in the last quarter which proved to be the difference. His ten points were scored on a silky finger roll, an eight-foot hook shot, followed by back-to-back three pointers. He finished 6-11 from the field, including grabbing five rebounds.

For the Ravens, the loss came in their first game without the Scrubb brothers. Seniors Gavin Resch, Connor Wood and Guillaume Boucard played heavy time, with each spending over thirty minutes on the floor. Connor Wood led the way with 22 points while Gavin Resch added 10 points.

Unfortunately for the Ravens, their usual bread and better shooting let them down this evening. The team finished the game by shooting 38.1% while Murray State managed 46.4% from the field.

The first half was an offensive struggle for both sides, as Carleton led just 24-23 after the second quarter. Carleton had a hard time finding their rhythm from beyond the arc as well. They went 2-13 from 3-point land at the half and just 4-23 (17.4%) throughout the entire game.

It was an even game on the boards, as Murray State won the battle on the glass by a 28-27 margin. Guillaume Boucard of the Ravens had a team-high 9 rebounds while Justin Seymour led Murray State with 6 boards overall.

Neither team was very aggressive in the paint, as indicated by the limited opportunities from the foul line. Murray State went 6-6 on free throws, while Carleton only went 4-8 from the charity stripe. Carleton had only one trip to the free throw line in the second half.

UP NEXT

Carleton will take on the Valparaiso Crusaders on Thursday, August 13th at 7pm.

Murray State will close their Canadian road trip with a game against the Concordia Stingers on August 6th.

https://goravens.ca/news/2015/08/carleton-falls-to-murray-state-63-59/


Since they talked in this story of going by quarters they must be using international rules.

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Aaron Leavitt will be blogging a daily report during the Canadian trip at the following link: http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/canada/#.VcYRZZ1Vikq


The team will be playing against some of the better young Canadian players on the opening day, including the team from which Tevonn and Max were recruited. Let's hope Bryce finds another player north of the border like this guy that I also can photograph in the future in front of the Valpo logo:

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Texas Tech ended up beating Carleton in Ottawa on 8/19/15 by a score of 67-60.

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Wichita St. escaped from the same McGill University Valpo beat 80-60 on their Canadian trip.  However Coach Marshall didn't get to see the end of the game.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/gregg-marshall-ejection-video-wichita-state-exhibition/1h323dbr8wxaw170qrvio7q86u