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The 24th season of Murray St Basketball

Overall: 13-12 Home: 8-3 Road: 5-7 Neutral: 0-2 Conference: 3-9 (6th)

Date	Opponent	W/L	Score	Location	Notes
12-3	Kentucky Wesleyan	W	56-49 Box Score Murray St vs Kentucky Wesleyan Dec 3, 1948 at Murray, Ky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers ## Player Name FG FT PF TP Wheeler............. f 2 0 0 4 Cassell............. f 6 1 1 13 Snedegar............ c 4 1 1 9 Le Forge............ g 3 0 5 6 Woods............... g 4 4 5 12 Magan............... g 0 0 1 0 Curtis.............. g 1 0 0 2 Christopher......... c 1 1 4 3 Totals.............. 21 7 17 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Murray State Thoroughbreds ## Player Name FG FT PF TP Herrold............. f 0 0 0 0 Snow................ f 1 0 1 2 Dewees.............. c 3 3 0 9 Stephenson.......... g 4 1 1 9 Frank............... f 1 2 0 4 Cavender............ g 4 0 2 8 Alexander........... f 2 4 2 8 Loughary............ g 2 0 2 4 Purcell............. g 4 2 2 10 Totals.............. 21 14 10 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Kentucky Wesleyan............. 27 22 49 Murray State.................. 28 28 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray Tops Wesleyan Murray, Ky., Dec. 3 (AP) Murray State College's Thoroughbreds opened their basketball season here tonight by edging Kentucky Wesleyan 56-49. The Wesleyan Panthers from Winchester grabbed an early lead but two minutes before the first half ended Murray forged ahead 28-27. Forward Rex Alexander sank two goals to put Murray in front. The lead changed hands frequently in the second half. Little Bennie Purcell, 150-pound Murray guard, led the Thoroughbreds with 10 points. Forward Glenn Cassell of Wesleyan was high-point man of the game with 13. From the Louisville Courier-Journal 4 Dec 1948 pg 12	Murray	Bennie Purcell's first game.
12-4	Austin Peay State	W	66-49	Clarksville, TN
12-8	Southeast Missouri State	W	55-51	Cape Girardeau, MO
12-10	Middle Tennessee State	W	68-50	Murray
12-11	Tennessee Tech	W	75-58	Cookeville, TN
12-16	Austin Peay State	W	60-52	Murray
12-17	Delta State	W	65-33	Murray
12-29	Connecticut Teachers	L	53-56	Terre Haute, IN	Mid-West Tournament
1-5	Middle Tennessee State	W	43-38	Murfreesboro, TN
1-8	Eastern Kentucky*	L	42-65	Murray	As Tennessee Tech was not admitted to the OVC until Dec 12, 1948 this is the first official OVC game for Murray.
1-11	Evansville*	W	56-54	Murray
1-13	Tennessee Tech*	W	67-53	Murray
1-15	Eastern Kentucky*	L	40-43	Richmond, KY
1-17	Marshall*	L	78-82	Huntington, WV
1-18	Morehead State*	L	54-70	Morehead, KY
1-22	Morehead State*	W	86-59	Murray
1-25	Southeast Missouri State	W	68-55	Cape Girardeau, MO
1-28	Louisville*	L	63-83	Louisville, KY
2-2	Memphis State	W	56-52	Murray
2-5	Western Kentucky*	L	47-61	Bowling Green, KY
2-8	Louisville*	L	59-66	Murray
2-10	Evansville*	L	51-68	Evansville, IN
2-14	Western Kentucky*	L	54-73	Murray
2-16	Memphis State	L	60-62	Memphis, TN
2-23	Eastern Kentucky	L	41-73	Louisville, KY	OVC Tournament

First season of OVC OVC Tournament: Quarterfinals

Roster and Stats

Name	G - GS	FGM	FTA	FTM	FT%	PF	Pts	PPG
Charles Snow	25 -	69	139	103	0.741	85	241	9.6
Don Stephenson	25 -	65	84	56	0.667	66	186	7.4
Harold Loughary	25 -	63	82	44	0.537	77	170	6.8
Bennie Purcell	25 -	53	48	31	0.689	39	137	5.3
Zadia Herrold	24 -	107	80	54	0.675	44	268	11.2
Rex Alexander	23 -	42	49	26	0.531	46	110	4.8
Jim Frank	23 -	28	34	23	0.676	22	79	3.4
David Davis	22 -	41	53	25	0.472	43	107	4.9
Clifton Cavender	14 -	21	20	7	0.350	14	49	3.5
Melvin Deweese	13 -	13	19	11	0.579	19	37	2.8
Charles McKee	13 -	13	15	10	0.667	19	36	2.8
Gene Dick	10 -	7	4	3	0.750	10	17	1.4
Charles Lampley	9 -	5	5	0	0.000	5	10	1.1
Percy Clippard	7 -	2	2	1	0.500	5	5	0.7
Louis Myers	6 -	3	7	5	0.714	2	11	1.8

Murray Tops Wesleyan

Roster and Stats