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1951-1952 - Men's Basketball

Overall Home Road Neutral Post
24 - 10 10 - 1 7 - 7 7 - 2 4 - 1
Ohio Valley Conference Home Road Finish Tourn
9 - 3 5 - 2 5 - 2 3rd 2 - 1
Conference Tournament Runner-up
Postseason: NAIB Tournament Runner-up (4-1)
Ranked 16th AP
Date Opponent W/L Final
1951-12-03   Racers  Vs  Southeastern LouisianaSLU Murray, KY W 75 - 57
1951-12-06   Racers  @  Tennessee TechTTU o Cookeville, TN W 51 - 48
1951-12-08   Racers  Vs  Morehead StateMorehead o Murray, KY W 86 - 51
1951-12-10   Racers  Vs  University of EvansvilleEvansville o Murray, KY W 82 - 60
1951-12-13   Racers  @  Morehead StateMorehead o Morehead, KY W 74 - 62
1951-12-15   Racers  @  MarshallMarshall o Huntington, WV W 77 - 68
1951-12-17   Racers  Vs  New Mexico A&MNMAM Murray, KY W 59 - 51
1951-12-19   Racers  @  HoustonHouston Houston, TX W 67 - 65
1951-12-21   Racers  @  TexasTexas Austin, TX W 64 - 63
1951-12-22   Racers  @  BaylorBaylor Waco, TX W 73 - 55
1952-01-03   Racers  Vs  Kentucky WesleyanKY Wslyan Murray, KY W 66 - 64
1952-01-05   Racers  @  DaytonDayton Dayton, OH L 55 - 69
1952-01-07   Racers  @  Eastern KentuckyEKU o Richmond, KY L 65 - 84
1952-01-12   Racers  Vs  Western KentuckyWKU o Murray, KY L 64 - 77
1952-01-15   Racers  @  Memphis StateMemphis St Memphis, TN L 47 - 51
1952-01-17   Racers  Vs  MarshallMarshall o Murray, KY W 89 - 63
1952-01-19   Racers  @  Kentucky WesleyanKY Wslyan Owensboro, KY L 101 - 102 OT
1952-01-26   Racers  Vs  Eastern KentuckyEKU o Murray, KY W 79 - 65
1952-01-29   Racers  Vs  Austin Peay StateAPSU Central City, KY W 95 - 64
1952-01-31   Racers  @  University of EvansvilleEvansville o Evansville, IN W 93 - 68
1952-02-02   Racers  Vs  Memphis StateMemphis St Murray, KY W 72 - 70
1952-02-04   Racers  Vs  Union (Tennessee)Union TN Murray, KY W 92 - 70
1952-02-07   Racers  @  St. BonaventureSt Bonn Olean, NY L 63 - 74
1952-02-09   Racers  @  LaSalleLaSalle Philadelphia, PA L 82 - 105
1952-02-13   Racers  Vs  Tennessee TechTTU o Murray, KY W 85 - 67
1952-02-16   Racers  @  Western KentuckyWKU o Bowling Green, KY L 63 - 97
1952-02-21   Racers  Vs  Tennessee TechTTU O Louisville, KY W 61 - 59
1952-02-22   Racers  Vs  Eastern KentuckyEKU O Louisville, KY W 69 - 59
1952-02-23   Racers  Vs  Western KentuckyWKU O Louisville, KY L 45 - 47
1952-03-10   Racers  Vs  CentenaryCentenary N Kansas City, MO W 72 - 46
1952-03-12   Racers  Vs  West Texas StateW Texas St N Kansas City, MO W 75 - 73
1952-03-13   Racers  Vs  WhitworthWhitworth N Kansas City, MO W 81 - 69
1952-03-14   Racers  Vs  PortlandPortland N Kansas City, MO W 58 - 57
1952-03-15   Racers  Vs  Southwest Missouri StateSW MO St N Kansas City, MO L 64 - 73
o - Ohio Valley Conference O - Ohio Valley Conference Tournament N - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Tournament

Roster

Name Class Num Pos Ht Wt
Garrett Beshear Jr
Rich Gott
Joe Mikez So
Bobby Clark
Glin Jeffrey
Carlos Bailey
Karl Hussung
Dean Akridge So
J.M. Gipe
Bennie Purcell Sr
Melvin Deweese Sr
Charles Lampley Sr
Ted Koenigsmark Fr
Gene Garrett Jr

Stats

Name GP FG FT RB PF AS PTS
M A M A
Bennie Purcell 34 215 636 170 223 172 115 160 600
Garrett Beshear 33 212 526 117 173 284 88 71 541
Charles Lampley 34 137 395 86 117 170 94 60 360
Melvin Deweese 34 117 246 90 148 360 135 38 320
Joe Mikez 28 79 258 38 54 185 73 28 195
Gene Garrett 14 47 135 54 104 81 56 29 148
Rich Gott 26 39 90 15 32 127 66 14 93
Bobby Clark 12 16 47 18 37 45 34 7 59
Glin Jeffrey 24 21 57 8 16 34 51 9 50
Carlos Bailey 19 16 47 8 14 44 17 4 40
J.M. Gipe 18 12 47 14 29 46 31 7 38
Ted Koenigsmark 5 2 3 2 3 2 5 0 6
Karl Hussung 7 2 16 1 1 3 4 0 5
Dean Akridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
TEAM TOTAL 3434 915 2504 621 951 1553 770 427 2455
OPPONENT TOTAL 883 2433 487 822 858 2253