2023-2024 Murray State Racers

2023-2024 Murray State Racers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
44 Malek Abdelgowad Jr C 6-10 220 - Cairo Egypt N/A
10 Quincy Anderson Sr F 6-4 205 - Oshkosh (WI) United States Oshkosh North High School
13 Alden Applewhite Jr SG 6-7 190 Feb 26, 2003 Memphis (TN) United States AZ Compass Prep
34 Fletcher Boatright Fr G 6-4 190 - Tuscaloosa (AL) United States Northridge High School
4 Patrick Chew Fr G 6-3 185 - Phoenix (AZ) United States Brophy College Preparatory
23 Nick Ellington Sr F 6-7 215 - St. Louis (MO) United States Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School
0 John McCrear Fr F 6-8 190 - Detroit (MI) United States Woodford County High School
14 Brian Moore, Jr. Jr F 6-1 185 - Harlem (NY) United States Kingston High School
11 Justin Morgan So GF 6-6 210 - Memphis (TN) United States N/A
22 Sam Murray II So F 6-9 200 - Gulfport (MS) United States Harrison Central High School
2 Rob Perry Sr G 6-4 200 Feb 17, 2000 Orlando (FL) United States Oak Ridge High School
33 Lawrent Rice Fr SG 6-3 160 - Dayton (OH) United States Wayne High School
25 Shawn Walker, Jr. Sr SG 6-4 190 Nov 1, 1999 High Point (NC) United States Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School
24 Jacobi Wood Sr G 6-2 190 May 24, 2002 Cleveland (TN) United States Cleveland High School

Recent Murray State Racers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 12-20 (9-11) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 17-15 (11-9) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 31-3 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 13-13 (10-10) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 23-9 (15-3) 1st (OVC) Runner Up N/A
2018-2019 28-5 (16-2) 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 26-6 (16-2) 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2016-2017 16-17 (8-8) 6th (OVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 17-14 (10-6) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 29-6 1st (OVC) Runner Up NIT 3rd Rnd
2013-2014 23-11 (13-3) 2nd (OVC) 3rd Rnd CIT Champion
2012-2013 21-10 (10-6) 4th (OVC) Runner Up N/A
2011-2012 31-2 (15-1) 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 24-9 (14-4) 1st (OVC) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 31-5 (17-1) 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2008-2009 19-12 (13-5) 2nd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-13 (13-7) 2nd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 16-14 (13-7) 2nd (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 24-7 (17-3) 1st (OVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2004-2005 17-11 (11-5) 2nd (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 28-6 (14-2) 2nd (OVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 17-12 (9-7) 4th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A

2023-2024 Murray State Racers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Brian Moore, Jr. MVC All-Bench Team
Nick Ellington MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 13, 2023)
Nick Ellington MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 22, 2024)

2023-2024 Murray State Racers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Wood R. Perry Q. Anderson J. Morgan N. Ellington
Rotation   L. Rice     M. Abdelgowad
Rotation   S. Walker, Jr.      
Rotation   A. Applewhite      
Lim PT B. Moore, Jr. P. Chew   S. Murray II  
Lim PT   F. Boatright      

2023-2024 Murray State Racers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Quincy Anderson 32 27.0 12.6 4.4 1.1 1.0 0.2 1.1
Jacobi Wood 32 36.0 12.5 4.0 4.1 1.2 0.1 2.0
Rob Perry 32 30.2 11.9 5.1 2.0 1.0 0.3 1.3
Nick Ellington 32 27.4 11.4 6.3 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.8
Brian Moore, Jr. 26 22.9 9.2 1.6 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.1
Alden Applewhite 20 18.7 5.0 2.5 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.3
Justin Morgan 32 19.2 3.8 2.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.5
Malek Abdelgowad 19 11.2 3.5 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5
Lawrent Rice 14 8.5 3.4 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.4
Shawn Walker, Jr. 21 18.3 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.2
Sam Murray II 21 7.6 1.4 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8
Patrick Chew 16 5.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Fletcher Boatright 4 1.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Murray State Racers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Steve Prohm Head Coach 2022-2023 Head Coach (Iowa State, 2015 to 2021)
Antwon Jackson Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (East Carolina, 2020 to 2022)
Cole Christian Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Video Coordinator (Akron, 2021 to 2022)
Jonathan Mattox Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Morehead State, 2017 to 2022)
Jack Seltsam Video Coordinator 2022-2023 N/A
Nico Yantko Athletic Director 2022-2023 N/A
Crystal Morrow Assistant Athletic Director-Basketball Administration 2022-2023 Assistant to the Head Coach (Murray State, 2018 to 2019)
Marcus Brown Assistant to the Head Coach, Director of Player Development 2021-2022 N/A
T.J. Sapp Director of Player Development 2023-2024 N/A
Eric Frederick Head Athletic Trainer 2015-2016 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Murray State, 1993 to 2015)
Erich Murphy Strength and Conditioning Coach 2022-2023 N/A