Wood and Murray State take down Evansville 63-61

AP
Dec 04, 2024

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) Jacobi Wood scored 21 points and AJ Ferguson sealed the victory with a layup with 55 seconds remaining as Murray State knocked off Evansville 63-61 on Tuesday.

Wood added six rebounds and five assists for the Racers (5-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Kylen Milton scored 12 points while going 4 of 8 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and added seven rebounds. KyeRon Lindsay shot 4 of 8 from the field and 1 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with nine points.

The Purple Aces (3-5, 0-1) were led in scoring by Gabriel Pozzato, who finished with 15 points and six steals. Cameron Haffner added 14 points for Evansville. Tanner Cuff had 10 points and six rebounds.

Wood scored six points in the second half for Murray State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
EVAN
Aces
25
MURR
Racers
33

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Joshua Hughes vs. Nick Ellington (Racers gains possession)
19:40	+2	JaCobi Wood makes two point jump shot	0-2
19:21		Joshua Hughes turnover (bad pass) (Nick Ellington steals)
19:06		JaCobi Wood misses three point jump shot
19:04		Joshua Hughes defensive rebound
18:34		Joshua Hughes misses two point jump shot
18:32		Kylen Milton defensive rebound
18:10		Joshua Hughes blocks Kylen Milton's two point layup
18:08		Racers offensive rebound
18:03		JaCobi Wood misses three point jump shot
18:01		Purple Aces defensive rebound
17:46		Cam Haffner misses three point jump shot
17:44		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
17:36		Joshua Hughes blocks AJ Ferguson's two point layup
17:34		Cam Haffner defensive rebound
17:25	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup (Cam Haffner assists)	2-2
17:05		Terence Harcum misses two point jump shot
17:03		Nick Ellington offensive rebound
16:56		Joshua Hughes blocks Nick Ellington's two point layup
16:54		Tayshawn Comer defensive rebound
16:47		Tayshawn Comer misses three point jump shot
16:45		Kylen Milton defensive rebound
16:37		JaCobi Wood misses three point jump shot
16:35		JaCobi Wood offensive rebound
16:27	+3	Kylen Milton makes three point jump shot (AJ Ferguson assists)	2-5
16:02		Joshua Hughes misses three point jump shot
16:00		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
15:48		TV timeout
15:35		AJ Ferguson misses three point jump shot
15:33		Kylen Milton offensive rebound
15:11	+2	JaCobi Wood makes two point jump shot	2-7
14:56		Tayshawn Comer turnover (bad pass) (JaCobi Wood steals)
14:46	+3	JaCobi Wood makes three point jump shot	2-10
14:29		Tanner Cuff misses two point layup
14:27		JaCobi Wood defensive rebound
14:14	+2	JaCobi Wood makes two point jump shot	2-12
13:53	+2	Tanner Cuff makes two point layup	4-12
13:34		Nick Ellington turnover (lost ball) (Tanner Cuff steals)
13:22		Nick Ellington shooting foul (Gabriel Pozzato draws the foul)
13:22	+1	Gabriel Pozzato makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-12
13:22	+1	Gabriel Pozzato makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-12
12:59	+3	AJ Ferguson makes three point jump shot (JaCobi Wood assists)	6-15
12:40		Tayshawn Comer misses two point jump shot
12:38		JaCobi Wood defensive rebound
12:31		Alden Applewhite misses three point jump shot
12:29		Cam Haffner defensive rebound
12:10	+2	Tayshawn Comer makes two point layup	8-15
11:40		AJ Ferguson misses two point jump shot
11:38		Connor Turnbull defensive rebound
11:30		Connor Turnbull misses three point jump shot
11:28		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
11:11		AJ Ferguson misses three point jump shot
11:09		Tayshawn Comer defensive rebound
11:05		Tayshawn Comer turnover (bad pass)
11:05		TV timeout
10:42	+2	KyeRon Lindsay makes two point layup (Alden Applewhite assists)	8-17
10:19	+2	Cam Haffner makes two point jump shot	10-17
10:05		JaCobi Wood misses three point jump shot
10:03		Purple Aces defensive rebound
9:41	+2	Joshua Hughes makes two point layup	12-17
9:13	+2	Terence Harcum makes two point jump shot	12-19
8:55	+3	Cam Haffner makes three point jump shot (Tayshawn Comer assists)	15-19
8:39	+2	KyeRon Lindsay makes two point layup (JaCobi Wood assists)	15-21
8:39		Joshua Hughes shooting foul (KyeRon Lindsay draws the foul)
8:39		KyeRon Lindsay misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:39		Joshua Hughes defensive rebound
8:24	+2	Gabriel Pozzato makes two point jump shot	17-21
8:08		Joshua Hughes personal foul
7:51	+2	JaCobi Wood makes two point jump shot	17-23
7:35		Tanner Cuff misses two point jump shot
7:33		Tanner Cuff offensive rebound
7:23	+2	Connor Turnbull makes two point layup (Cam Haffner assists)	19-23
7:01		Kylen Milton misses two point jump shot
6:59		Gabriel Pozzato defensive rebound
6:51		Cam Haffner misses three point jump shot
6:50		Cam Haffner offensive rebound
6:50	+2	Cam Haffner makes two point layup	21-23
6:50		Racers 30 second timeout
6:50		TV timeout
6:24	+3	Kylen Milton makes three point jump shot (KyeRon Lindsay assists)	21-26
6:04		Alden Applewhite personal foul
5:57		Tanner Cuff offensive foul
5:57		Tanner Cuff turnover (offensive foul)
5:41		Alden Applewhite turnover (traveling)
5:27		Gabriel Pozzato misses two point jump shot
5:25		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
5:13		Connor Turnbull personal foul
4:57		Terence Harcum misses three point jump shot
4:55		Cam Haffner defensive rebound
4:40		Cam Haffner misses two point jump shot
4:38		JaCobi Wood defensive rebound
4:33		Kylen Milton misses three point jump shot
4:31		AJ Ferguson offensive rebound
4:29		Connor Turnbull shooting foul (AJ Ferguson draws the foul)
4:29	+1	AJ Ferguson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-27
4:29	+1	AJ Ferguson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-28
4:15		Gabriel Pozzato misses two point jump shot
4:13		Kylen Milton defensive rebound
4:05		Michael Day personal foul
3:54		AJ Ferguson turnover (traveling)
3:54		TV timeout
3:35		Cam Haffner misses two point jump shot
3:33		Kylen Milton defensive rebound
3:15	+2	JaCobi Wood makes two point layup	21-30
2:50		Cam Haffner misses two point layup
2:48		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
2:39		Kylen Milton misses three point jump shot
2:37		Purple Aces defensive rebound
2:11		Tayshawn Comer misses two point jump shot
2:09		Kylen Milton defensive rebound
1:48		Cam Haffner personal foul (JaCobi Wood draws the foul)
1:48	+1	JaCobi Wood makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-31
1:48	+1	JaCobi Wood makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-32
1:41		Kylen Milton personal foul
1:26		Nick Ellington shooting foul (Gabriel Pozzato draws the foul)
1:26	+1	Gabriel Pozzato makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-32
1:26		Gabriel Pozzato misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:26		AJ Ferguson defensive rebound
1:06		Michael Day blocks KyeRon Lindsay's two point layup
1:04		Michael Day defensive rebound
0:54		KyeRon Lindsay shooting foul (Tayshawn Comer draws the foul)
0:54	+1	Tayshawn Comer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-32
0:54		Tayshawn Comer misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:54		KyeRon Lindsay defensive rebound
0:32		Michael Day shooting foul (Terence Harcum draws the foul)
0:32		Terence Harcum misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:32	+1	Terence Harcum makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-33
0:30		Purple Aces 30 second timeout
0:01		Tayshawn Comer misses two point layup
0:00		Tanner Cuff offensive rebound
0:00	+2	Tanner Cuff makes two point layup	25-33
0:00		End of period

Wood and Murray State take down Evansville 63-61

1st Half EVANAces25MURRRacers33

1st Half
EVAN
Aces
25
MURR
Racers
33