HP SPECIAL REPORT: 19-0

This is a Heath Post special report ... Murray State's men's basketball team has improved to 19-0 with a come-from-behind, 66-60 victory at Morehead State tonight. The home-standing Eagles led by four with about eight minutes to go when one of their reserves, junior forward/center Kahlil Owens, fouled out. The Racers quickly seized the lead, only to lose it again when Morehead State completed a four-point possession. Frankly, it was hard to keep up with the action the rest of the way. The daughter and I were out driving around northern Hopkins County, dropping in on Sunday's visitors to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Madisonville. The Froggy 103.7 FM radio broadcast from Murray kept fading in and out with a nearby station that was playing a Black Crowes block. Furthermore, press row at Johnson Arena in Morehead lost power four times during the second half, according to Froggy's Neal Bradley, so the station was frequently playing a stock apology for "technical difficulties." Whatever, the Racers prevailed for what WPSD described as a "gutty, gutty win." No. 12 Murray State returns to action Saturday, with a game at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, which shockingly (to me) is apparently in both Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference.