Racers conclude European Tour with dominate Tuesday victory

The Murray State men's basketball team concluded its European tour on Tuesday with a 113-46 victory over Poissy to finish the three-country overseas trip with a 4-0 record.

The Racers now enjoy one final evening in Paris before departing for the United States on Wednesday morning.

On Tuesday, the Racers scored 12 of the first 14 points and never looked back, again using a stifling defense to create havoc and turnovers, finishing with 20 steals as a group as they forced Poissy into 28 total turnovers in the win.

Seven different players tallied double digit scoring outputs as Murray State finished the afternoon shooting 55 percent overall while connecting on 13 three-pointers (36 percent from deep). The Racers again shared the ball, passing out 20 assists, while the forced turnovers led to 39 fast break points and 11 dunks in the runaway win.

Roman Domon turned in a game-high 22 points, adding five rebounds and three assists, as Mark Padjen finished with 15 points on a perfect 6-of-6 shooting night to go along with eight steals and seven assists. Christian Jones chipped in 12 points and Ben Schtolzberg added 11 points as the pair combined to pass out seven assists. Three players – Kaden Magwood, Shon Tupuola and Brayden Shorter – all tallied 10 points, while Brigham Rogers pulled down 16 rebounds to lead all players.

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Photo courtesy of Nick Phillips and Murray State Athletics