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Murray State: All-American Morant will enter the NBA draft

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) Murray State says that All-American guard Ja Morant will enter the NBA draft following a record-breaking season for the Racers.

The school said Wednesday night on its website that Morant announced his decision at the team's arena. The athletic 6-foot-3 sophomore is projected as a lottery pick and could be chosen as high as second in the June 20 draft.

Morant led Murray State to the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships and was the league's Player of the Year. In the Racers' first-round NCAA Tournament win over Marquette, he had the ninth triple-double in tournament history with 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds.

Leaders
Points:	J. Morant	24.5
Rebounds:	D. Cowart	6.5
Assists:	J. Morant	10.0
FG%:	J. Morant	49.9%
FT%:	J. Morant	81.3%
3P%:	T. Brown	37.2%
Steals:	S. Buchanan	1.8
Blocks:	A. Smith	1.6

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Duke	32-6
2	Virginia	35-3
3	North Carolina	29-7
4	Gonzaga	33-4
5	Michigan State	32-7
6	Tennessee	31-6
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Michigan	30-7
9	Texas Tech	31-7
10	Florida State	29-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	35-3
2	Texas Tech	31-7
3	Michigan State	32-7
4	Duke	32-6
5	Auburn	30-10
6	Gonzaga	33-4
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Purdue	26-10
9	North Carolina	29-7
10	Tennessee	31-6
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Ohio Valley Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Murray State	16-2	28-5
Belmont	16-2	27-6
Jacksonville State	15-3	24-9
Austin Peay	13-5	22-11
Morehead State	8-10	13-20
Eastern Illinois	7-11	14-18
Eastern Kentucky	6-12	13-18
UT Martin	6-12	12-19
SIUE	6-12	10-21
Tennessee State	6-12	9-21
Southeast Missouri State	5-13	10-21
Tennessee Tech	4-14	8-23
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	82.6 (15)
Rebounds:	10.8 (115)
Assists:	17.9 (5)
FG%:	49.2% (10)
FT%:	73.1% (94)
3P%:	35.3% (130)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	68.3 (88)
Rebounds:	27.1 (51)
Assists:	11.3 (51)
FG%:	41.1% (51)
FT%:	71.8% (266)
3P%:	28.6% (10)