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Green leads Morehead St. over SIU-Edwardsville 72-68

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Malek Green had a career-high 23 points as Morehead State narrowly beat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 72-68 in the Ohio Valley Conference Tourney first round on Wednesday night.

Green made 10 of 12 shots. He added eight rebounds.

Jordan Walker had 14 points and six assists for Morehead State (13-19). James Baker added 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. A.J. Hicks had nine assists and six steals for the Eagles. Morehead State went 6 for 6 from the free-throw line in the final 19 seconds.

Leaders
Points:	B. Jackson	13.8
Rebounds:	B. Jackson	6.4
Assists:	T. Williford	3.7
FG%:	B. Jackson	51.8%
FT%:	D. McFarland	77.5%
3P%:	D. McFarland	30.4%
Steals:	D. McFarland	1.6
Blocks:	E. Eze	0.6

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:	73.1 (158)
Rebounds:	11.3 (85)
Assists:	12.3 (258)
FG%:	41.8% (304)
FT%:	70.3% (188)
3P%:	30.2% (340)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	81.3 (352)
Rebounds:	23.6 (296)
Assists:	15.1 (319)
FG%:	49.2% (360)
FT%:	70.2% (168)
3P%:	36.9% (321)