Morehead State entered last week’s slate of games with a half-game lead on second-place teams Southeast Missouri and Murray State.

The lead is now gone.

Morehead State lost 71-57 at Murray on Saturday, leaving the Racers in a two-way tie for first place with SEMO.

Murray (16-7, 12-4 OVC) was paced by Ashley Nicole Haynes’ game-high 22 points en route to securing a program-record 16th regular-season win.

The Lady Eagles (12-13, 11-5) were led by LaKrisha Brown’s 14 points.

Southeast Missouri 73, Eastern Kentucky 72

The Lady Colonels lost their fourth game in a row, dropping them into a tie for the eighth and final conference tournament spot with Eastern Illinois.

EKU was led by Crystal Jones’ 26 points, but fellow guard Ashley Cazee’s last-second shot missed.

Lachelle Lyles, the nation’s leading rebounder, added to the total with her 13-point, 16-rebound effort in SEMO’s.

Samford 67, Austin Peay 55

The Bulldogs picked up their third straight win thanks to a balanced scoring attack. Three players scored in double figures for Samford, led by Veronica Pike’s 14 points.

Austin Peay’s Alicia Watson scored a team-high 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds.

Samford led by as many as 20, before Austin Peay closed the game on a 10-2 run.

Tennessee Tech 88, Tennessee State 57

Tech shot 61 percent in the first half and cruised to an easy win against the Lady Tigers in Cookeville, Tenn.

The Golden Eagles were led by Kendall Cavin’s 22 points. Tech had five players score in double figures en route to its fifth straight win.

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