FINAL RECORD
15-15, 12-8, third in the OVC

WHAT WENT RIGHT
The Eagles figured out how to use their athleticism. Already with dynamic G Maze Stallworth on the perimeter, junior Leon Buchanan and freshman Kenneth Faried became terrors in the paint, combining to average 24 points and 14 rebounds per game.

WHAT WENT WRONG
Turnovers. The Eagles aren't the league's most skilled offensive team, and protecting the basketball has to become a bigger issue after posting a minus-1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We have a good group of guys, they're hard workers and character young men. We've said it before, it's a building process and we certainly didn't want it to end tonight, but we're just in year two. It takes four or five years to really get your program in place." -- MSU coach Donnie Tyndall after his team's 68-61 OVC quarterfinal loss to TSU on Mar. 4.

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