OVC Basketball News

We are still a few months from the beginning of the college basketball season but it's never too early to look ahead. Morehead State could once again pose a tough challenge for SEMO and Murray State this season.

Anytime I can bring up Morehead State it gives me a chance to revisit a classic "fail".

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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Morehead St. Coach Donnie Tyndall is hoping good things come to those who wait. Tyndall will have Miami of Ohio transfer Drew Kelly at his disposal after the first eight games of the season. Kelly, a 6-7, 253-pound forward, can play for the Eagles after the absence

because of NCAA transfer rules.

Tyndall says Kelly has the potential to average double figures in scoring and snag five to six rebounds a game as a freshman. Kelly was Tennessee's Mr. Basketball in 2009 after averaging 31 points and 15 rebounds as a senior at Centennial High School in Brentwood. Kelly was a redshirt at Miami, so he will have four seasons of eligibility at Morehead.

Kelly's grandfather was the late Lake Kelly, who coached Austin Peay and Oral Roberts and was an assistant at the University of Kentucky under Joe B. Hall.


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