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Justin Morgan was the only freshman last season to average double-digit minutes per game. (Photo: David Eaton/Murray State Athletics)

Last March, Justin Morgan was wrapping up his senior year of high school and was preparing to head to Murray State to start his college career playing for Matt McMahon. But when McMahon headed to LSU, everything changed for Morgan.

“I didn’t know what to think,” Morgan said. “One of my high school coaches texted me, and said something like, ‘Sorry, Justin, your coach is gone.’ I didn’t even know what he was talking about, so I checked Twitter and I saw it. I was with my dad and we just started praying about it right there and then.”