Xavier to host Racers in exhibition game
MBB: This will be one of two exhibitions Murray State will play this season
Xavier officially released their non-conference schedule Thursday, which included the announcement the Musketeers will host Murray State in an exhibition game on Saturday, October 18th.
This is the first year Division I schools can play public exhibition games against other Division I programs. Murray State Head Coach Ryan Miller has said he intends to play one exhibition on the road and the other at home this fall. This game with Xavier obviously fulfills the first part of that equation.
Murray State has played Xavier four times previously, with the last meeting coming in November of 2014.
Here’s how this season’s non-conference schedule looks at this moment:
TBA — Home vs. Little Rock (Back end of a home-and-home series that started in 2023-24)
October 18th — at Xavier (Exhibition)
November 3 — vs. TBA (in Sioux Falls, SD at The Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase)
November 7 — vs. Mississippi Valley State
November 11 — at SMU
November 15 — vs. Nicholls
November 23 — vs. Middle Tennessee (Cayman Islands Classic)
November 24 — vs. McNeese (Cayman Islands Classic)
November 25 — vs. George Washington (Cayman Islands Classic)
December 2 — vs. Morehead State
December 13 — vs. Akron (in Henderson, Nevada at the Jack Jones Classic)
With 20 conference games, Murray State still has one non-conference game left to be announced to complete their slate for next season. The Missouri Valley’s conference schedule likely won’t be released until closer to September.