Josh Murray

14 Josh Murray

Height:

6-9
Weight:

250
Hometown:

Burlington, N.C.
Position:

F/C
Year:

Junior
High School:

Cummings
Previous College:

Jacksonville

gp

24
pts/g

1.0
fg %

52.4
3pt %

-
ft %

27.3
reb/g

1.2
a/g

0.0

Bio

2016-17: Appeared in 24 games as a junior for the Eagles. Murray averaged a point and 1.2 rebounds per game. Murray shot 52 percent from the field. He led Carson-Newman in blocks in 10 games, notching two blocks on five occasions, most recently against Brevard (2/22). He hit his career high four times, scoring four points, most recently against Anderson (2/8).

2015-16: Sidelined with a foot injury, redshirted.

Prior to Carson-Newman (Jacksonville): Murray was a reserve player for the Dolphins who came off the bench in 16 games in his sophomore season. He averaged 0.9 points per game and 1.1 rebounds with four-point efforts against Hofstra, Florida International and Northern Kentucky highlighting his season. As a freshman, he came off the bench 21 times to score 0.7 points and grab 1.5 boards a game. He grabbed a career high six rebounds in his first collegiate game against Trinity Baptist.

High School: Murray went to Cummings High School where he was named to the NCPreps.com 2A All-State team in 2012-13. He was also an All-Region selection while leading Cummings to a 21-5 record as a senior. He was named MVP of the Eastern Guilford Christmas Holiday Tournament, recording a triple-double of 22 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks in the title game.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	24	17
Games started	-	-
Minutes	137	111
Minutes per game	5.7	6.5
FG	11-21	11-19
FG Pct	52.4	57.9
3PT	0-0	0-0
3PT Pct	-	-
FT	3-11	2-7
FT Pct	27.3	28.6
Off rebounds	14	11
Def rebounds	14	14
Total rebounds	28	25
Rebounds per game	1.2	1.5
Personal fouls	19	16
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	1	1
Turnovers	6	6
Assist to turnover ratio	0.2	0.2
Steals	1	1
Blocks	18	16
Points	25	24
Points per game	1.0	1.4
Points per 40 min	7.3	8.6

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	8	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	3	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	9	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	9	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	3
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	4	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	15	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	3	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	5	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	6	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	7	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	4
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	4	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	14	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	8	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	11	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	4	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	0
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	9	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	15	0	2	2	0	0	1	2
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	2
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	1
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	14	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	8	1	2	3	0	1	0	1
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	11	0	2	2	1	1	0	2
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	9	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	2	-	-
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	0	0	-
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	0	-	-
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	1	-	-
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	0	-	-
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	0	-	-
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	1	-	-
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	0	-	-
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	0	-	-
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	3	-	-
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	1	-	-
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	0	-	-
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	1	-	-
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	4	0	-
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	0	-	-
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	1	-	0.0
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	2	-	0.0
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	1	0	0.0
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	0	-	1.0
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	0	-	-
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	2	-	-
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	0	-	0.0
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	0	-	-
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	0	0	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2015-16	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
2016-17	24	5.7	0.5-0.9	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.5	1.0
2017-18	29	17.5	3.4-4.9	0.0-0.0	1.3-2.1	8.2
Total	53	12.2	2.1-3.1	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.4	4.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2015-16	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
2016-17	24	-	137	11-21	52.4	0-0	-	3-11	27.3	25
2017-18	29	21	507	100-141	70.9	0-0	-	37-61	60.7	237
Total	53	21	644	111-162	68.5	0-0	-	40-72	55.6	262

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2015-16	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
2016-17	24	137	5.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
2017-18	29	507	17.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Total	53	644	12.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	24	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8
2017-18	29	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.3	1.4	0.1	1.6
Total	53	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.2	0.9	0.1	1.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	24	-	14	14	28	1	6	1	18
2017-18	29	21	49	65	114	8	41	4	45
Total	53	21	63	79	142	9	47	5	63

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017-18	29	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	53	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	24	5.7	0.5-0.9	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.5	1.0
Conference	17	6.5	0.6-1.1	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.4	1.4
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	6.0	0.4-0.5	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.2	0.9
Away	10	5.7	0.7-1.5	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.5	1.5
Neutral	4	5.0	0.0-0.2	0.0-0.0	0.2-1.0	0.3
Result
Wins	13	6.7	0.5-1.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.1	1.1
Losses	11	4.5	0.4-0.7	0.0-0.0	0.3-0.9	1.0
Month
November	6	4.0	0.0-0.3	0.0-0.0	0.2-0.5	0.2
December	4	7.5	0.8-1.0	0.0-0.0	0.2-0.5	1.8
January	5	5.0	0.6-1.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.2	1.2
February	7	7.9	0.7-1.1	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.6	1.6
March	2	1.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.5	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	24	-	137	11-21	52.4	0-0	-	3-11	27.3	25
Conference	17	-	111	11-19	57.9	0-0	-	2-7	28.6	24
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	10	-	60	4-5	80.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	9
Away	10	-	57	7-15	46.7	0-0	-	1-5	20.0	15
Neutral	4	-	20	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	1-4	25.0	1
Result
Wins	13	-	87	7-13	53.8	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	14
Losses	11	-	50	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	3-10	30.0	11
Month
November	6	-	24	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	1
December	4	-	30	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	7
January	5	-	25	3-7	42.9	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	6
February	7	-	55	5-8	62.5	0-0	-	1-4	25.0	11
March	2	-	3	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	24	137	5.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	17	111	6.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	60	6.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	10	57	5.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	4	20	5.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	13	87	6.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	11	50	4.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
November	6	24	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	4	30	7.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	5	25	5.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	7	55	7.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
March	2	3	1.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	24	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8
Conference	17	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.9
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	1.0
Away	10	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.6
Neutral	4	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Result
Wins	13	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.0
Losses	11	0.7	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5
Month
November	6	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
December	4	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
January	5	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
February	7	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.9	0.0	1.3
March	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	24	-	14	14	28	1	6	1	18
Conference	17	-	11	14	25	1	6	1	16
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	-	4	7	11	1	4	0	10
Away	10	-	7	7	14	0	2	1	6
Neutral	4	-	3	0	3	0	0	0	2
Result
Wins	13	-	6	10	16	1	5	1	13
Losses	11	-	8	4	12	0	1	0	5
Month
November	6	-	3	0	3	0	0	0	2
December	4	-	0	4	4	0	0	1	4
January	5	-	6	5	11	0	0	0	3
February	7	-	5	5	10	1	6	0	9
March	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	17	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
November	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
March	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

News mentions

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Top-Five Royals Await Eagles in Charlotte

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January 27, 2017

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December 31, 2016

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November 01, 2016

Carson-Newman men’s basketball frontcourt position preview

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – To get set for Carson-Newman men’s basketball season, a two-part series will break down C-N’s position groups. This first part breaks down the Eagles’ forwards with assistance from junior Mason Bates (Cookeville, Tenn.).