at texas southern, murray worked out with john lucas. lucas recalled that murray at first resisted his training regimen, but eventually came to accept it. on december 18, 2013, murray scored 48 points against temple in a one-point upset at the liacouras center, setting records for the most points scored against temple by one player as well as a new arena record. he was named the southwestern athletic conference player of the year in 2014. he also picked up swac defensive player of the year honors after averaging 21 points and almost 8 rebounds a game on a team that captured the automatic bid to the ncaa tournament.