Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Friday, March 11
Birmingham, AL
5:30 PM
Middle Tennessee
23-9
99
vs
90
No. 3 Marshall
17-16
1
2
F
Marshall
29
61
90
Middle Tennessee
39
60
99
Team Stats
MAR
MT
FG%
.473
.585
3FG%
.355
.462
FT%
.474
.756
RB
40
34
TO
14
13
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
18
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
9
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
G/F
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/ Men's BasketballRaiders Move On to C-USA Title Game with 99-90 Win
3/11/2016 8:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Upshaw joins 1,000-point club as Blue Raiders down Marshall
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A spectacular offensive performance in which five Blue Raiders scored in double figures led to a 99-90 win against Marshall and a berth in Saturday's Conference USA Championship game.
Reggie Upshaw had another spectacular night, going for 17 points, nine rebounds and three assists and became the 32nd member of Middle Tennessee's 1,000-point club with a free throw early in the contest.
JaQawn Raymond led Middle Tennessee with 20 points, tying his career high. Perrin Buford added 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists while Giddy Potts totaled 13 points and Darnell Harris pitched in with 12.
Middle Tennessee (23-9, 13-5 C-USA) shot 58.5 percent on the night and dominated Marshall (17-16, 12-6 C-USA) down low with 50 points in the paint, putting the Herd in foul trouble and leading to a season-high 31 made free throws for the Blue Raiders.
Marshall opened the game with a three-pointer before Middle Tennessee answered with a couple of triples of their own to take a 6-3 lead early on.
The Herd controlled the next few minutes of the contest, taking an 18-13 lead at the 10:41 mark before the Blue Raider offense came alive.
Middle rallied to cut the lead to two at 20-18 but Marshall answered with a basket to extend the lead back to four.
The Raiders then went on a 13-0 run to go on top by a score of 31-22 and didn't slow down for the remainder of the first half.
Marshall was able to close the gap to six but a foul followed by a technical gave the Raiders four free throws and a 10-point lead after converting all four.
Middle Tennessee carried the 10-point advantage into the locker room, leading 39-29 through 20 minutes of action.
For the second consecutive night the Raiders came out of the locker room on fire, putting up 16 points in the first four minutes of the half and taking a 55-39 lead at the 16:01 mark.
Marshall began to raise the tempo for the remainder of the game, but the Blue Raiders had an answer for every Marshall basket for the remainder of the night.
Middle poured in 60 points in the second half while shooting 76.9 percent to fend off the Herd in the high-paced battle.
The Blue Raiders put an exclamation point on the contest when Raymond and Upshaw threw down dunks on back-to-back possessions to put the Blue Raiders ahead 96-79 with just 90 seconds to play.
With a comfortable lead in hand, Davis began to pull his starters from the game to standing ovations from a high energy Blue Raider crowd that pushed the team all game long.
Middle Tennessee will battle No. 5 seeded Old Dominion on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. for the Conference USA Championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Reggie Upshaw had another spectacular night, going for 17 points, nine rebounds and three assists and became the 32nd member of Middle Tennessee's 1,000-point club with a free throw early in the contest.
JaQawn Raymond led Middle Tennessee with 20 points, tying his career high. Perrin Buford added 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists while Giddy Potts totaled 13 points and Darnell Harris pitched in with 12.
Middle Tennessee (23-9, 13-5 C-USA) shot 58.5 percent on the night and dominated Marshall (17-16, 12-6 C-USA) down low with 50 points in the paint, putting the Herd in foul trouble and leading to a season-high 31 made free throws for the Blue Raiders.
Marshall opened the game with a three-pointer before Middle Tennessee answered with a couple of triples of their own to take a 6-3 lead early on.
The Herd controlled the next few minutes of the contest, taking an 18-13 lead at the 10:41 mark before the Blue Raider offense came alive.
Middle rallied to cut the lead to two at 20-18 but Marshall answered with a basket to extend the lead back to four.
The Raiders then went on a 13-0 run to go on top by a score of 31-22 and didn't slow down for the remainder of the first half.
Marshall was able to close the gap to six but a foul followed by a technical gave the Raiders four free throws and a 10-point lead after converting all four.
Middle Tennessee carried the 10-point advantage into the locker room, leading 39-29 through 20 minutes of action.
For the second consecutive night the Raiders came out of the locker room on fire, putting up 16 points in the first four minutes of the half and taking a 55-39 lead at the 16:01 mark.
Marshall began to raise the tempo for the remainder of the game, but the Blue Raiders had an answer for every Marshall basket for the remainder of the night.
Middle poured in 60 points in the second half while shooting 76.9 percent to fend off the Herd in the high-paced battle.
The Blue Raiders put an exclamation point on the contest when Raymond and Upshaw threw down dunks on back-to-back possessions to put the Blue Raiders ahead 96-79 with just 90 seconds to play.
With a comfortable lead in hand, Davis began to pull his starters from the game to standing ovations from a high energy Blue Raider crowd that pushed the team all game long.
Middle Tennessee will battle No. 5 seeded Old Dominion on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. for the Conference USA Championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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