Blue Raiders / Cowboys square off on national TV

Tuesday, December 16

Stillwater, Okla.

8:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Oklahoma State

12/15/2014 8:54:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT game on ESPNU on Tuesday

By: @MTAthletics

STILLWATER, Okla. - Middle Tennessee is set to square off against Oklahoma State on ESPNU on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. CT. The Blue Raiders (5-4) trip to Stillwater will be the first time the two teams will meet as the Cowboys are receiving votes in the USA Today Top-25 Poll after starting the season 8-1 and undefeated at home.

The last time MT was featured on ESPNU was on Dec. 31, 2012 when the Blue Raiders took down North Texas 75-57; just a week earlier Middle Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt on ESPNU 56-52.

The Blue Raiders have won two-consecutive road games by one point with a 68-67 overtime win at South Alabama and a 62-61 victory at Akron. MT's game at Oklahoma State is the last game of a six-game hiatus from the Murphy Center.

OSU's lone loss came at the hands of South Carolina; a team that Akron defeated 68-63.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Tuesday, Dec. 16
Time: 8 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at Oklahoma State
Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Arena: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
TV: ESPNU
Radio: WMOT (89.5), Game 2 (94.9/95.1), WGNS (1450, 100.5, 101.9)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Video | Live Audio | Live Stats

BLUE RAIDER BULLET

• Head Coach Kermit Davis is 13 wins from his 250th career win at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.

• Under Coach Kermit Davis the Blue Raiders are 52-38 in the month of December, while improving to 67-37 in the month of January.

• The Middle Tennessee bench has averaged 25 points per game this season

• MT's four veteran returners Reggie Upshaw (10.3 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (9.7 ppg), Marcus Tarrance (8.0 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (7.1 ppg) lead the team in scoring this season.

• Coach Davis was named to Forbes list of Best College Basketball Coaches for the Money at No. 4; only behind San Diego State's Steve Fisher, Syracuse's Jim Boheim and Gonzaga's Mark Few.

• The Blue Raiders are 26-10 when facing a new opponent in the last 10 years including this year's victories vs Ohio Valley and Northern Arizona.

• Over the last three years the Blue Raiders have averaged 26.3 wins per season. Last year's senior class was the most-winningest class to play at Middle Tennessee with 95 wins with the Blue Raiders.

• MT ranks second nationally only behind Davidson (48-4) with a record in conference play of 46-6 over the last three years.

• During that time the Blue Raiders have won three regular season titles in (in Sun Belt and C-USA) and have made a trip to the NCAA Tournament and the NIT.

• Middle Tennessee has earned at least a share of the conference regular season title three years in a row and four of the last five years.

• The Blue Raiders have been dominant at home as they went 14-2 last season and hold a record of 48-5 at the Murphy Center in the last four seasons; including this season's 3-1 start at home.

• Middle Tennessee has had a player named to a conference "Of the Year" three-consecutive years including 2014 C-USA Player of the Year Shawn Jones in the program's inaugural season in the conference.

• MT has put out six different starting lineups through the first nine contests, while 10 different Blue Raiders have notched at least one start.

• Middle Tennessee's senior forward Jacquez Rozier has been nominated for the 2015 Allstate Good Works Team®, announced the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).