Blue Raiders wrap-up 2014 at Auburn

Monday, December 29

Auburn, Ala.

8:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Auburn

12/27/2014 11:08:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT travels to face Auburn on Monday

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee men's basketball (7-5) concludes its 2014 non-conference schedule with a trip to Auburn (6-5) on Monday night. The game will air on the SEC Network with a 8 p.m. tip-off; the first Blue Raider game featured on the SEC Network.

MT has only faced the Tigers twice in program history with the Blue Raiders looking for its first victory.

Middle Tennessee is 4-3 in the last three seasons when facing SEC opponents with victories over Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi and Tennessee.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Monday, Dec. 29
Time: 8 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at Auburn
Location: Auburn, Ala.
Arena: Auburn Arena (9,121)
TV: SEC Network
Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), The Game (97.5/102.5), WGNS AM/FM (1450/100.5/101.9)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Color: Kyle Turnham

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BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• The Blue Raiders have WON FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES, going 2-1 on the road and 2-0 at home.

• DAVIS IS 11 WINS FROM HIS 250TH CAREER WIN at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.

• The Blue Raiders are 7-0 this season when SCORING 60 OR MORE POINTS.

• MT has put out NINE DIFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS through the first 12 contests, while 12 different Blue Raiders have notched at least one start.

• Under Coach Kermit Davis the Blue Raiders are 54-39 IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, while improving to 67-37 in the month of January.

• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 25.7 POINTS PER GAME this season and 42.7 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• Giddy POTTS DOUBLED HIS POINT TOTAL this season after he recorded 16 points against Chattanooga for 31 points. Potts followed that with three treys vs. Tennessee State.

• The Blue Raider FRESHMEN HAVE REGISTERED 146 POINTS with 78 of those points coming from three-point range.

• MT's FOUR VETERAN RETURNERS Jacquez Rozier (10.1 ppg), Reggie Upshaw (9.4 ppg), Marcus Tarrance (7.1 ppg) and Raymond (7.0 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.

• 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.

•ROZIER, the team's lone four-year senior has recorded 86 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• UPSHAW averages 11.5 POINTS PER GAME WHEN COMING OFF THE BENCH.

• The Blue Raiders have been dominant at home as they went 14-2 last season and hold a record of 50-5 AT THE MURPHY CENTER IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS; including this season's 5-1 start at home.

• 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.

• 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.