MT continues road swing at South Alabama

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee men's basketball travels for game two of a four-game road swing on Saturday as the Blue Raiders take on South Alabama at 1:05 p.m.

The two teams were familiar foes when both played in the Sun Belt with Middle Tennessee holding a 18-12 advantage over the Jaguars all-time.

The Blue Raiders are 3-4 on the young season, while South Alabama is 2-3 overall.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Saturday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:05 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at South Alabama
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Arena: Mitchell Center (10,000)
TV: Webstream
Radio: 89.5 (WMOT), 97.5, 102.5, 89.5,100.9, 1450
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Color Analyst: Kyle Turnham
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BLUE RAIDER BULLET

• The Blue Raiders take on former Sun Belt foe as they hold an 18-12 all-time record against the Jaguars and have taken the last six games in the match-up.

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

• Under Coach Kermit Davis the Blue Raiders are 50-37, while improving to 67-37 in the month of January.

• The Blue Raiders had four players score double digits in a single same this year on two occasions with Buford, Upshaw, Raymond and Tarrance scoring double digits vs. Northern Arizona and Tarrance, Raymond, Upshaw and Jones scoring double digits at Belmont.

• Jacquez Rozier leads the team in field-goal percentage (.526), field-goals per game (3.3), offensive rebounds (22) and steals (9).

• Reggie Upshaw (9.4 ppg), Rozier (8.9 ppg), Marcus Tarrance (8.7 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (6.9 ppg) lead the Blue Raiders in scoring this season.

• The Middle Tennessee bench has averaged 23 points per game this season with Tarrance spearheading the attack at 8.7 points per game.

• Head Coach Kermit Davis is 15 wins from his 250th career win at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.

• Freshmen Edward Simpson, Giddy Potts and JaQuel Richmond have garnered starts for the Blue Raiders as Richmond is tied for the team-leading 10 assists this season while Simpson has drained six three-pointers.

• Tarrance has led the team in scoring in two games this season (Southern - 18 points, Belmont - 14 points), while Rozier has snagged the team-best rebounding in three games as the two are the lone seniors on the squad.

• MT shot a season-best 10 three-point baskets against Belmont on Tuesday with four different players draining a trey in the game. In 2013 the Blue Raiders season-high in three-point baskets was 11 against Southern Miss.

• The Blue Raiders are 3-0 when winning the tip-off this season.

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Players Mentioned

Giddy Potts

Jaqawn Raymond

JaQuel Richmond

Jacquez Rozier

Edward Simpson

Marcus Tarrance

Reggie Upshaw

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