Blue Raiders head to Southern Miss

Thursday, January 15

Hattiesburg, Miss.

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Southern Miss

1/14/2015 9:39:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT continues C-USA action at Southern Miss

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee (9-7, 2-1 C-USA) travels down to Hattiesburg, Miss. to take on the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss (5-9, 0-3 C-USA) on Thursday night.

The Blue Raiders have won their last two Conference USA games, while USM is suffering a six-game losing streak.

MT holds a 2-1 all-time record against the Golden Eagles and defeated them 81-64 last season in the Murphy Center.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Thursday, Jan. 15
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss
Location: Hattiesburg, Miss.
Arena: Reed Green Coliseum (8,095)
TV: Webstream
Radio: The Game (97.5/102.5) WGNS(1450/100.5/101.9)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters

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BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• The Blue Raiders have NOT ALLOWED an opponent to score 70 POINTS on them this season.

• MT is ONE OF THREE TEAMS IN THE NATION TO NOT ALLOW 70 POINTS this year; Cincinnati and New Mexico.

• The Blue Raiders are 9-0 this season when SCORING 60 OR MORE POINTS.

• MT ranks SECOND IN C-USA AND 33rd NATIONALLY IN SCORING DEFENSE.

• DAVIS IS 9 WINS FROM HIS 250TH CAREER WIN at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.

• The Blue Raiders have been dominant at home as they went 14-2 last season and hold a record of 52-6 AT THE MURPHY CENTER IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS; including this season's 7-2 start at home.

• The 2015 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP will be held in Birmingham from March 11-14.

• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 26.4 POINTS PER GAME this season and 43.7 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +9.4 so far this season and have a +3.2 REBOUNDING MARGIN.

• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 69-38 IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

• MT's FRESHMEN HAVE 213 POINTS this season with 111 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 38.5 PERCENT OF THE BLUE RAIDERS' THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS.

• A FRESHMAN HAS STARTED in every game except one this season for Middle Tennessee

• MT's FOUR VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (9.0 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (8.8 ppg), Marcus Tarrance (7.0 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (6.9 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 88 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• 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 won three regular season titles (in Sun Belt and C-USA) and have made a trip to the NCAA TOURNAMENT (2013) AND THE NIT (2012) in the last three seasons.