Blue Raiders make first trip to UTSA

Thursday, January 29

San Antonio, Texas

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

UTSA

1/28/2015 9:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT takes on Roadrunners to continue C-USA play

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee (12-8, 5-2 C-USA) travels to UTSA (9-9, 3-4 C-USA) for the first time in program history to continue conference action.

The Blue Raiders have won five of their last six games, while the Roadrunners are 3-3 in their last six Conference USA games.

The game is slated to tip-off at 7:05 p.m. CT and will be broadcast live on American Sports Network (ASN); locally on WUXP/MyTV30.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Thursday, Jan. 29
Time: 7:05 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at UTSA
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650)
TV: American Sports Network (ASN)
TV LISTINGS
Talent: Dave Barnett and Ben Braun
Radio: ESPN Nashville-Game 2 (94.9/95.1), WGNS AM-FM (1450/100.5/101.9)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters

Video | Live Audio | Live Stats

BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• The Blue Raiders are 12-1 this season when SCORING 60 OR MORE POINTS.

• MT ranks SECOND IN C-USA AND 45TH NATIONALLY IN SCORING DEFENSE.

• The Blue Raiders are ONE OF 13 TEAMS in the country to NOT ALLOW a team to score MORE THAN 75 on them this season.

• MT IS ONE OF TWO TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY to have a winning record without its leading scorer averaging double figures.

•The Blue Raiders have ranked TOP-50 NATIONALLY in the last three seasons in SCORING DEFENSE: 2014-15 (45TH), 2013-14 (25TH), 2012-13 (15TH).

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

• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 28.4 POINTS PER GAME this season and 45.9 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• TEN different players have LED THE TEAM IN SCORING in a game this season.

• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +11.6 so far this season and have a +4.3 REBOUNDING MARGIN.

• Reggie UPSHAW AVERAGES 10.8 points per game when coming OFF THE BENCH compared to 7.7 points per game when starting.

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

• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 72-39 IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

• 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 AND GAVIN GIBSON have recorded 91 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• MT's FRESHMEN HAVE 309 POINTS this season with 150 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 40 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 THREE VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (9.4 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (8.6 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (7.3 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.

• 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.

• During that time the Blue Raiders have made a trip to the NCAA TOURNAMENT (2013) AND THE NIT (2012).