MT men's hoops host Florida Atlantic on Saturday

Saturday, January 10

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Florida Atlantic

1/9/2015 12:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball

MT continues C-USA play at the Murphy Center

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee (8-7, 1-1) continues Conference USA action as the Blue Raiders host Florida Atlantic (7-6, 0-2) on Saturday night at the Murphy Center. Tip-off in the Glass House is slated for 7 p.m. as MT aims to grab back-to-back league wins after defeating FIU on Thursday.

The Blue Raiders hold a 12-4 all-time record against the Owls and have a five-game winning streak when the two team go head-to-head.

Middle Tennessee faces its first conference road test in Southern Miss (Jan. 15) and LA Tech (Jan. 17) next week.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Saturday, Jan. 10
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Teams: Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Arena: Murphy Center (11,520)
TV: Webstream
Radio: WMOT (89.5), WGNS (1450/100.5/101.9), The Game (97.5/102.5)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Color: Kyle Turnham

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BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• MT has won its last five games against FAU.

• The Blue Raiders have not allowed an opponent to score 70 points on them this season.

• The Blue Raiders are 8-0 this season when SCORING 60 OR MORE POINTS.

• MT ranks SECOND IN C-USA AND 39th NATIONALLY IN SCORING DEFENSE.

• DAVIS IS 10 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 51-6 AT THE MURPHY CENTER IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS; including this season's 6-2 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 44.8 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +9.1 so far this season and have a +3.0 REBOUNDING MARGIN.

• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 68-38 IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

• MT's FRESHMEN HAVE 196 POINTS this season with 108 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 39.1 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 Jacquez Rozier (9.1 ppg), Reggie Upshaw (8.8 ppg), Jaqawn Raymond (7.3 ppg) and Marcus Tarrance (6.7 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 87 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• MT has put out 10 DIFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS through the first 15 contests, while 12 different Blue Raiders have notched at least one start.

• 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.

• 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.