Blue Raiders roll on to Rice

Thursday, February 12

Houston, Texas

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Rice

2/11/2015 9:33:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT set to face Owls on Thursday

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee continues Conference USA action with another Texas road swing, starting with a game at Rice on Thurday at 7 p.m. CT.

The Blue Raiders are 3-1 all-time against the Owls but are making the trip to Houston to play in Tudor Fieldhouse for the first time in 11 years.

MT is tied in sixth place in the C-USA standings with a 6-5 record, while Rice is tied in eighth with a 4-6 league record. The Owls are coming off a tough fought road win at WKU to end a four-game losing streak.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Thusday, Feb. 12
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at Rice
Location: Houston, Texas
Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
TV: Webstream
Radio: Game2 (94.9/95.1)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters

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BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• MT has faced eight teams with a TOP-150 RPI ON THE ROAD with FIVE of those in the TOP-100.

• Middle Tennessee has hit a three-point field goal in 590-consecutive games, which is the 31ST-LONGEST STREAK IN THE COUNTRY.

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

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

• 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 92 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• MT's FRESHMEN HAVE 366 POINTS this season with 177 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 39.3 PERCENT OF THE BLUE RAIDERS' THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS.

• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 28.1 POINTS PER GAME this season and 45.4 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +12.0 so far this season and have a +4.6 REBOUNDING MARGIN.

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

• In non-conference action GIDDY POTTS averaged 3.1 POINTS PER GAME but has more than doubled that in CONFERENCE ACTION WITH 8.1 POINTS PER GAME against C-USA teams.

• Marcus Tarrance has scored 29 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF of MT's last two games; he shot 80 percent from the field in the second half.

• The Blue Raiders are 13-3 this season when SCORING 60 OR MORE POINTS.

• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 61-31 IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

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

• MT's THREE VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (10.2 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (8.3 ppg), Marcus Tarrance (6.8 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (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.

• 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).