Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Thursday, February 19
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
4:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee
vs
Marshall
MT meets Marshall in the Murphy Center
2/18/2015 9:55:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Blue Raiders host Thundering Herd on Thursday
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee men's hoops prepares for its final home series of the season as the Blue Raiders bring in Marshall to the Murphy Center for a 4 p.m. game on Thursday, Feb. 19.
The Blue Raiders are coming off a tough road series in Texas and are currently 6-7 in league play in eighth-place. The Thundering Herd has won three-straight games including their most recent win over WKU to hold a 5-7 C-USA record.
MT has five games remaining as the Blue Raiders make the final push to the Conference USA Championship that starts on March 11 in Birmingham, Ala.
The Blue Raiders are coming off a tough road series in Texas and are currently 6-7 in league play in eighth-place. The Thundering Herd has won three-straight games including their most recent win over WKU to hold a 5-7 C-USA record.
MT has five games remaining as the Blue Raiders make the final push to the Conference USA Championship that starts on March 11 in Birmingham, Ala.
GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Teams: Marshall at Middle Tennessee
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Arena: Murphy Center (11,520)
TV: Web stream
Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), NewsRadio WGNS-AM/FM (1450/100.5/101.9), Game 2 (94.9/95.1)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Color: Kyle Turnham
Video | Live Audio | Live Stats
BLUE RAIDER BULLETS
• The Blue Raiders are 55-7 IN THE MURPHY CENTER in the last four seasons, including a 10-3 RECORD AT HOME THIS SEASON.
• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 27.8 POINTS PER GAME this season and 44.8 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.
• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +12.3 so far this season and have a +5.1 REBOUNDING MARGIN.
• DAVIS IS FIVE WINS FROM HIS 250TH CAREER WIN at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.
• TEN different players have LED THE TEAM IN SCORING in a game this season with 12 players getting time.
• REGGIE UPSHAW has a DOUBLE-DOUBLE in two of the last five games.
• MT has faced seven 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 592-consecutive games, which is the 31ST-LONGEST STREAK IN THE COUNTRY.
• 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 390 POINTS this season with 183 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 38.6 PERCENT OF THE BLUE RAIDERS' THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS.
• 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 7.8 POINTS PER GAME AGAINST C-USA TEAMS.
• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 61-33 IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
• THE 2015 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP will be held in Birmingham from March 11-14.
• MT's FOUR VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (10.3 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (7.7 ppg), Jaqawn Raymond (7.0 ppg) and Marcus Tarrance (7.0 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).
• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 27.8 POINTS PER GAME this season and 44.8 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.
• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +12.3 so far this season and have a +5.1 REBOUNDING MARGIN.
• DAVIS IS FIVE WINS FROM HIS 250TH CAREER WIN at Middle Tennessee. He is the only coach in program history to earn 200+ wins.
• TEN different players have LED THE TEAM IN SCORING in a game this season with 12 players getting time.
• REGGIE UPSHAW has a DOUBLE-DOUBLE in two of the last five games.
• MT has faced seven 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 592-consecutive games, which is the 31ST-LONGEST STREAK IN THE COUNTRY.
• 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 390 POINTS this season with 183 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 38.6 PERCENT OF THE BLUE RAIDERS' THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS.
• 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 7.8 POINTS PER GAME AGAINST C-USA TEAMS.
• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 61-33 IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
• THE 2015 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP will be held in Birmingham from March 11-14.
• MT's FOUR VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (10.3 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (7.7 ppg), Jaqawn Raymond (7.0 ppg) and Marcus Tarrance (7.0 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).
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