Blue Raiders continue C-USA race at UAB

Saturday, February 28

Birmingham, Ala.

2:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

UAB

2/27/2015 9:39:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MT heads to Bartow Arena

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee men's hoops continue the race to the Conference USA Championship with a road game at UAB on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on American Sports Network (ASN).

The Blue Raiders were bestest by the Blazers earlier this year as MT seeks to settle the score at Bartow Arena.

MT has won its last two game led by freshman Giddy Potts who has recorded 50 points in his last two games. Middle Tennessee is 15-13 and 8-7 in league play, while UAB is 15-13 and 11-4 in C-USA.

The last time the Blue Raiders played in Bartow Arena they picked up a 55-53 road win last year.

GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

Date: Saturday, Feb. 28
Time: 2:05 p.m. CT
Teams: Middle Tennessee at UAB
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500)
TV: American Sports Network (ASN)
Talent: Brett Dolan & Tim Scarborough
Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), NewsRadio WGNS-AM/FM (1450/100.5/101.9), ESPN Nashville The Game (97.5/102.5)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Color: Kyle Turnham

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BLUE RAIDER BULLETS

• 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 94 WINS with the Blue Raiders.

• The Middle Tennessee BENCH has AVERAGED 27.8 POINTS PER GAME this season and 44.1 PERCENT OF THE TEAM'S POINTS.

• The MT BENCH is OUTSCORING ITS OPPONENTS BENCH'S BY +12.4 so far this season and have a +4.8 REBOUNDING MARGIN.

• DAVIS IS THREE 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.

• MT's FRESHMEN HAVE 456 POINTS this season with 225 of those points coming from three-point buckets; accounting for 41 PERCENT OF THE BLUE RAIDERS' THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS.

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

• Giddy Potts' EIGHT TREYS vs Marshall was the MOST BY AN MT FRESHMAN in school history and the most by a C-USA player this season.

• Potts has had BACK-TO-BACK 20+ POINT scoring outings.

• POTTS was named C-USA FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK, COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS C-USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK and TSWA PLAYER OF THE WEEK the week of Feb. 23

• In non-conference action POTTS averaged 3.1 POINTS PER GAME but has more than tripled that in CONFERENCE ACTION WITH 10.1 POINTS PER GAME AGAINST C-USA TEAMS.

• The Blue Raiders 90 POINTS vs Marshall was the MOST POINTS SCORED BY A TEAM IN C-USA action this season, while the 39-POINT VICTORY was the LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY in league play.

• MT went on a 50-7 RUN against Marshall in its biggest win of the year, 90-51.

• Middle Tennessee has hit a three-point field goal in 594-consecutive games, which is the 31ST-LONGEST STREAK IN THE COUNTRY.

• Under Coach Kermit DAVIS the Blue Raiders are 63-33 IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

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

• MT's THREE VETERAN RETURNERS Reggie Upshaw (10.3 ppg), Jacquez Rozier (7.3 ppg) and Jaqawn Raymond (7.1 ppg) LEAD THE TEAM IN SCORING this season.

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

• The Blue Raiders are 57-7 IN THE MURPHY CENTER in the last four seasons, including a 12-3 RECORD AT HOME THIS YEAR.

• 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.