Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Saturday, January 12
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
6:00 PM
Middle Tennessee
vs
Louisiana Tech
Lady Raiders Continue Conference Slate at Home
1/11/2019 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Date + Time: Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:00 p.m.
Teams: Middle Tennessee (12-4, 3-0) vs. LA Tech (9-7, 1-2)
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Murphy Center
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's basketball team will continue its Conference USA home schedule as Louisiana Tech comes to the Murphy Center on Saturday, Jan. 12. Tip-off is set for 6:00p.m.
Celebrating Youth in Sport
Calling all young athletes! All youth athletes attending Saturday's contest in a sports jersey will receive free admission to the game with an accompanying adult ticket.
Scouting LA Tech (9-7, 1-2)
The Lady Techsters opened conference action with back-to-back losses, falling to North Texas and Rice before the team took down conference preseason poll favorite, UAB on Thursday, Jan. 10.
In conference play, Kierra Anthony has been the leading Lady Techster on the court, knocking down 82 of the 178 LA Tech points. Anthony is 33-of-72 from the field while hitting 3-of-9 from distance.
On the defensive end, Zhanae Whitney leads the Techsters, averaging 5.7 rebounds per contest.
Lady Raiders Move to 3-0 in Conference Action
Middle Tennessee continues to lead the Conference USA pack, along with Rice and North Texas as the Lady Raiders mark one-of-three schools in the conference who remain undefeated in conference play. The last time Middle Tennessee opened C-USA action with a 3-0 start, dates back to 2016 as the Lady Raiders picked up a road win over UAB and back-to-back home victories over Rice and North Texas.
The team contributes their early success to connective passing, scoring and defense. The Lady Raiders have created astounding margins in each category over their conference foes in their first three outings. For instance, Middle Tennessee has produced a +14.0 (63.0-49.0) scoring margin, a +8.0 (34.7-26.7) rebounding margin and a +3.3 (12.3-9.0) assist margin over conference opponents this season.
Last time out, the Lady Raiders notched their first win over Southern Miss in two seasons, claiming a 66-49 victory in the Murphy Center on Thursday evening. Senior duo Alex Johnson and Jess Louro posted 16 points apiece in the contest while picking up a combined nine rebounds for the Blue Raiders.
Louro hit 4-of-5 from beyond the arc in the contest while knocking down a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Similarly, Johnson rounded off the Thursday night contest, hitting on a 47% clip (7-of-15) from the field.
Up Next
Middle Tennessee will travel to Texas to continue conference play next weekend, versing UTSA and UTEP.
Teams: Middle Tennessee (12-4, 3-0) vs. LA Tech (9-7, 1-2)
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Murphy Center
Live Stats | Live Video (CUSA.TV) | Live Audio
Stay Social with the Lady Raiders
Hashtags: #BlueRaiders, #LadyRaiders, #TrueBlue
Twitter + Instagram: @MT_WBB
Facebook: MTSU Women's Basketball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's basketball team will continue its Conference USA home schedule as Louisiana Tech comes to the Murphy Center on Saturday, Jan. 12. Tip-off is set for 6:00p.m.
Celebrating Youth in Sport
Calling all young athletes! All youth athletes attending Saturday's contest in a sports jersey will receive free admission to the game with an accompanying adult ticket.
Scouting LA Tech (9-7, 1-2)
The Lady Techsters opened conference action with back-to-back losses, falling to North Texas and Rice before the team took down conference preseason poll favorite, UAB on Thursday, Jan. 10.
In conference play, Kierra Anthony has been the leading Lady Techster on the court, knocking down 82 of the 178 LA Tech points. Anthony is 33-of-72 from the field while hitting 3-of-9 from distance.
On the defensive end, Zhanae Whitney leads the Techsters, averaging 5.7 rebounds per contest.
Lady Raiders Move to 3-0 in Conference Action
Middle Tennessee continues to lead the Conference USA pack, along with Rice and North Texas as the Lady Raiders mark one-of-three schools in the conference who remain undefeated in conference play. The last time Middle Tennessee opened C-USA action with a 3-0 start, dates back to 2016 as the Lady Raiders picked up a road win over UAB and back-to-back home victories over Rice and North Texas.
The team contributes their early success to connective passing, scoring and defense. The Lady Raiders have created astounding margins in each category over their conference foes in their first three outings. For instance, Middle Tennessee has produced a +14.0 (63.0-49.0) scoring margin, a +8.0 (34.7-26.7) rebounding margin and a +3.3 (12.3-9.0) assist margin over conference opponents this season.
Last time out, the Lady Raiders notched their first win over Southern Miss in two seasons, claiming a 66-49 victory in the Murphy Center on Thursday evening. Senior duo Alex Johnson and Jess Louro posted 16 points apiece in the contest while picking up a combined nine rebounds for the Blue Raiders.
Louro hit 4-of-5 from beyond the arc in the contest while knocking down a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Similarly, Johnson rounded off the Thursday night contest, hitting on a 47% clip (7-of-15) from the field.
Up Next
Middle Tennessee will travel to Texas to continue conference play next weekend, versing UTSA and UTEP.
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