Lady Raiders Prepped For a Meeting With Belmont

Murfreesboro, Tenn. - After defeating Lipscomb 70-49 nearly 10 days ago the Middle Tennessee women's basketball team will face another music city foe when they travel to Belmont tomorrow at 3:00 PM.
Game 10: Middle Tennessee (6-3, 0-0 C-USA) vs. Belmont (4-5, 0-0 OVC)

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 - 3:00 PM CST
Curb Event Center (5,085) - Nashville, Tenn.
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About the Lady Raiders

Senior Charity Savage has collected 102 rebounds through nine games this season ranking her third in the country for total rebounds. Savage still has a ways to go before knocking on the door of the MT single season rebound record of 448, held by Robin Hendrix during the 1980-81 season.
Sophomore sharpshooter Taylor Sutton is among the nation's best in 3-point shooting this season. Sutton is 11th nationally for total 3-pointers with 29. She is 17th nationally for 3-pointers per game with 3.2 and her .408 shooting percentage beyond the arc is 97^th in the nation.
MT (6-3) is currently sixth in the C-USA standings, but only sits a game and a half back from ODU (7-1) at the top of the standings.

Scouting the Bruins

The Bruins are the four-time defending OVC championsand the preseason favorite to repeat in 2019-20.
Belmont defeated neighboring Lipscomb 69-68 in their last match up.
Maura Muensterman hit a last second three pointer to propel the Bruins over the Bison in the battle of the boulevard.
The Bruins were led by Ellie Harmeyer with 21 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Lipscomb. The red-shirt senior leads the Bruins in points per game with 16.5, rebounds with 10.3, and free throw percentage, knocking down 79.6 percent of her attempts.

All-Time vs. Belmont

This will be the 18^th meeting between the Lady Raiders and the Bruins, dating back to 1979.
MT leads the series 16-1 with their only loss to the Bruins coning early last season. The Lady Raiders fell in the defensive bout 38-45.
This is only the second meeting between the two teams since 2000.

Last Time Out

Sophomore Taylor Sutton had a perfect game against Lipscomb, shooting a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. Sutton finished the game with 20 points and five rebounds.
Memphis native Charity Savage recorded her third double-double scoring 12 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Savage also contributed four assists and three blocks in the win over the Bison.
The Lady Raider defense held the Bison to just 19-for-56 (33.9%) shooting from the field.

Next Time Out
After Belmont the Lady Raiders will return home for a mid-week match up against VCU on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 PM.

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Players Mentioned

Charity Savage

Taylor Sutton

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