Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Saturday, February 16
Huntington, WV
1:00 PM
Middle Tennessee
-819, 59 CUSA
93
at
98
Marshall
-1413, 77 CUSA
1
2
F
Middle Tennessee
41
52
93
Marshall
41
57
98
Team Stats
MT
MARM
FG%
.437
.482
3FG%
.346
.407
FT%
.846
.825
RB
51
25
TO
16
9
STL
6
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
31
FGM
8
3FGM
7
FTM
8
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
8
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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Raiders lose nail biter in Huntington, 98-93
2/16/2019 5:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Green sets school record on career day
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Middle Tennessee fought tooth and nail to the very end with a high-octane Marshall squad Saturday evening, but dropped its third consecutive nail biter – each to the three teams picked as the Top 3 in Conference USA's preseason poll – by a final score of 98-93.
The loss came despite a pair of career days as Antonio Green poured in 31 points and Reggie Scurry added 24 points and nine rebounds, each setting career highs for scoring.
Donovan Sims pitched in 12 points and six rebounds while Karl Gamble collected his third career double-double with 11 points and 10 boards.
The Blue Raiders got on the board first in Huntington with a free throw from James Hawthorne, but would start 0 for 8 from the field and 0 for 3 from beyond the arc to allow Marshall to jump out to a quick 12-1 lead on their home floor.
Middle Tennessee would answer quickly with a 9-0 run and not long after junior Antonio Green would get scorching hot.
Down 16-10, Green hit a historic 3-pointer that etched his name into the Blue Raider record book as his 86th trifecta of the season broke the school record of 85 triples in a single season set by Giddy Potts just a season ago.
Two Green triples and less than two minutes later Middle Tennessee took the lead back for the first time since the score was 1-0 with a 21-20 advantage and nine minutes on the clock in the opening half.
As the two squads looked to begin trading blows, out of nowhere a track meet broke out in which Herd senior C.J. Burks reeled off eight points in a 12-0 Marshall run to put Raiders down 11 once again.
As Head Coach Nick McDevitt led his team to some defensive adjustments, Middle Tennessee began to climb back in it once again. A 14-0 run to answer Marshall's long streak briefly gave the Blue Raiders a 39-36 advantage, one that was immediately wiped away by a Herd 3-pointer.
"With their style of play you're going to see quick runs like that a lot," McDevitt said. "They can score in a hurry because they're going to get quick shots up every time. But because of the pace they play at you can also get back in it quickly as well."
Two more points on either end would close out a back-and-forth first half and send the two teams into the locker room knotted up at 41.
In a not-so-defensive first half, Middle Tennessee was successful in containing Marshall's leading scorer and perennial C-USA Player of the Year contender Jon Elmore. The senior guard entered the locker room with just two points coming on the final basket of the half.
Meanwhile for the Blue Raiders, Green's five first half triples gave the Tupelo native 15 points to lead all scorers with Scurry pitching in 12 of his own before the break.
More fireworks were coming early and often in the second half with Marshall scoring first but MT quickly taking a 45-43 advantage on the road.
As the game clock ticked under 14 minutes things remained tight in Huntington with Marshall holding a 3-point advantage, but a quick four points extended their lead to seven just 20 seconds later.
Marshall then capitalized on a pair of MT trips to the free throw line in which the Raiders twice went 1 for 2, allowing the Herd to extend its lead out to as many as 12 with 9:03 remaining.
With his team down and needing a spark, Green began to turn it back on to give the Blue Raiders a chance. Six free throws from the junior in a 17 second span, two of which were courtesy of a technical foul on Herd Head Coach Dan D'Antoni, quickly closed the gap to six and made things intense in the Cam Henderson Center once again.
Green would hit his sixth and seventh 3-pointers of the evening in the ensuing minutes with a couple of important buckets from Karl Gamble and walk-on Lawrence Mosley energizing the Blue Raiders down the stretch.
The Blue Raiders fought to the very end, but with Marshall converting 13-of-15 free throws in the final two minutes the deficit wouldn't go to any less than four as the Herd held on to restrict MT from collecting a crucial sixth win in league play.
Middle Tennessee outrebounded the Herd by an astounding 51-25 margin in the contest and turned 24 offensive rebounds into 34 second chance points, but Marshall's 27-of-56 (.482) mark from the field, 11-of-27 (.407) mark from deep, and 33 makes on 40 free throw attempts thanks to 29 personal fouls by MT proved too much offense to overcome.
"We did a lot of really good stuff today," McDevitt commented. "You can't outrebound a team like we did without great effort.
"We shot the ball really well from the free throw line and from all over the floor really, but they got us in a little foul trouble early. That forced us to play some different combinations of guys that we don't see a lot. I thought Lawrence Mosley gave us some huge minutes and plays in wake of the foul trouble."
The Blue Raiders now await the announcement of their final four games during the Bonus Play portion of the Conference USA season later Saturday evening.
The loss came despite a pair of career days as Antonio Green poured in 31 points and Reggie Scurry added 24 points and nine rebounds, each setting career highs for scoring.
Donovan Sims pitched in 12 points and six rebounds while Karl Gamble collected his third career double-double with 11 points and 10 boards.
The Blue Raiders got on the board first in Huntington with a free throw from James Hawthorne, but would start 0 for 8 from the field and 0 for 3 from beyond the arc to allow Marshall to jump out to a quick 12-1 lead on their home floor.
Middle Tennessee would answer quickly with a 9-0 run and not long after junior Antonio Green would get scorching hot.
Down 16-10, Green hit a historic 3-pointer that etched his name into the Blue Raider record book as his 86th trifecta of the season broke the school record of 85 triples in a single season set by Giddy Potts just a season ago.
Two Green triples and less than two minutes later Middle Tennessee took the lead back for the first time since the score was 1-0 with a 21-20 advantage and nine minutes on the clock in the opening half.
As the two squads looked to begin trading blows, out of nowhere a track meet broke out in which Herd senior C.J. Burks reeled off eight points in a 12-0 Marshall run to put Raiders down 11 once again.
As Head Coach Nick McDevitt led his team to some defensive adjustments, Middle Tennessee began to climb back in it once again. A 14-0 run to answer Marshall's long streak briefly gave the Blue Raiders a 39-36 advantage, one that was immediately wiped away by a Herd 3-pointer.
"With their style of play you're going to see quick runs like that a lot," McDevitt said. "They can score in a hurry because they're going to get quick shots up every time. But because of the pace they play at you can also get back in it quickly as well."
Two more points on either end would close out a back-and-forth first half and send the two teams into the locker room knotted up at 41.
In a not-so-defensive first half, Middle Tennessee was successful in containing Marshall's leading scorer and perennial C-USA Player of the Year contender Jon Elmore. The senior guard entered the locker room with just two points coming on the final basket of the half.
Meanwhile for the Blue Raiders, Green's five first half triples gave the Tupelo native 15 points to lead all scorers with Scurry pitching in 12 of his own before the break.
More fireworks were coming early and often in the second half with Marshall scoring first but MT quickly taking a 45-43 advantage on the road.
As the game clock ticked under 14 minutes things remained tight in Huntington with Marshall holding a 3-point advantage, but a quick four points extended their lead to seven just 20 seconds later.
Marshall then capitalized on a pair of MT trips to the free throw line in which the Raiders twice went 1 for 2, allowing the Herd to extend its lead out to as many as 12 with 9:03 remaining.
With his team down and needing a spark, Green began to turn it back on to give the Blue Raiders a chance. Six free throws from the junior in a 17 second span, two of which were courtesy of a technical foul on Herd Head Coach Dan D'Antoni, quickly closed the gap to six and made things intense in the Cam Henderson Center once again.
Green would hit his sixth and seventh 3-pointers of the evening in the ensuing minutes with a couple of important buckets from Karl Gamble and walk-on Lawrence Mosley energizing the Blue Raiders down the stretch.
The Blue Raiders fought to the very end, but with Marshall converting 13-of-15 free throws in the final two minutes the deficit wouldn't go to any less than four as the Herd held on to restrict MT from collecting a crucial sixth win in league play.
Middle Tennessee outrebounded the Herd by an astounding 51-25 margin in the contest and turned 24 offensive rebounds into 34 second chance points, but Marshall's 27-of-56 (.482) mark from the field, 11-of-27 (.407) mark from deep, and 33 makes on 40 free throw attempts thanks to 29 personal fouls by MT proved too much offense to overcome.
"We did a lot of really good stuff today," McDevitt commented. "You can't outrebound a team like we did without great effort.
"We shot the ball really well from the free throw line and from all over the floor really, but they got us in a little foul trouble early. That forced us to play some different combinations of guys that we don't see a lot. I thought Lawrence Mosley gave us some huge minutes and plays in wake of the foul trouble."
The Blue Raiders now await the announcement of their final four games during the Bonus Play portion of the Conference USA season later Saturday evening.
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