Lady Raiders Trek to North Texas

Murfreesboro, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's basketball team is headed to Denton, Texas for a matchup with the North Texas Mean Green. The Lady Raiders look to extend their win streak after back-to-back home wins against UTEP and UTSA.

Game 23: Middle Tennessee (15-7, 7-3 C-USA) vs. North Texas (9-12, 3-6 C-USA)

Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 – 7:00 PM CST
The Super Pit (10,500) – Denton, Texas
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About the Lady Raiders

Charity Savage is fourth nationally and first in C-USA for her 11.3 rebounds per game, sixth nationally, first in C-USA for her 4.5 offensive rebounds per game and second in C-USA for her 6.8 defensive rebounds per game. Savage also moved past Priscilla Robinson on the program single season rebounding list, putting her at No. 20 with 249 total rebounds.
Aislynn Hayes became the first player ever to be named USBWA National Freshman of the Week three times in a season. She was honored Feb. 4, Nov. 26 and Dec. 31. She has also been named Conference USA Freshman of the Week on four occasions.
Taylor Sutton is second in C-USA and tied for 20^th in the nation for her 61 three-point field goals made, averaging 2.8 per game.

Scouting the Mean Green

Anisha George is averaging 12.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, both of which are team highs.
Destinee McDowell is the only other player averaging double figure scoring with 11.1 points per game.
North Texas' balanced scoring attack features five players averaging 7.4 points or more. The Mean Green is fifth in C-USA for scoring defense, allowing 60.7 points per game.

All-Time vs. North Texas

This is the 26^th meeting between the Lady Raiders and the Mean Green. MT leads the all-time series, 21-4, including 16 consecutive wins.
In their last meeting, MT defeated North Texas 61-46 in Murfreesboro on Jan. 26, 2019.
MT is 8-2 against North Texas in Denton.

Last Time Out

The Lady Raiders took down UTSA 69-48 Saturday evening at the Murphy Center. MT saw a season-high night with 32 forced turnovers, leading to 30 points, and its 20 steals.
Freshman Aislynn Hayes scored a career-high25 points, making it her sixth 20-plus game this season.
Charity Savage collected her ninth double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds, adding to a career-high six steals.

Next Time Out

The Lady Raiders will remain in Texas to face the Rice Owls on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. CST in Houston.

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Players Mentioned

Aislynn Hayes

Charity Savage

Taylor Sutton

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