Blue Raiders return home to face Maryville

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – After a four-game road trip dating back to Thanksgiving Weekend, Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball is back at the Murphy Center for the first time since November 15 this Saturday against Maryville College.

Tipoff from the Glass House is slated for 2 p.m. The matchup will be broadcast on ESPN+. Saturday's game can also be heard on 94.9 The Fan, 95.1 in Murfreesboro, as well as WGNS 101.9 FM, 100.5, and 1450 AM. GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App will also carry the radio broadcast.

MTSU has opened the 2022-23 campaign 5-3. Three consecutive wins in the Northern Classic in Laval, Quebec, opened the team's recent road trip before a 71-64 loss at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night.

Game 9: Middle Tennessee (5-3, 1-0 C-USA) vs. Maryville College (2-5, 0-0 CCS)
» Saturday, December 3, 2022 – 2 p.m. CT
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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All-Time vs. Maryville College
» MT leads the all-time series 1-0.
» The Blue Raiders had little trouble with the Scots in Murfreesboro in 2019, winning 119-61 after outscoring Maryville by 52 points after halftime.

Blue Raiders Notes
» Middle Tennessee holds Conference USA's longest active home winning streak at 19 games, the fourth-longest such streak in program history. The Blue Raiders are two wins short of tying their third-longest home winning streak.
» The Blue Raiders have seen 21 ties and 30 lead changes in their last two games.
» Teafale Lenard, Jr., on Wednesday moved into seventh place in Blue Raider history in blocks, ending the night with 72 after tying a career high with four rejections.
» Elias King recorded his first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Hofstra in the opening game of the Northern Classic. King averaged 10.3 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting .462 (6-13) from 3-point range and blocking five shots in the three games. His second-chance layup put MTSU ahead of Montana State with 18 seconds left, and his defensive rebound on the other end sealed the victory Sunday.
» Jestin Porter averaged 13.7 points per game in the Northern Classic and has scored in double figures in three straight games.
» DeAndre Dishman is one of just six seventh-year players in Division I men's basketball this season. His 14 points and 10 rebounds at Winthrop marked his second double-double as a Blue Raider and the fourth of his college career.
» The Blue Raiders wrapped up a stretch of five straight games away from home. This is the longest stretch between regular season home games since MTSU played seven straight games away from the Murphy Center from December 16, 2017 to January 6, 2018.

Scouting the Scots
» Maryville won its first two games of the year but has dropped its last five games, heading into Saturday at 2-5.
» Senior guard Miles Rasnick leads the Scots with 16.9 points per game, with senior forward Charlie Cochran following with 14.0.
» The Division III Scots finished 20-4 last season with a 10-2 mark in the USA South Conference, good for second in the league's West Division standings.
» Maryville College is a founding member of the Collegiate Conference of the South, a new league in its first season of competition consisting largely of former USA South member institutions.

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Players Mentioned

DeAndre Dishman

Elias King

Jestin Porter

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