Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Rematch of triple-OT thriller brings UAB to Murphy Center
1/15/2023 3:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Five days removed from its thrilling 16-point come-from-behind win at Rice, Middle Tennessee men's basketball will look to ride momentum back to the Murphy Center to take on UAB in a rematch of the triple-overtime thriller in the 2022 Conference USA Tournament Semifinals.
The Blue Raiders outscored Rice by 17 points after halftime in Houston last Wednesday, behind DeAndre Dishman's double-double and 21 points from Eli Lawrence.
Monday's game will tip off at 8:00 p.m., on CBS Sports Network. It will also be broadcast on 94.9 The Fan, 95.1 in Murfreesboro and WGNS 101.9 FM, 100.5 FM, and 1450 AM. GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App will also carry the audio.
Game 18: Middle Tennessee (10-7, 3-3 C-USA) vs. UAB (12-5, 3-3 C-USA)
» Monday, January 16, 2022 – 8:00 p.m. CT
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, TN
All-Time Against UAB
» UAB leads the all-time series, 17-9.
» The teams battled to a triple overtime classic in last season's C-USA Tournament semifinals. Despite 25 points from Dishman and 21 from Donovan Sims, the Blue Raiders fell 102-98.
Promotions
» Welcome Back Students
Blue Raider Notes
» Middle Tennessee is averaging 5.0 blocked shots per game, ranking 27th in the country with what would be the highest blocks per game average in program history.
» MTSU joins Miami (FL) and Navy as the only teams in the country to neither lose a player to the transfer portal nor add a player from it during the 2022 offseason.
» Teafale Lenard, Jr., had a career game at Belmont in which he set personal bests in points (20), rebounds (8) and blocks (6) while adding three assists and three steals. His six blocks are tied for the fourth most in a game in program history, and MTSU's 13 blocks in the game established a new program record.
» Lenard is 51st in the country in blocked shots with 30 and 47th in blocks per game with 1.76. Midway through his sophomore season, he is fifth in career blocks at MTSU with 88.
» Lenard is on pace to surpass his program record of 50 dunks by the end of the regular season.
» DeAndre Dishman is one of just seven seventh-year players in Division I men's basketball this season.
» Dishman picked up his third double-double of the season and seventh of his career with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Rice.
» Eli Lawrence has shot .521 (38-73) from the floor over his last seven games, including a .429 (15-35) clip from 3-point range, for an average of 15.6 points per game. That stretch includes three 20-point games and a double-double.
» Lawrence enters Monday's game with 894 career points. If he averages 7.6 points per game the rest of the way, he will reach the 1,000-point mark by the end of the regular season.
» Jared Coleman-Jones went 704 days without making a 3-pointer before hitting threes in back-to-back games Dec. 29-31.
Scouting the Blazers
» UAB had dropped three straight C-USA games before defeating LA Tech on Saturday.
» The Blazers went 9-2 in non-conference games, including wins over Georgia and South Carolina.
» Andy Kennedy's team leads the conference in scoring with 86.1 points per game.
» Last season's C-USA Tournament champions were picked to win the league this year. Senior guard Jordan Walker was also named the league's Preseason Player of the Year.
» Walker leads the team and the league with 23.8 points per game this season. The native of Long Island, N.Y. scored 28 in the loss to WKU and has scored at least 20 points in seven of his past eight games.
» Trey Jemison is second in the league in rebounding (8.1 rpg) and blocked shots (1.8 bpg).
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball on social media on Facebook //MTMensBasketball, Twitter (@MT_MBB) and Instagram (@mt_mbb).
The Blue Raiders outscored Rice by 17 points after halftime in Houston last Wednesday, behind DeAndre Dishman's double-double and 21 points from Eli Lawrence.
Monday's game will tip off at 8:00 p.m., on CBS Sports Network. It will also be broadcast on 94.9 The Fan, 95.1 in Murfreesboro and WGNS 101.9 FM, 100.5 FM, and 1450 AM. GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App will also carry the audio.
Game 18: Middle Tennessee (10-7, 3-3 C-USA) vs. UAB (12-5, 3-3 C-USA)
» Monday, January 16, 2022 – 8:00 p.m. CT
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, TN
All-Time Against UAB
» UAB leads the all-time series, 17-9.
» The teams battled to a triple overtime classic in last season's C-USA Tournament semifinals. Despite 25 points from Dishman and 21 from Donovan Sims, the Blue Raiders fell 102-98.
Promotions
» Welcome Back Students
Blue Raider Notes
» Middle Tennessee is averaging 5.0 blocked shots per game, ranking 27th in the country with what would be the highest blocks per game average in program history.
» MTSU joins Miami (FL) and Navy as the only teams in the country to neither lose a player to the transfer portal nor add a player from it during the 2022 offseason.
» Teafale Lenard, Jr., had a career game at Belmont in which he set personal bests in points (20), rebounds (8) and blocks (6) while adding three assists and three steals. His six blocks are tied for the fourth most in a game in program history, and MTSU's 13 blocks in the game established a new program record.
» Lenard is 51st in the country in blocked shots with 30 and 47th in blocks per game with 1.76. Midway through his sophomore season, he is fifth in career blocks at MTSU with 88.
» Lenard is on pace to surpass his program record of 50 dunks by the end of the regular season.
» DeAndre Dishman is one of just seven seventh-year players in Division I men's basketball this season.
» Dishman picked up his third double-double of the season and seventh of his career with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Rice.
» Eli Lawrence has shot .521 (38-73) from the floor over his last seven games, including a .429 (15-35) clip from 3-point range, for an average of 15.6 points per game. That stretch includes three 20-point games and a double-double.
» Lawrence enters Monday's game with 894 career points. If he averages 7.6 points per game the rest of the way, he will reach the 1,000-point mark by the end of the regular season.
» Jared Coleman-Jones went 704 days without making a 3-pointer before hitting threes in back-to-back games Dec. 29-31.
Scouting the Blazers
» UAB had dropped three straight C-USA games before defeating LA Tech on Saturday.
» The Blazers went 9-2 in non-conference games, including wins over Georgia and South Carolina.
» Andy Kennedy's team leads the conference in scoring with 86.1 points per game.
» Last season's C-USA Tournament champions were picked to win the league this year. Senior guard Jordan Walker was also named the league's Preseason Player of the Year.
» Walker leads the team and the league with 23.8 points per game this season. The native of Long Island, N.Y. scored 28 in the loss to WKU and has scored at least 20 points in seven of his past eight games.
» Trey Jemison is second in the league in rebounding (8.1 rpg) and blocked shots (1.8 bpg).
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball on social media on Facebook //MTMensBasketball, Twitter (@MT_MBB) and Instagram (@mt_mbb).
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