Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Thursday, January 19
Charlotte, NC
5 p.m.
Middle Tennessee
-152,80 CUSA
65
at
41
Charlotte
-710,35 CUSA
1
2
3
4
F
Middle Tenn.
13
13
21
18
65
Charlotte
4
18
12
7
41
Team Stats
MTSU
CLT
FG%
.367
.269
3FG%
.273
.300
FT%
.923
.769
RB
32
40
TO
11
25
STL
12
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
8
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Basketball
C
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
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/ Women's Basketball
Photo by: Charlotte Athletics
Strong Defensive Effort Leads Lady Raiders Past 49ers
1/19/2023 8:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Middle Tennessee winning streak extends to 13
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Middle Tennessee women's basketball held Charlotte to its lowest point total of the season and a 26 percent shooting from the field in a 65-41 road defensive clash Thursday night.
The Lady Raiders (15-2, 8-0) turned in a season-low 65 points but held the 49ers (7-10, 3-5) to four points in the first quarter and seven in the fourth.
Kseniya Malashka, who picked up where she left off against UAB, scored eight of Middle Tennessee's 11 unanswered points to close out the first quarter. Charlotte did not score a basket in the final 5:21 of the opening frame. The 49ers found answers offensively in the second quarter, cutting the Lady Raider lead to four heading into the locker room.
Charlotte stayed within reach until a 10-2 MTSU run to close out the third quarter stretched the lead to 47-34 heading into the fourth. Jalynn Gregory scored the first five points of the final quarter as part of a 9-0 run to help the Lady Raiders break away. Middle Tennessee held at least an 18 point lead the rest of the way with its largest coming at 1:09 on Courtney Blakely's three to make it 65-39.
Malashka impacted both ends of the floor, scoring 18 points on an 8-for-16 shooting performance while recording five blocks and two steals. The redshirt-senior forward also grabbed eight rebounds. Gregory finished with 15 points and five rebounds.
Savannah Wheeler rounded out the double figure scorers with 10 points, five rebounds and four assists. Courtney Whitson was all over the floor, adding nine points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.
By the Numbers
25: points off 25 turnovers forced by the Lady Raiders tonight.
4: points allowed in the first quarter ties for the lowest quarter mark in program history. It's the second time the Lady Raiders have held an opponent to four points in a quarter this season (at Memphis, second quarter).
5: Career high in blocks for Kseniya Malashka. She's the first Lady Raider to record five blocks in a game since Anastasiia Boldyreva did it vs. FIU Feb. 17, 2022.
Game Notes
Up Next
Middle Tennessee's third and final game of the week takes place Saturday vs. Louisiana Tech at the Murphy Center. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. Buy tickets at goblueraiders.com/tickets.
The Lady Raiders (15-2, 8-0) turned in a season-low 65 points but held the 49ers (7-10, 3-5) to four points in the first quarter and seven in the fourth.
Kseniya Malashka, who picked up where she left off against UAB, scored eight of Middle Tennessee's 11 unanswered points to close out the first quarter. Charlotte did not score a basket in the final 5:21 of the opening frame. The 49ers found answers offensively in the second quarter, cutting the Lady Raider lead to four heading into the locker room.
Charlotte stayed within reach until a 10-2 MTSU run to close out the third quarter stretched the lead to 47-34 heading into the fourth. Jalynn Gregory scored the first five points of the final quarter as part of a 9-0 run to help the Lady Raiders break away. Middle Tennessee held at least an 18 point lead the rest of the way with its largest coming at 1:09 on Courtney Blakely's three to make it 65-39.
Malashka impacted both ends of the floor, scoring 18 points on an 8-for-16 shooting performance while recording five blocks and two steals. The redshirt-senior forward also grabbed eight rebounds. Gregory finished with 15 points and five rebounds.
Savannah Wheeler rounded out the double figure scorers with 10 points, five rebounds and four assists. Courtney Whitson was all over the floor, adding nine points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.
By the Numbers
25: points off 25 turnovers forced by the Lady Raiders tonight.
4: points allowed in the first quarter ties for the lowest quarter mark in program history. It's the second time the Lady Raiders have held an opponent to four points in a quarter this season (at Memphis, second quarter).
5: Career high in blocks for Kseniya Malashka. She's the first Lady Raider to record five blocks in a game since Anastasiia Boldyreva did it vs. FIU Feb. 17, 2022.
Game Notes
- Savannah Wheeler (1,500) and Kseniya Malashka (1,000) each reached career scoring milestones during tonight's win.
- It's the second straight game Middle Tennessee has held an opponent to 20-points-or-less in a half. UAB was held to 20 in the first half of Jan. 16's win while Charlotte was held to 19 in the second half tonight.
- Courtney Blakely made a career-high three shots beyond the arc.
- Middle Tennessee started 8-0 in conference play for the first time as a member of :Conference USA.
- The 13-game winning streak is the longest by a Lady Raider team since winning 17 in a row from Nov. 29, 2013 to Feb. 5, 2014.
- The Lady Raiders improve to 12-1 all-time vs. Charlotte.
Up Next
Middle Tennessee's third and final game of the week takes place Saturday vs. Louisiana Tech at the Murphy Center. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. Buy tickets at goblueraiders.com/tickets.
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