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Lady Raiders set to host Princeton
11/11/2023 9:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee women's basketball will take on Princeton Sunday afternoon at the Murphy Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. The game will air on the Blue Raider Network and be streamed on ESPN+.
Game 3: Middle Tennessee (2-0, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Princeton (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League)
» Sunday, November 12 - 1 p.m.
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, Tenn.
All-Time Against Princeton
» Sunday's game will mark the first meeting in series history between the Lady Raiders and Tigers.
Lady Raider Notes
» Middle Tennessee became just the 25th school in NCAA Division I women's basketball history and the third in Conference USA to reach 1,000 program wins on Thursday, Nov. 9 when the Lady Raiders defeated the Florida A&M Rattlers 93-48.
» This matchup features a battle between two squads that reached the NCAA Tournament last season.
» Middle Tennessee is 2-1 all-time against Ivy League schools, with wins over Dartmouth and Yale, and the lone loss coming against Brown.
» The 2023-24 roster boasts seven international players: Jada Grannum (Canada); Dora Van Rijs (Hungary); Anastasiia Boldyreva, Iullia Grabovskaia and Stanislava Kabernick (Russia); Sifa Ineza (Rwanda); Zahira Arizmendi (Spain). Entering this season the Lady Raiders have only had 10 international players in program history.
» Alongside South Carolina, MTSU is one of just two teams in the nation to finish the regular season with a perfect record at home in each of the last two seasons.
» Head Coach Rick Insell has led the Lady Raiders to 17 consecutive post-seasons. He has tallied a 435-151 record at his alma mater.
Scouting the Tigers
» Princeton is coming off a 65-57 win over Duquesne in its season opener.
» The Tigers were selected No. 1 in the Ivy League preseason poll.
» The five-time defending Ivy League regular season and four-time defending Ivy League Tournament champions earned all 16 first-place votes to collect 128 voting points.
» Carla Berube has been named to the 2024 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Preseason Watch List presented by Her Hoops Stats.
» Kaitlyn Chen has been named to the 2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, Her Hoops Stats announced.
Follow the Blue Raiders
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