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Lady Raiders travel to Houston to take on the Cougars
11/28/2023 6:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HOUSTON, Texas – Middle Tennessee travels to Houston, Texas to take on the Houston Cougars on Wednesday evening at the Fertitta Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT. The game will air on the Blue Raider Network and broadcast on ESPN+.
Game 8: Middle Tennessee (5-2, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Houston (4-0, 0-0 Big 12)
» Wednesday, November 29 - 7 p.m.
» Fertitta Center
» Houston, Texas
All-Time Against Houston
» This marks the 10th meeting in series history between Middle Tennessee and Houston
» The Cougars lead the series 5-4.
» The Lady Raiders won the last meeting in the series 68-61 on Dec. 14, 2022 in the Murphy Center.
Lady Raider Notes
» MTSU is 161-85 overall on the road under Head Coach Rick Insell, for a 65 percent winning ledger.
» This marks the fifth of an eight-game road/neutral site stretch for the Lady Raiders. Over 35 days, Middle Tennessee will play eight games in four states (Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas) and two countries (Bahamas and United States).
» Entering today's game, Savannah Wheeler is 42 free throws away from becoming the Conference USA all-time leader in career free throws made.
» Courtney Whitson currently leads the league and ranks 13th in the country in 3-pointers with 21.
» Anastasiia Boldyreva currently leads the league and ranks sixth in the country in blocks with 21.
» 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.
» 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.
» Head Coach Rick Insell has led the Lady Raiders to 17 consecutive post-seasons. He has tallied a 438-153 record at his alma mater.
» The Lady Raiders are 32-57 all time against power five opponents under Head Coach Rick Insell.
Scouting the Cougars
» Houston looks to pick up a win against Middle Tennessee for the first time in 19 years.
» Houston ranks first nationally and first in the Big 12 Conference in steals (18.8).
» Graduate guard N'Yah Boyd (978) is 22 points away from reaching 1,000 career points.
» Graduate forward Bria Patterson (912) is 88 points away from reaching 1,000 career points with the Cougars.
» Both Britney Onyeje (178) and Laila Blair (151) have their eyes set on the Houston all-time three-pointers made record of 226 set by Brittney Scott (2007-11).
» A season after being the shortest team in the league and relying on its full court press to make teams uncomfortable, the Cougars are the 11th tallest team in the league this year an average height of 5-11.
» Ahead of the 2023-24 season, the Guy V. Lewis Development Facility saw a face lift to the second story; the floor Houston Basketball has its locker rooms, team rooms and cafeteria.
Follow the Blue Raiders
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