Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Men's basketball back in the Glass House to face Wofford
12/1/2023 9:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee men's basketball is back home for the first of three straight home games Saturday. The Blue Raiders take on Wofford at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
MTSU is 4-4 on the season after going 1-2 at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship. In the final game of the tournament, the Blue Raiders defeated Kansas City 63-59 behind 21 points from Jalen Jordan.
The game will be streamed on ESPN+. Classic Hits 93.3 and 95.1 FM will carry the radio broadcast, along with GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App.
Game 5: Middle Tennessee (4-4, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Wofford (2-5, 0-0 Southern Conference)
» Saturday, December 2, 6:30 p.m.
» Murphy Center
» Nassau, Bahamas
All-Time Against Wofford
» This will be the first meeting between the Blue Raiders and Terriers.
Blue Raider Notes
» MTSU over its last 36 home games has limited opponents to 59.6 points per game in regulation, having gone 32-4 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders allow 62.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 75.8 on the road.
» Elias King leads the Blue Raiders in scoring with 12.4 points per game.
» The Blue Raiders were 39-54 (.736) from the free throw line in three games in The Bahamas. MTSU entered the tournament shooting .664 from the charity stripe for the season.4
» Jalen Jordan's 21-point performance against UMKC was his first 20-point game in 1,016 days, the previous one coming February 13, 2021 at Marshall.
» The Blue Raiders tied with Liberty for the top spot in the CUSA Preseason Poll. Camryn Weston and Elias King were selected to the Preseason All-CUSA team.
» MTSU added six newcomers to the roster to replace its six departing players. The average newcomer is 1.7 inches taller than the player he is replacing (6'8.0" vs. 6'6.3").
» Weston tore his ACL against Stephen F. Austin. He will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
» At 1,344 active square feet, the Murphy Center's new scoreboards are the largest in Conference USA.
Scouting the Terriers
» Wofford has lost five straight coming into Saturday's action.
» Corey Tripp leads the Terriers in scoring at 15.4 points per game to go along with 5.6 rebounds per game.
» Kyler Filewich leads Wofford in rebounding at 7.6 rebounds per game.
» The Terriers have been outscored by an average of 6.3 points per game.
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball on social media on Facebook //MTMensBasketball, Twitter (@MT_MBB) and Instagram (@mt_mbb).
MTSU is 4-4 on the season after going 1-2 at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship. In the final game of the tournament, the Blue Raiders defeated Kansas City 63-59 behind 21 points from Jalen Jordan.
The game will be streamed on ESPN+. Classic Hits 93.3 and 95.1 FM will carry the radio broadcast, along with GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App.
Game 5: Middle Tennessee (4-4, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Wofford (2-5, 0-0 Southern Conference)
» Saturday, December 2, 6:30 p.m.
» Murphy Center
» Nassau, Bahamas
All-Time Against Wofford
» This will be the first meeting between the Blue Raiders and Terriers.
Blue Raider Notes
» MTSU over its last 36 home games has limited opponents to 59.6 points per game in regulation, having gone 32-4 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders allow 62.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 75.8 on the road.
» Elias King leads the Blue Raiders in scoring with 12.4 points per game.
» The Blue Raiders were 39-54 (.736) from the free throw line in three games in The Bahamas. MTSU entered the tournament shooting .664 from the charity stripe for the season.4
» Jalen Jordan's 21-point performance against UMKC was his first 20-point game in 1,016 days, the previous one coming February 13, 2021 at Marshall.
» The Blue Raiders tied with Liberty for the top spot in the CUSA Preseason Poll. Camryn Weston and Elias King were selected to the Preseason All-CUSA team.
» MTSU added six newcomers to the roster to replace its six departing players. The average newcomer is 1.7 inches taller than the player he is replacing (6'8.0" vs. 6'6.3").
» Weston tore his ACL against Stephen F. Austin. He will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
» At 1,344 active square feet, the Murphy Center's new scoreboards are the largest in Conference USA.
Scouting the Terriers
» Wofford has lost five straight coming into Saturday's action.
» Corey Tripp leads the Terriers in scoring at 15.4 points per game to go along with 5.6 rebounds per game.
» Kyler Filewich leads Wofford in rebounding at 7.6 rebounds per game.
» The Terriers have been outscored by an average of 6.3 points per game.
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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