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Lady Raiders set to host Lady Vols in Huntsville
12/5/2023 7:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MTSU is set to play Tennessee at Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center, home of the 2023-24 CUSA Tournament
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Middle Tennessee travels to Huntsville, Alabama to take on the Tennessee Lady Vols on Wednesday evening at Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on the Blue Raider Network and broadcast on ESPN+.
Game 10: Middle Tennessee (6-3, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Tennessee (4-4, 0-0 SEC)
» Wednesday, December 6 - 6:30 p.m.
» Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center
» Huntsville, Alabama
All-Time Against Tennessee
» This marks the 16th meeting in series history between Middle Tennessee and Tennessee
» The Lady Vols lead the series 15-0.
Lady Raider Notes
» MTSU is 161-85 overall on the road under Head Coach Rick Insell, for a 65 percent winning ledger.
» The Lady Raiders are 33-56 all time against power five opponents under Head Coach Rick Insell.
» This marks the seventh 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 37 free throws away from becoming the Conference USA all-time leader in career free throws made.
» Courtney Whitson currently leads the league and ranks 30th in the country in 3-pointers with 23.
» Anastasiia Boldyreva currently leads the league and ranks seventh in the country in blocks with 24.
» 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.
Scouting the Lady Vols
» UT comes into the contest having dropped its last two games, falling to No. 18/14 Notre Dame on Nov. 29, 74-69, and losing a 78-58 decision to No. 16/13 Ohio State on Sunday, with both of those matchups coming at home.
» Tennessee has played its last four games against ranked teams and five of its first eight. It will now embark on a stretch of potentially seven games vs. teams currently not residing in the Top 25.
» Kellie (Jolly) Harper played for Middle Tennessee coach Rick Insell during her AAU basketball days, and her White County High School team faced the Shelbyville Central H.S. teams he
coached.
» While at SCHS, Rick Insell had five of his players sign with Pat Summitt at Tennessee, including Abby and Amanda Canon, Alex Fuller, Michelle Johnson and Tiffany Woosley.
» Lady Raiders assistant coach Matt Insell has SEC ties. Insell was head coach at Ole Miss from 2013-19. He also was a long-time assistant at Kentucky for former Lady Vol graduate assistant Matthew Mitchell.
» Middle Tennessee's Gracie Dodgen hails from the same hometown and high school as UT head coach Kellie Harper. Dodgen is from Sparta, Tenn., and a graduate of White County High School.
» UT and MT each played Memphis this season. The Big Orange defeated UM, 84-74, in OT on Nov. 13. The Lady Raiders won at home, 67-47, on Nov. 6 and at the Battle 4 Atlantis, 64-57, on Nov. 20.
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