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Lady Raiders travel to Cookeville to face Golden Eagles
12/9/2023 3:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Middle Tennessee and Tennessee Tech meet for the 85th time
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee wraps up it's eight game road/neutral site streak when it travels to Cookeville, Tennessee to take on the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on Sunday afternoon at the Eblen Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. The game will air on the Blue Raider Network and broadcast on ESPN+.
Game 11: Middle Tennessee (7-3, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Tennessee Tech (2-5, 0-0 OVC)
» Sunday, December 10 - 1 p.m.
» Eblen Center
» Cookeville, Tennessee
All-Time Against Tennessee Tech
» This marks the 85th meeting in series history between Middle Tennessee and Tennessee Tech
» The Lady Raiders have won nine of the last 10 meetings with the Golden Eagles, including last seasons 83-45 win over TTU at the Murphy Center.
» MTSU is 16-1 against Tennessee Tech under Head Coach Rick Insell. The lone loss came on the road in 2018 (MT L, 64-68).
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 eighth 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).
» MTSU is coming off of a 73-62 win over Tennessee in Huntsville, Alabama. This marked the first win over the Lady Vols in program history, and ended a 17 game win streak for Tennessee against in-state opponents.
» 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 28th in the country in 3-pointers with 25.
» Anastasiia Boldyreva currently leads the league and ranks fourth in the country in blocks with 31.
» Ta'Mia Scott became the third Lady Raider in four weeks to be crowned Conference USA Player of the Week after leading MTSU to a 1-1 week including a dominant 70-45 win at Houston.
» 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 440-154 record at his alma mater.
Scouting the Golden Eagles
» Tennessee Tech returns four starters and nine letter winners from last years squad that went 23-10, claimed the OVC Tournament title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
» The Golden Eagles are coming off of a 73-67 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.
» TTU was named the preseason favorites for the 2023-24 season. It marks the second-straight year the Golden Eagles have been tabbed conference favorites.
» Guard Maaliya Owens was named the OVC Preseason Player of the Year.
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