Lady Raiders set for road matchup with Gamecocks

Wednesday, January 24

Jacksonville, Ala.

6:30 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Jax State

1/23/2024 1:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Middle Tennessee travels to Jax State for first ever meeting

Wednesday, Jan. 24 \| 6:30 p.m. \| Pete Mathews Coliseum \| Jacksonville, Ala.

	MIDDLE TENNESSEE LADY RAIDERS 14-4, 4-0 CUSA	at	JAX STATE GAMECOCKS 6-10, 1-3 CUSA

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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Middle Tennessee hits the road to take on Jax State on Wednesday, Jan. 24 in Pete Mathews Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on the Blue Raider Network and broadcast on ESPN+.

GAME 19

» Wednesday, January 24 - 6:30 p.m.
» Pete Mathews Coliseum
» Jacksonville, Ala.

SERIES HISTORY

» This marks the first meeting in series history between the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders and Jax State Gamecocks.

LADY RAIDER NOTES

» Savannah Wheeler graduated this December with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Integrated Studies and plans to pursue another degree in Health and Human Performance.
» With a pair of triples against GCU, Wheeler became just the 16th player in CUSA history to eclipse 200 career made three-point field goals.
» With four three-point field goals against Sam Houston, Courtney Whitson became the all-time record holder at Middle Tennessee with 260.
» The Lady Raiders are coming off a pair of home wins, defeating UTEP 81-70 and dominating NM State 85-48.
» With 18 points against the Miners, Savannah Wheeler became the 10th player in Conference USA history to eclipse 2,000 career points.
» With 13 free throws against the Aggies, Wheeler became the CUSA all-time leader in career free throws made with 579.
» Wheeler was named the Conference USA Player of the Week. The graduate hit a pair of career milestones, tallied 48 points on the week and went 20-of-23 (86.9 percent) from the free throw line.
» With eight points against the Aggies, Jalynn Gregory became just the 34th Lady Raider to eclipse 1,000 career points.
» Last Week Anastasiia Boldyreva joined Ebony Rowe and Cheyenne Parker as the only Lady Raiders to earn National, Conference and Tennessee Player of the Week awards in the same week.
» Boldyreva currently leads the league and ranks sixth in the nation in blocks with 53.
» 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 Rubio(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 447-155 record at his alma mater.

SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS

» Jax State is coming off a 67-53 setback at Louisiana Tech on Saturday. The Lady Techsters went on a 16-0 run in the opening period to claim the momentum. The Gamecocks kept fighting, eventually cutting it to a three-point deficit, but could not reclaim the lead in their third league loss of 2024.
» Bre'Anna Rhodes posted her first career double-double in the team's last home game against Western Kentucky on Jan. 13. The junior forward had a 12-point, 11-rebound performance. Her efforts kept Jax State in the game until the fourth period of that 62-52 defeat.
» Rhodes leads the team in scoring (9.0 points per game) and rebound- ing (5.2 rebounds per game). Kristol Ayson (6.9 ppg) and Jaz Spencer (6.5 ppg) are just behind her on offense and Mya Barnes (4.6 rpg) has continued to crash the boards well.
» Head coach Rick Pietri will face off against Middle Tennessee for the 22nd time in his career on Wednesday. The longtime South Alabama coach went 2-19 versus the Lady Raiders during his time at USA, beating MTSU in Murfreesboro on Jan. 13, 2001 (79-71) and in Mobile on Jan. 16, 2003 (72-58).