Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
NOTEBOOK: A Player of the Week Sweep for MTSU Hoops
2/19/2024 5:21:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
Conference and program records ✅
— Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball (@MT_MBB) February 19, 2024
Third-highest scoring total in MTSU history ✅
Conference USA Player of the Week ✅#BlueRaiders | @iamjestinporter pic.twitter.com/9KclhxtZhm
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗔 - Player of the Week #BLUEnited | #TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/Mxx4tryy3n
— Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball (@MT_WBB) February 19, 2024
Porter set a Conference USA record Saturday by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range, the most 3-pointers without a miss in league history, as part of a 41-point performance in a double-overtime win over UTEP. Porter was 11-of-16 from the floor and 11-for-12 from the free throw line with seven rebounds and three assists against the Miners. Porter's 41 points tied the third-highest mark in program history and equaled the most by a Blue Raider since 1965.
Wheeler tallied 27 points, three assists and two rebounds, where she went 7-of-18 from the field, including 5-of-10 from beyond the arc and a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe in Middle Tennessee's 73-37 rout of NM State. She followed that showing with a team high 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in the win over UTEP. Wheeler went 5-of-8 from the field, including 1-of-1 from beyond the arc and 5-of-8 from the charity stripe. She attributed to nine points (scored/assisted) in the final frame to help the Lady Raiders pull away for a 56-41 win over the Miners.
🏀 PLAYER OF THE WEEK 🏀
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2024
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🏅2️⃣ Jestin Porter, @MT_MBB#NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/ikXOZtMIT0 pic.twitter.com/594w1a4G8G
🏀 PLAYER OF THE WEEK 🏀
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2024
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🏅4️⃣ Savannah Wheeler, @MT_WBB#NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/FjynSBy0Yt pic.twitter.com/iV7AFng0bc
This is the second week this season MTSU has won both Player of the Week awards in basketball. Jalynn Gregory and Jestin Porter were both honored on January 29.
Catch both Men's and Women's Basketball in the Glass House this week!
It's a split week in the Glass House for the Blue Raider fans, with a chance to cheer on both the Lady Raiders and Blue Raiders this week for the hometown fans in Murfreesboro and the mid-state! Women's Basketball will host Jacksonville State on Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m., while Men's Basketball will again renew its rivalry with Western Kentucky on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Fans are invited to join the Lady Raiders for Taylor Swift night on Wednesday, where there will be a friendship bracelet station on the concourse of the Murphy Center. Saturday will be Men's Basketball's senior night (with Saturday being the final weekend home game of the year for the Blue Raiders). Make sure you come out and support MTSU as they continue the march toward Huntsville and the CUSA Basketball Championships!
What's Happening in the 'Boro – presented by Ole South
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) February 19, 2024
It's a busy week in the 'Boro with four sports in action, including @MT_MBB Senior Day on Saturday vs. WKU.
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Fans can preview both games, as well as review the success from this past week on Rick Insell LIVE! And Nick McDevitt LIVE!, both broadcasting from The Boulevard Bar and Grill just off campus on Monday. Rick Insell's show starts at 6 p.m., with Nick McDevitt to follow at 7 p.m.
Blue Raider Baseball grabs series win to start 2024
It was a fun weekend at Reese Smith Jr. Field with the Blue Raiders, who won their first two games of the 2024 season to claim the series against Bowling Green. Check out some highlights from the weekend below and be sure to join us again at Reese Smith Jr. Field this week, when the Blue Raiders take on Miami (OH) this weekend.
First pitch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is set for 3 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.
Catch Women's Tennis three times this weekend at the ATC
Women's Tennis plays, not once, not twice, but three times at the Adams Tennis Complex this week! Head on down to Old Fort Park this weekend to cheer on the Blue Raiders as they face Tennessee State and Eastern Kentucky in a doubleheader on Friday starting at 1 p.m. and then host rival Troy on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Women's Tennis practiced for the first time on the courts of the new on-campus Tennis Complex last week! Stay tuned for announcements of when you can cheer on both tennis programs on campus soon as the weather warms up!
First practice on the new courts! 🤩#BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/tFgCeXLq8M
— Middle Tennessee Women's Tennis (@MT_WomensTennis) February 15, 2024
Track and Field heads to Liberty for CUSA Track and Field Championships
The Blue Raiders head east this week to compete in the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend, where Head Coach Keith Vroman will have several freshmen Blue Raiders hoping to continue to rise up the program's all-time freshman leader boards, amid the usual Conference Championship hopes for both individual athletes and the team.
Check out these freshman records to see some of the names building the future of MTSU Track & Field, while also being able to compete for titles right now!
Women's Golf starts spring slate this week!
The spring continues to roll on in Murfreesboro, with the Blue Raiders about to make it out to the course for their first competitive rounds of the spring this week. MTSU Women's Golf will head to the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational in Eatonton, Ga., hosted by Mercer, to start a four-tournament run ahead of the CUSA Championships in Houston, Texas in April.
Stay tuned for score updates on Women's Golf socials this week! Men's Golf will start their 2024 spring next week.
ICYMI: Sam's Very Busy Week of Clips out of the Athletic Communication Office
As a few of you may have noticed, I was in a lot of different places around the athletics side of campus this weekend, helping out with SID responsibilities at Baseball while also being involved in the post-game interviews for both Men's Basketball games this week. And before all of that, we released some interviews we had in the works with our new football staff!
You'll find links to most of my work from the past week below in case you missed any of it. I'd especially recommend checking out the podcast we did with Coach Derek Mason, which I think gives more insight into Derek Mason the person than anything we've published so far since his hire! I hope y'all enjoy!
.@CoachPaschall returns to his alma mater as Special Teams Coordinator in 2024.
— Middle Tennessee Football (@MT_FB) February 12, 2024
MTSU Staff Writer @sjdoughton spoke with Paschall about special teams expertise, schemes and philosophies, and much more in this Q&A.https://t.co/LB8fBKQzDj
.@CoachDerekMason spoke with Staff Writer @sjdoughton as part of the February 2024 edition of the @MTSU Magazine, and the full interview is available now. ⤵️
— Middle Tennessee Football (@MT_FB) February 15, 2024
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📰 https://t.co/U04b9EU9aV#BoroBuilt | #MiddleMade | #BlueCollar | #BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/p3FlfDpH2l
Your Blue Raiders have been grinding in the weight room over the last several weeks. 💪
— Middle Tennessee Football (@MT_FB) February 16, 2024
Director of Strength and Conditioning Jamie Blatnick spoke with MTSU Staff Writer @sjdoughton for an insightful Q&A! ⤵️https://t.co/AnRQjyQuN0
Saturday was full of late game heroics for @MT_Baseball and @MT_MBB.
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) February 19, 2024
MTSU Staff Writer @sjdoughton recaps those moments that made all the difference in today's column presented by @tennessee_ortho.https://t.co/haZViKEUtL
