Blue Raiders head to Jacksonville State in search of season sweep

Wednesday, Feb. 21 \| 6:00 p.m. \| Pete Mathews Coliseum \| Jacksonville, AL

	MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 11-15, 5-6 CUSA	at	JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS 12-14, 4-7 CUSA

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee men's basketball looks for its fourth straight win Wednesday as it heads to Alabama to take on Jacksonville State. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT from the Pete Mathews Coliseum on ESPN+ and the Blue Raider Network.

The Blue Raiders are fresh off a double overtime victory over UTEP at the Murphy Center on Saturday, fueled by Jestin Porter' 41-point performance. The junior guard set Conference USA and MTSU records by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range. Only five players in the country have scored more points in a game this season than Porter's 41. Jared Coleman-Jones provided 15 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists.

The last time these two teams faced off, Porter put up 30 points and the Blue Raiders led wire-to-wire in a 75-67 victory.

All-Time Against Jacksonville State
» The Blue Raiders are 4-1 all-time against the Gamecocks, dating back to 1939.
» This will be MTSU's first visit to Pete Mathews Coliseum.

Blue Raider Notes
» Middle Tennessee over its last 46 home games has limited opponents to 60.3 points per game in regulation, having gone 38-8 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders
are allowing 62.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 75.7 on the road.
» Jestin Porter set Conference USA and MTSU records by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range in Saturday's double OT win over UTEP. His 41 points are tied for the third-highest single-game total in program history. On Monday he was named CUSA Player of the Week after averaging 33.5 points per game against New Mexico State and UTEP.
» Porter's 41 points are tied for the sixth-highest single-game output by any Division I player this season.
» MTSU improved to 3-1 in overtime games this season with Saturday's win and 3-5 all-time in double overtime. The Blue Raiders' four overtime games are tied for the most since going into OT five times in the 1981-82 season.
» Porter is averaging 20.2 points per game in conference play with six of his seven 20-point games coming against CUSA competition.
» Jared Coleman-Jones on Saturday recorded his fifth double-double of the season, scoring 15 points, tying a career high with 13 rebounds and coming two assists shy of a triple-double. Each of his double-doubles have come in league play. The Jacksonville, Fla., native averages 12.6 points and 9.5 rebounds in CUSA action.
» Elias King this season has m of 10th in MTSU history with 140 career threes.
» Tre Green is shooting .482 (14-for-29) from 3-point range over his last nine games.

Scouting the Gamecocks
» KyKyandy leads Conference USA in scoring with 18.0 points per game.
» Holding opponents to 63.0 points per game, Ray Harper's squad has the stingiest scoring defense in the league.
» The Gamecocks have lost seven of their last nine games entering Wednesday's action.
» JSU's 15.0 offensive rebounds per game are most in CUSA.

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Players Mentioned

Jared Coleman-Jones

Tre Green

Elias King

Jestin Porter

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