Blue Raiders start back half of CUSA schedule at FIU

Saturday, Feb. 10 \| 1:00 p.m. \| Ocean Bank Convocation Center \| Miami, FL

	MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 8-15, 2-6 CUSA	at	FIU PANTHERS 8-15, 3-5 CUSA

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MIAMI, Fla. – Halfway through its Conference USA schedule, Middle Tennessee wraps up an east coast road trip at FIU on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. CT from the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on ESPN+ and the Blue Raider Network.

The Blue Raiders are coming off an 88-53 loss at Liberty on Thursday. Elias King's 19 points led the way for MTSU.

All-Time Against FIU
» The Blue Raiders have won 35 of the 47 contests between the two teams.
» MTSU took the first meeting this season 79-61 on January 27.
» The Blue Raiders are 16-6 all-time at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center.

Blue Raider Notes
» MTSU over its last 44 home games has limited opponents to 60.1 points per game in regulation, having gone 36-8 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders allow 62.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 76.0 on the road.
» Elias King is shooting 47 percent (14-for-30) from 3-point range over his last four games. On Thursday, he tied James Washington and Raymond Cintron for 10th in MTSU history with 137 career threes.
» Jestin Porter is averaging 18.0 points per game in Conference USA play, including a career-best 30 points on 18 shots against Jacksonville State.
» Jared Coleman-Jones is averaging 11.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in league action. He has just one league game with fewer than seven rebounds.
» Porter's six blocked shots are most in Conference USA among players 6'1" or shorter.
» Chris Loofe has been named the CUSA Freshman of the Week four times after earning the honor again on January 1. He is 10th in the conference with 0.9 blocked shots per game.

Scouting the Panthers
» FIU snapped a four-game losing streak last Saturday with a 68-61 win over Sam Houston.
» Arturo Dean leads the nation in steals per game with 3.68. The Panthers are fourth in the nation as a team with 11.0 steals per game.
» The 5'11" Dean also leads FIU in rebounding (4.5 rpg) and assists (4.3 apg) while adding 12.4 points per game.
» Javaunte Hawkins leads the Panthers in scoring at 12.5 points per game.

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Players Mentioned

Jared Coleman-Jones

Elias King

Chris Loofe

Jestin Porter

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