Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Blue Raiders close regular season at LA Tech
3/8/2024 8:48:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Saturday, March 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Thomas Assembly Center | Ruston, LA | ||||
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MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 13-17, 7-8 CUSA |
at | LA TECH BULLDOGS 21-9, 11-4 CUSA |
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RUSTON, La. – Middle Tennessee men's basketball closes its regular season Saturday with Conference USA Championship seeding on the line. The Blue Raiders take on LA Tech, which has the No. 2 seed in the tournament locked up, at 2 p.m. at the Thomas Assembly Center.
A win would secure the No. 4 seed for the Blue Raiders, while a loss could potentially drop them to the No. 8 seed. The Bulldogs could earn a share of the regular season league title with a win and a loss by Sam Houston.
The Blue Raiders are coming off a 69-61 win over Liberty on Tuesday. Elias King led MTSU with 19 points, while Jalen Jordan added 17 and Jared Coleman-Jones picked up his seventh double-double of the year with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
All-Time Against LA Tech
» The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 14-7.
» MTSU has won five of the last eight games between the two teams.
Blue Raider Notes
» Middle Tennessee over its last 48 home games has limited opponents to 60.7 points per game in regulation, having gone 40-8 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 is averaging 17.5 points per game in conference play. He set CUSA and MTSU records by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range on Feb. 17 vs. UTEP. His 41 points are tied for the third-highest single-game total in program history. He was named CUSA Player of the Week, TSWA Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson Trophy National Player of the Week after averaging 33.5 points per game against New Mexico State and UTEP.
» Middle Tennessee is 12-6 when scoring more than 66 points and 1-11 when scoring fewer. MTSU is 8-3 when holding opponents under 67 points and 5-14 when giving up more than 67.
» Jared Coleman-Jones has seven double-doubles in CUSA games, one shy of Nick King's mark of eight in 2017-18 for the most by a Blue Raider in CUSA action. The Jacksonville, Fla., native averages 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in CUSA action and is 11-for-20 (.550) from 3-point range over his last seven games.
» The Blue Raiders are shooting 79.0 percent (113-143) from the free throw line over their last six games, compared to a season mark of 69.6 percent. Coleman-Jones is 25-for-30 (83.3 pct) during that span.
Scouting the Bulldogs
» LA Tech saw a five-game winning streak come to an end Thursday in a home loss to Sam Houston.
» Daniel Batcho leads Conference USA in rebounding at 9.9 per game and blocks at 2.4 per game.
» Isaiah Crawford is second in the league in scoring at 16.4 points per game.
» Sean Newman, Jr., leads the conference with 5.2 assists per game.
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