MT to close out road stand at WKU

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee men's basketball program is set to close out its road stand this weekend, traveling north to play Western Kentucky Saturday. The regular season finale of the 100 Miles of Hate rivalry series will take place at E.A. Diddle Arena February 15 at 7 p.m., with the matchup being streamed on CBS Sports Network and the Blue Raider Network.

Series History
The series is one of the longest-played rivalries in MT history, with this being the 149th contest in the series.
The Blue Raiders have won 48 contests all-time and took the most recent game.
The two last met in Murfreesboro January 18, a matchup that MT won 71-57.

Blue Raider Notes
• Head Coach Nick McDevitt currently sits at 99 career wins at Middle Tennessee, fourth all-time. He will look to become the fourth Blue Raider head coach to earn 100 wins at MT.
• Justin Bufford sits at sixth in program history with 88 career blocks.
• With 17 dunks so far this season, Torey Alston ranks 10th in program history.
• Middle Tennessee is averaging 75.8 points per game this season after averaging a league low 65.7 last season. The 10.1-point increase is the largest of any CUSA team and the 11th largest in DI.
• With an average of 3.26 offensive rebounds per game, Essam Mostafa is ranked 29th in the nation and first in the conference.
• Camryn Weston is on the hunt for 1,000 career points, amassing 961 so far in his collegiate journey.
• In the latest NCAA rankings, Middle Tennessee is the second-highest CUSA team, sitting at 109.
• The Blue Raiders have outscored opponents 1819-1697 in the opening 24 games of the 2024-25 campaign.
• Blocking an average of 4.5 shots per contest, MT ranks 52nd in the country.
• Mostafa owns the 18th-best field goal percentage in the nation, shooting an average of 59.5 percent per contest.

Hilltopper Notes
• The Hilltoppers enter the rematch with the Blue Raiders standing at 14-10 overall with a 5-6 mark in CUSA and coming off an 85-83 loss at Jax State Saturday.
• Khristian Lander led the Tops' offensive output with a career-high 30 points off 9-for-13 shooting from the field with a 6-of-9 clip from beyond the arc.
• WKU ranks 12th in the nation in defensive rebounding with 28.29 per game.
• The Hilltoppers are currently fifth in the nation in adjusted tempo with an average of 72.6 possessions per 40 minutes.
• WKU is second in CUSA in scoring with 77.8 points per game.

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Players Mentioned

Torey Alston

Justin Bufford

Essam Mostafa

Camryn Weston

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