Middle Tennessee (13-11, 6-5) @ Rice (7-15, 4-6), Thursday 7PM

[SpaceRaider]

goblueraiders.com:



GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)[/B]Date: [/B]Thusday, Feb. 12
Time:[/B] [/B] 7:00 p.m. CT
Teams[/B]: Middle Tennessee at Rice
Location: [/B]Houston, Texas
Arena: [/B]Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
TV: [/B]Webstream
Radio:[/B] [/B]Game2 (94.9/95.1)
Play-by-Play: [/B]Chip Walters

Live Stats[/B]




MT set to face Owls on Thursday

 

[SpaceRaider]

blueraiderball:

Preview - Middle Tennessee (13-11) Faces Rice (7-15)

Comparison - MT vs Rice (2014-2015)


bbstate.com:

Middle Tennessee vs. Rice [/URL]

 

[SpaceRaider]

favored on the road

 

[MTFNBY5]

Webstream free or by subscription?

 

[SpaceRaider]

Originally posted by MTFNBY5:
Webstream free or by subscription?

premium

 

[SpaceRaider]

DNJ:


...The Owls (7-15, 4-6 Conference USA) have spent most of the season near the bottom of the league standings, but they're coming off their biggest win of the season on Saturday.


Rice beat then-Conference USA leader Western Kentucky in Bowling Green to pull off the biggest upset of the season in league play. How the Owls will respond after such a season-defining moment when they get back to their home court isn't known, but MTSU coach Kermit Davis said he wasn't surprised to see them pull off the win in one of the league's toughest places to play.


"They've been good on tape and they've been really competitive," Davis said. "I watched them against Old Dominion when we were scouting Old Dominion and they played well.....








This post was edited on 2/12 2:30 AM by SpaceRaider

Rice riding high at MT men visit Texas again

 

[SpaceRaider]

excerpt:

...The Rice Owls and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders face off on Thursday at Tutor Fieldhouse in Conference USA college basketball action.



The Rice Owls are 7-15 this season and they are coming off of a win over WKU that ended a four game losing skid. Rice is averaging 61.4 points and they are shooting 41.2 percent while defensively they are allowing 65 points and their opponents are shooting 44.2 percent. Seth Gerahart leads the Owls averaging 14.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Marcus Jackson is averaging 13.9 points, Max Guercy is averaging 8.1 points, and Bishop Mency is averaging 7.8 points. Rice is 5-5 at home and 4-6 in Conference USA this season.


The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders are 13-11 this season and they have lost three of their last four games. MTSU is averaging 61.9 points and they are shooting 40.7 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 61.9 points and their opponents are shooting 44.1 percent. Reggie Upshaw Jr. leads the Blue Raiders averaging 10.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Jacquez Rozier is averaging 8.3 points and 5.5 rebounds, Marcus Torrance is averaging 6.8 points, and Jaqawn Raymond is averaging 6.7 points per game. MTSU is 3-6 on the road and 6-5 in CUSA.



Rice is 5-1 against the spread against a team with a winning record, 7-15 against the spread in their last 22 home games, and 1-4 against the spread against CUSA. Middle Tennessee is 0-4-1 against the spread in their last five games, 3-0-1 against the spread following a double-digit home loss, and 0-4-1 against the spread in their last five games. Middle Tennessee has covered the point spread in their last four games against Rice.....







This post was edited on 2/12 3:22 AM by SpaceRaider

 

[SpaceRaider]

The Sports Network Preview and Prediction

Middle Tennessee (13-11) at Rice (7-15)

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Originally posted by SpaceRaider:
The Sports Network Preview and Prediction

Middle Tennessee (13-11) at Rice (7-15)

Its sad that he picks Rice to win this game.

 

[MTsumner92]

We are putting it on them right now. Hope it can continue.

 

[TeKEraider]

Don't know what you're watching but we're down 9 and didn't break 20 in the first half.

 

[weatim]

Best shooting team Davis had ever had. We heard that often in the pre-season. And shooting as in 15-20 footers. You don't get a reputation as a shooter by scoring in the paint but Davis, as he always has, sticks to the 'work it inside,' use the 3 as a secondary weapon only. Our team, which is more suited as a 3 point shooting team, is trying to do what it is not very good at, finishing and scoring inside in the paint. Darnell Harris, for example, is probably a better perimeter shooter than inside scorer but no way will he be given the true green light to shoot 3's freely. Case in point, after a close win I believe against Southern Miss. in the post game comments Davis said he thought we shot too many 3's in the first half. Well, we shot 11 3's in the first half and hit 6. We should have been shooting more 3's with that kind of percentage.
We have 4 players hitting over 35% from 3, 2 over 40% and 2 more over 34%, all good 3-point shooting percentages. Six players in all at over 34%. If we increased our number of 3-point shots, since this team does have good shooters, our offensive production would certainly go up, especially shooting 3's instead of failed attempts in the paint by players who simply are not especially good finishers inside. But, no way will it happen.

 

[MTsumner92]

I had the wrong game. Ugh!!

 

[TeKEraider]

We may have twice as many turnover as FGs before this over. 9-14 right now.

 

[weatim]

Is it true that with 8 minutes left in the game, down by 12, that the Raiders have shot only 4 3's?!?

 

[weatim]

Now that the game is out of reach, Davis will turn loose those 3-point shooters. Too late but it is the way it is.

 

[TeKEraider]

Awesome comeback!!!OT!!!!!

 

[weatim]

If the live stats are correct, that MTSU only shot 7 3's for the game, making 3, and 2 of those made 3's came in the last 3 minutes which enabled the Raiders to have a chance to win, then it is almost laughable. We have a team with a number of shooters who are not coached to shoot but to work it inside where we lack finishers.

 

[weatim]

Yes, TeKEraider, the 3's brought us back. Why weren't we shooting them all night?

 

[SpaceRaider]

going to 2nd ot...

 

[MTsumner92]

Wow!

 

[MTsumner92]

Our ball handling is atrocious. We did the same against La. Tech.

 

[SpaceRaider]

can't get it done in OT.

 

[Hop45]

Pi$$ed away a win last night. Dumbfounded that we did not continue to press them throughout OT. That is what sparked the comeback at the end of regulation and it sounded like, on the radio, that Rice cracked under the pressure. Why not go back to it?