BASKETBALL Middle Tennessee (15-7, 6-3) @ Jacksonville State (15-7, 7-2) (ESPN+), 6PM, Thursday, February 6, 2025

[SpaceRaider]

at Jacksonville State
2/6/2025 | 6 p.m.

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[SpaceRaider]

38.3%

 

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NET: MT #105 jsu #117

KenPom MT #118 jsu #123

RPI MT #66 jsu#76 SOS (MT 74, jsu 121)

Massey Composite MT #95 jsu #130

 

[SpaceRaider]

2024-25 Conference USA Standings​

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Jacksonville State	7-2	-	15-7
Middle Tennessee	6-3	1	15-7
Liberty	5-4	2	17-5
Louisiana Tech	5-4	2	16-6
UTEP	5-4	2	15-7
Western Kentucky	5-4	2	14-8
Kennesaw State	5-4	2	13-9
New Mexico State	5-4	2	12-10
Sam Houston	1-8	6	8-14
Florida International	1-8	6	7-15

 

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Blue Raiders travel to take on Jax State, Kennesaw State - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – After a three-game homestand, the Middle Tennessee men's basketball program is set to hit the road once again. The Blue Raiders will travel

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[GMClemson33]

Go Raiders! Let’s get the W!

 

[SpaceRaider]

Jax State Set For Home Rematch With Blue Raiders - Jacksonville State University Athletics

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The first place Jacksonville State Men's Basketball team looks to avenge one of two Conference USA losses from January when Middle Tennessee

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[SpaceRaider]

38.3%

+2.5

 

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[ewglenn]

Jax St is 9-0 at home this season. We’re 4-4 on the road. Huge game and opportunity for the team to gain some confidence.

I like our chances if Mostafa gets to play. Without him it could get ugly. We’ve got to try and limit Jaron Pierre Jr from shooting. He is one of the best guards in the country for scoring and dropped 22 on us last go around.

 

[TrueBlue147]

This is a very favorable matchup for us. We will take the number 1 spot if we can win.

 

[SpaceRaider]

MT trails 34-48

Team Comparison

STATISTIC	MT	jsu
FG%	41%	50%
FGs	11-27	18-36
3FG%	33%	67%
3FGs	3-9	10-15
FT%	100%	67%
FTs	9-9	2-3
TOs	4	3
PtsOffTO	5	6
TotReb	15	20
DefReb	12	13
Off Reb	3	7
2ndChPts	4	7
BenchPts	6	11
PtsPaint	14	14
FstBkPt	0	0
Blocks	3	1
Steals	1	3
Assts	6	9
Times Tied:	2
Time Tied:	0:41
Lead Chg:	4
LeadTime	1:53	17:25

 

[TrueBlue147]

Haven't played decent since the loss at LA Tech. We look lethargic again tonight. What's going on with this team?

If they keep hitting wide open threes like they did the first half we will lose by 25 plus.

 

[TrueBlue147]

Our position in the standings may have been fools gold. We've only won two away conference games against the worst teams in the conference in Sam Houston and FIU. Our schedule was frontlloaded with all the easy games. I don't see us winning another away game and will likely lose a few more home games.

 

[crposton]

Our position in the standings may have been fools gold. We've only won two away conference games against the worst teams in the conference in Sam Houston and FIU. Our schedule was frontlloaded with all the easy games. I don't see us winning another away game and will likely lose a few more home games.

Or maybe this is just a really good mid-major conference where road wins are very hard to come by? We beat Jax St. 81-64 at home. Hard to beat any team on the road shooting 60% from 3. Coming in we were 4th in nation is 3 pt. defense. This is an anomaly.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Final

MT 63
jsu 77

Team Comparison

STATISTIC	MT	jsu
FG%	36%	45%
FGs	20-56	29-65
3FG%	28%	55%
3FGs	5-18	16-29
FT%	72%	38%
FTs	18-25	3-8
TOs	8	9
PtsOffTO	13	8
TotReb	37	40
DefReb	26	29
Off Reb	11	11
2ndChPts	9	12
BenchPts	17	15
PtsPaint	24	24
FstBkPt	5	2
Blocks	4	5
Steals	2	5
Assts	10	13
Times Tied:	2
Time Tied:	0:41
Lead Chg:	4
LeadTime	1:53	37:26

 

[ewglenn]

They shot lights out and Mostafa didn’t play well. The opposite of what we needed to do.

 

[TrueBlue147]

Or maybe this is just a really good mid-major conference where road wins are very hard to come by? We beat Jax St. 81-64 at home. Hard to beat any team on the road shooting 60% from 3. Coming in we were 4th in nation is 3 pt. defense. This is an anomaly.

Look at the standings and the schedule and you will see what I'm talking about.

Them being wide open all night definitely contributed to their 60%. We've been playing lazy bad defense since the LA Tech game.

 

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[MT01]

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"I’m not convinced having two point guards on the floor at the same time will win us a championship."

"I don't see Weston having a good year this season."

"We are kidding ourselves if we are expecting anything more than a 500ish kind of year. There's nothing to indicate that this team is improved or can challenge for a title."

"Doesn't matter what [McDevitt] knows or thinks. Freshman or senior, the talent just isn't there."

"With what has been experienced in the past I think most would be surprised with a winning year."

"Look at the roster, this is the most obvious mercenary squad in the history of mercenary squads... Team will struggle to stay above .500"

"This is just a wasted year..."

"Hilarious if you think the players he brought in will actually come off the bench and do anything."

"The new transfers brought in are not even close to being enough to get this team over the hump."

"...bookmark all you want. I'll bookmark it too and we can gladly bump this after another failure of a season."

"Well as this league continues to get weaker maybe he will begin to have success."

"I don't see any transfers coming in that will do anything meaningful."

How we lookin now Jake?

 

[SpaceRaider]

Middle Tennessee falls short to Jax State on the road, 77-63 - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Middle Tennessee fell to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 77-63, in a heavyweight matchup at the Pete Mathews Coliseum on Thursday night.

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[ewglenn]

How we lookin now Jake?

Love the fan board trash talk lol