MT comes into Thursday night's game on a 7 game winning streak. Liberty comes in playing its best ball of the year on a 4 game win streak itself. Middle Tennessee's defense will face one of its biggest challenges of the year containing 6' 6" Liberty center Bella Smuda. Smuda just led Liberty with 27 points all in the paint to an 87-68 win over UTEP at home. She also is an excellent shot blocker with 50 blocks in her sophomore campaign last year.
While Liberty is playing its best ball currently they are also 2-9 on the road including a 0-3 record in neutral site games.
Liberty is used to playing in front of a home crowd of 600-700 fans. MT should bring in another 3,500-4,000 into tonight's game. Will be interesting to see how the Flames react to one of the biggest crowds they are likely to play in front of all year.
While Liberty is playing its best ball currently they are also 2-9 on the road including a 0-3 record in neutral site games.
Liberty is used to playing in front of a home crowd of 600-700 fans. MT should bring in another 3,500-4,000 into tonight's game. Will be interesting to see how the Flames react to one of the biggest crowds they are likely to play in front of all year.