UTEP hosts Middle Tennessee after snapping a 3 game losing streak with a much needed home victory over WKU 73-68. Middle Tennessee comes in to Saturday's game off of an impressive 73-37 road victory over NMSU. The Lady Raiders used that victory for an impressive 5 team jump in the latest NET Rankings. MT saw its placement jump from #42 nationally to its highest seasonal ranking of #37. The Lady Raiders look to avenge a disappointing loss in El Paso last year. The Raiders are riding a 10 game winning streak behind impressive play & leadership from point guard Savannah Wheeler.
LADY RAIDER BB Middle Tennessee (20-4, 10-0) @ UTEP (9-14, 4-6) Sat. 02-17, 2 pm ESPN+
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Lady Raiders, Miners set for matchup on Glory Road - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
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This is gonna be a tough game but I think we are gonna come out absolutely on fire this afternoon. The ladies have certainly gotten the message about what we need to do to improve our at-large chances, just in case, and will be ready to play. I'm gonna say a final score of 80-58.
I know Coach loves her, but she's our weakest link. Allows her emotions to become too involved in a game. If she just stuck with rebounding we would be much better over all.
MT leads 23-20 at half
Team Comparison
Team Comparison
| STATISTIC | MT | UTEP |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 35% | 29% |
| FGs | 8-23 | 8-28 |
| 3FG% | 46% | 0% |
| 3FGs | 6-13 | 0-4 |
| FT% | 100% | 57% |
| FTs | 1-1 | 4-7 |
| TOs | 8 | 3 |
| PtsOffTO | 0 | 4 |
| TotReb | 18 | 19 |
| DefReb | 16 | 13 |
| Off Reb | 2 | 6 |
| 2ndChPts | 0 | 4 |
| BenchPts | 0 | 4 |
| PtsPaint | 4 | 8 |
| FstBkPt | 12 | 0 |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Steals | 1 | 4 |
| Assts | 6 | 1 |
| Times Tied: | 3 | |
| Time Tied: | 1:36 | |
| Lead Chg: | 3 | |
| LeadTime | 7:13 | 11:05 |
Bad news - our typical UTEP road team has showed up. Totally out of sync and looking terrible. Good news, we are up by 3 at the half.
Lucky to have the lead at halftime here. 23-20 after some clutch 3 point shooting late in the 2Q. The most frustrating part of this game is the 8 turnovers so far... almost all due to bad decisions, bad passes to the post. I just don't get throwing the same pass to the same spot when the UTEP post is fronting Boldyreva and stealing it every time. Baffling. Gotta expect the shooting to improve though from 35% in the first half.
| # | Player | PTS | FG | 3FG | FT | REB | A | PF | TO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2* | BOLDYREVA,A | 5 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 4* | WHEELER,S | 6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 10* | GREGORY,J | 6 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 15* | SCOTT,T | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 33* | WHITSON,C | 6 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 0 | INEZA,S | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | GRABOVSKAIA,I | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TM | TEAM, | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTALS | 23 | 8-23 | 6-13 | 1-1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
| GAME PCT | 34.8 | 46.2 | 100.0 |
Boldyreva has missed about 5 open layups in this game. Entire team is discombobulated. Good news was only 1 TO that quarter. But you have to be able to hit your shots?? Like what the heck is going on with the wide open misses in this game, good lord
Much closer than the final. Our usual stellar D but offense was off today. Bottom line, we win. Not our best performance but chalk it up, don't look back and full speed ahead.
Team Comparison
| STATISTIC | MT | UTEP |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 40% | 33% |
| FGs | 19-47 | 18-55 |
| 3FG% | 44% | 14% |
| 3FGs | 11-25 | 1-7 |
| FT% | 70% | 57% |
| FTs | 7-10 | 4-7 |
| TOs | 10 | 9 |
| PtsOffTO | 8 | 4 |
| TotReb | 33 | 36 |
| DefReb | 28 | 25 |
| Off Reb | 5 | 11 |
| 2ndChPts | 4 | 6 |
| BenchPts | 0 | 14 |
| PtsPaint | 14 | 20 |
| FstBkPt | 18 | 2 |
| Blocks | 5 | 1 |
| Steals | 5 | 5 |
| Assts | 11 | 4 |
| Times Tied: | 8 | |
| Time Tied: | 4:31 | |
| Lead Chg: | 7 | |
| LeadTime | 21:13 | 13:47 |
The majority of folks mispronounce it. It's pronounced In-zell. I hear everyone at MT say Insul
Good teams find ways to win tough games and that's exactly what we did today. We needed a hard-fought game and that's exactly what this was. This year, we escape the trip out west unscathed!
Whew! Great finish. Listening to the pre-game interview with Matt I was very concerned. The way he was talking you would have thought we were getting ready to play at UCONN. When a coach has a demeanor like that early on I was automatically concerned it would carry over to the team & hurt our confidence. That's the way we played for 3 quarters, but love the resilient 4th quarter.
Now that we have that out of our system let's go take this thing!
Now that we have that out of our system let's go take this thing!
The scout was clearly off for this one. Whitson should have been guarding Asinde the entire time, and for some reason that only happened in the 4Q (which is when we started pulling away... funny enough). Offense was a hot mess most of the game too, no passing in the post at the right time which was just strange to watch. Lots of lessons to learn for this one I think for team and coaches.
Lady Raiders outlast Miners in a defensive battle in the desert - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
EL PASO, Texas – Thanks to another strong defensive performance and a timely offensive spark, Middle Tennessee defeated UTEP 56-41 on Saturday afternoon at the Don
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How does everyone feel about college athletes on the basketball court using the John Cena "you can't see me" hand wave & taunt? On the MT women's twitter there is a video of one of our players copying Cena, Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, etc. doing the same gesture after we came back & convincingly beat UTEP on the road.
I know the meaning is that I'm so good or so superior you can't even keep up with me. Meaning I'm so much faster & better than you that you can't see me.
In essence it's a more subtle form of shooting the bird at your opponent or their fans. I wish Clark had never started this in women's basketball last year. She somewhat got her just reward for that when Angel Reese returned the favor in last year's national championship game.
So ladies & men playing the game I say if you want to be an arrogant a-hole to your opponent when mocking them after a victory stop being so shy about it. Instead of the "John Cena hand wave" just do what you're really expressing, just be a total ass & shoot them & their fans "the bird". If one's apparently ok with the coaches so will the other.
I know the meaning is that I'm so good or so superior you can't even keep up with me. Meaning I'm so much faster & better than you that you can't see me.
In essence it's a more subtle form of shooting the bird at your opponent or their fans. I wish Clark had never started this in women's basketball last year. She somewhat got her just reward for that when Angel Reese returned the favor in last year's national championship game.
So ladies & men playing the game I say if you want to be an arrogant a-hole to your opponent when mocking them after a victory stop being so shy about it. Instead of the "John Cena hand wave" just do what you're really expressing, just be a total ass & shoot them & their fans "the bird". If one's apparently ok with the coaches so will the other.
Wheeler named CUSA Player of the Week - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
DALLAS – Following a pair of strong performances against NM State and UTEP, Middle Tennessee guard Savannah Wheeler was named the Conference USA Player of the Week,
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Great idea Space placing the live coaches show video on the GoMiddle thread!
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