Middle Tennessee Blue Raider Basketball Game Twelve

MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL GAME TWELVE

2017-18 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP

Overall: 8-3 w C-USA: 0-0 MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (8-3) STATISTICAL LEADERS H: 3-1 w A: 4-0 w N: 1-2 Head Coach: Kermit Davis (Mississippi State ‘82) Points: King (22.9) NOVEMBER Record at MT: 315-183 (16th Season) Rebounds: King (6.9) 2 Arkansas-Fort Smith (Exh.) W, 85-55 Overall Record: 452-258 (23rd Season) Assists: Dixon (3.7) 10 Trevecca W, 104-52 VS 13 at Murray State W, 72-67 NO. 6/7 MIAMI HURRICANES (10-1) STATISTICAL LEADERS 16 Belmont (Stadium) L, 63-69 Head Coach: Jim Larranaga (Providence '71) Points: Huell (13.3) 18 at Tennessee State W, 75-65 Record at UM: 149-70 (7th Season) Rebounds: Brown (7.5) 21 Florida Gulf Coast (Stadium) W, 85-72 Overall Record: 619-404 (34th Season) Assists: Brown (4.7) DECEMBER MEDIA INFORMATION 2 at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN3) W, 81-76 6 at Vanderbilt (SEC Network+) W, 66-63 Date: Monday, December 25, 2017 TV: ESPNU 9 Ole Miss (Stadium) W, 77-58 Time: 7:31 PM CT/3:31 PM HT Talent: Roxy Bernstein (PxP), Cory Alexander (Analyst) 16 vs. Auburn (SEC Network) $ L, 70-76 Location: Honolulu, HI Radio: Blue Raider Network (Game/WGNS/TuneIn) 22 vs. Princeton (ESPNU) ^ W, 69-67 Arena: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) Talent: Chip Walters (PxP), Kyle Turnham (Analyst) 23 vs. USC (ESPN2) ^ L, 84-89 Series Record: First Meeting Twitter: @MT_MBB, #BlueRaiders 25 vs. No. 6/7 Miami (ESPNU) ^ 7:30 PM 30 at UAB (Stadium) * 4:00 PM BLUE RAIDER BREAKDOWN JANUARY w Middle Tennessee and Miami will be meeting for the first time in the history of the two programs in the third 4 at FIU * 6:00 PM place game of the Diamond Head Classic with both teams coming off of 2017 NCAA Tournament appearances 6 at Florida Atlantic * 4:00 PM w The Blue Raiders are now 16-5 in neutral site games since the beginning of the 2015-16 season following the 11 LA Tech (CBS Sports Network) * 8:00 PM Diamond Head Classic semifinal loss 13 Southern Miss (ESPN3) * 5:00 PM w In their last two regular season tournaments, the Blue Raiders went a perfect 6-0 and collected tournament titles 18 at Marshall (beIN) * 7:00 PM at the 2015 Great Alaskan Shootout and the 2016 Challenge in Music City w Middle Tennessee's last gave against a ranked team was in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 where it lost 20 at WKU (Stadium) * 6:00 PM to No. 21 Butler, 74-65, while its last game against a Top 10 team was a 90-81 upset of No. 2 Michigan State in 25 UTSA (Stadium) * 6:30 PM the 2016 NCAA Tournament Round of 64 27 UTEP (Stadium) * 6:00 PM w Senior F Nick King has served as the Raiders' leading scorer in 10 of his 11 games at MT, scoring 20 or more eight times, and ranks 12th nationally and second in Conference USA in points per game (22.9) FEBRUARY w The Memphis native has proven to be a proficient scorer at all levels, currently converting over 52 percent from 1 at Old Dominion (Stadium) * 7:00 PM the field, over 37 percent from three and over 80 percent from the free-throw line 3 at Charlotte * 6:00 PM w After failing to have a team free-throw percentage better than 70.0 percent the last six seasons, the Blue Raiders 8 Rice (Stadium) * 6:30 PM are currently making 74.6 percent of their freebies, led by junior G Antwain Johnson (86.4) 10 North Texas * 5:00 PM w The Blue Raiders were picked first in the Conference USA preseason poll with eight first-place votes whilePotts 15 at Southern Miss * 7:00 PM was named to the Preseason All-Conference team for the second consecutive season 17 at LA Tech (Stadium) * 6:00 PM w Middle Tennessee is playing its sixth contest against 2017 NCAA Tournament teams (FGCU twice, Vanderbilt, 24 UAB (Stadium) * 6:00 PM Princeton, USC and Miami) and has played two more against 2017 NIT teams (Belmont and Ole Miss) w Following the Dec. 9 contest against Ole Miss the Blue Raiders will not play in Murphy Center for 33 days, the MARCH fourth-longest stretch away from home in the nation behind Penn (39), Harvard (39) and New Mexico State (37) 1 WKU (CBS Sports Network) * 7:00 PM 3 Marshall (Stadium) * 6:00 PM PROJECTED BLUE RAIDER STARTING FIVE 7-10 Conference USA Tournament ! TBA Tyrik Dixon Ed Simpson Giddy Potts All times Central and subject to change 5.5 PPG 3.2 PPG 12.4 PPG $ - Birmingham Jam (Birmingham, Ala.) ^ - Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 3.5 RPG 2.1 RPG 3.8 RPG * - Conference USA game 3.7 APG 2.1 APG 2.4 APG ! - The Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas) 42.0 FG% 38.7 FG% 1.9 SPG 75.0 FT% 40.7 3FG% 36.8 FG% #0 | SO | G | 6-1 | 184 #11 | SR | G | 6-2 | 195 #20 | SR | G | 6-2 | 217 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Nick King Brandon Walters Eric Beovich 22.9 PPG 11.5 PPG Assistant Director of Athletic Communications 6.9 RPG 4.6 RPG Mississippi State, 2015 2.3 APG 2.5 ORPG 615.904.8115 (O) w 850.723.8134 (C) 52.2 FG% 1.4 BPG [email protected] w @EricB424 80.9 FT% 56.1 FG% #5 | SR | F | 6-7 | 225 #1 | SR | F | 6-10 | 250 /MTSUMBB @MT_MBB @MT_MBB @MT_ATHLETICS QUICK FACTS Tennessee’s Finest > Murphy Madness > w Of the 12 NCAA Division I teams in the state of Ten- w Middle Tennessee has been one of the best home Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. nessee, Middle Tennessee has had more success than teams in the country in recent years, holding an 83-14 Founded: 1911 any other since 2011-12 with 162 total wins in the last record in the Murphy Center since 2011-12, which in- Enrollment: 22,050 six-plus seasons cludes a perfect 16-0 record in 2012-13 President: Dr. Sidney McPhee 1. Middle Tennessee - 162 2011-12: 15-2 Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro 2. Belmont - 151 2012-13: 16-0 Nickname: Blue Raiders 3. Memphis - 147 2013-14: 14-2 Colors: Royal Blue & White t4. Vanderbilt - 120 2014-15: 12-4 Affiliation:Division I t4. ETSU - 120 2015-16: 10-3 Conference: C-USA 6. Tennessee - 119 2016-17: 13-2 Arena: Murphy Center 7. Chattanooga - 115 2017-18: 3-1 Capacity: 11,520 8. Tennessee Tech - 98 9. Lipscomb - 95 Head Coach: Kermit Davis 10. Tennessee State - 90 Alma Mater: Mississippi State, 1982 11. UT Martin - 86 Record at MT (years): 315-183/.633 (16th) 12. Austin Peay - 72 Career Record - Div. I (years): 386-233/.624 (20th) *through 12/23/17 > Career Record - All levels (years): 452-258/.637 (23rd) Top-Ranked Defense Assistant Coach: Win Case (Univ. of Science & Arts/ w Middle had one of the top two scoring defenses in Con- Oklahoma, 1986) ference USA in each of its first four seasons in the league, Assistant Coach: Greg Grensing (Southwest Texas holding opponents to 63.6 points per game in 2016-17, State, 1979) 68.9 in 2015-16, 62.4 in 2014-15 and 62.6 in 2013-14 Assistant Coach: Ronnie Hamilton (Duke, 2002) w With that strong of a defense, the Blue Raiders have Director of Operations: Kerry Hammonds II (Middle Keeping Pace > been nearly unstoppable when scoring 70 points, boast- Tennessee, 2014) w MT has 106 total wins since joining Conference USA ing a 67-7 record (.905) since 2013-14 when topping the Athletic Trainer: Reese Shivers (LSU, 2013) in 2013-14, trailing only LA Tech among current C-USA 70-point mark Strength Coach: Zach Willis (Middle Tennessee, 2012) members w Defense has long been a staple for head coach Ker- 2016-17 Overall Record: 31-5 1. LA Tech - 111 mit Davis as he is 194-34 (.851) at the helm of the Blue C-USA Record/Finish: 17-1/first 2. Middle Tennessee - 106 Raider basketball program when his teams top 70 points C-USA Tournament: No. 1 seed 3. Old Dominion - 97 4. UAB - 90 ower uccess > Quarterfinal: (1) MT 86, (9) UTSA 70 P 5 S 5. UTEP - 84 w Middle Tennessee has posted a 12-10 record against Semifinal:(1) MT 82, (2) UTEP 56 *through 12/23/17 Power 5 teams since the beginning of the 2011-12 sea- Championship: (1) MT 83, (2) Marshall 72 son, notching the 12 wins against seven different teams Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Going Streaking > w Since the beginning of the 2015-16 season the Blue Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/6 w Middle Tennessee has made a 3-pointer in 685 consec- Raiders boast a 7-1 record against the SEC and Big Ten, Newcomers: 7 utive games, a streak that spans over 21 seasons, with including a pair of NCAA Tournament wins Season of basketball: 95th the last time it failed to convert a trey coming on Jan. 20, First season: 1913-14 1996 against Morehead State All-time record: 1,214-1,040 NCAA Appearances: 9/4-9 - 1975, 77, 82, 85, 87, 89, 2013, 16, 17 NIT Appearances: 3/4-3 - 1986, 88, 2012 CIT Appearance: 2/0-2 - 2010, 15

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Tyrik Dixon So. 0 Tyrik Dixon G 6-1 184 So. Bentonville, Ark. / Southwest Christian Academy 25 Karl Gamble Jr. 1 Brandon Walters F 6-10 250 R-Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn. / Walters State CC Antonio Green Jr. 2 Antwain Johnson G 6-2 197 Jr. Malone, Fla. / Chipola College 4 James Hawthorne Jr. 3 Donovan Sims G 6-0 165 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Blackman HS 2 Antwain Johnson Jr. 4 James Hawthorne F 6-7 205 Jr. Prentiss, Miss. / Southwest Mississippi CC 5 Nick King Sr. 5 Nick King F 6-7 225 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. / Alabama 15 TJ Massenburg Fr. 10 Will Slatten G 6-4 166 R-Fr. Sparta, Tenn. / Moore County HS 14 Chase Miller R-So. 11 Ed Simpson G 6-2 195 Sr. Ocean Springs, Miss. / St. Martin HS 20 Giddy Potts Sr. 12 Therren Shelton-Szmidt G 6-5 190 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario / Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (TN) 12 Therren Shelton-Szmidt Fr. 14 Chase Miller G 6-0 185 R-So. Dallas, Texas / Shelton HS 21 David Simmons Jr. 15 TJ Massenburg F 6-8 220 Fr. Snellville, Ga. / Shiloh HS 11 Ed Simpson Sr. 20 Giddy Potts G 6-2 217 Sr. Athens, Ala. / Athens HS 3 Donovan Sims Fr. 21 David Simmons G 6-3 195 Jr. Henderson, Ky. / Tallahassee CC 10 Will Slatten R-Fr. 25 Karl Gamble F 6-9 224 Jr. Columbia, S.C. / A.C. Flora HS 35 Davion Thomas R-Fr. 32 Michael Van Hooser G 6-3 195 Fr. Demorest, Ga. / Tallulah Falls School 32 Michael Van Hooser Fr. 35 Davion Thomas F 6-9 215 R-Fr. Columbus, Ga. / Northside HS 1 Brandon Walters R-Sr. Antonio Green G 6-2 180 Jr. Tupelo, Miss. / UTRGV 2 BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS BLUE RAIDERS IN C-USA Team C-USA Pct. Home Away Overall Pct. Home Away Neutral Category Stats Rank Scoring Offense...... 76.9...... 7th Old Dominion 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 5-0 2-2 2-1 Scoring Defense...... 68.5...... 5th Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 3-1 4-0 1-2 FG %...... 46.4 %...... 6th FG % Defense...... 43.4 %...... 8th Marshall 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-4 .692 8-0 1-4 0-0 3FG %...... 34.6 %...... 6th LA Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-4 .692 5-2 0-2 4-0 3FG % Defense...... 33.2 %...... 4th UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-4 .692 8-0 1-1 0-3 FT%...... 74.6 %...... 3rd Rebounds...... 34.6...... 10th WKU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-5 .615 5-2 1-2 2-1 Rebound Margin...... +3.5...... 4th Southern Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-6 .538 5-0 1-3 1-3 Assists...... 14.8...... 6th Blocks...... 2.4...... 12th UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-6 .538 5-0 1-4 1-2 Steals...... 7.1...... 6th North Texas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-6 .538 6-1 1-5 0-0 Turnover Margin...... +2.1...... 5th Assist/Turnover Ratio...... 1.2...... 6th Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-6 .500 4-1 1-3 1-2 *through 12/23/17 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-7 .462 4-4 1-2 1-1 BY THE NUMBERS UTEP 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-7 .417 5-3 0-1 0-3 Charlotte 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-7 .364 3-3 1-4 0-0 Overall record 8-3 At home 3-1 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-10 .231 2-4 1-4 0-2 On road 4-0 *through 12/23/17 Neutral site 1-2 vs. Ranked Teams 0-0 AROUND CONFERENCE USA Blue Uniforms 5-2 Grey Uniforms 0-1 Recent Scores > Today’s Games > White Uniforms 3-0 December 20 (Wednesday) December 25 (Monday) vs. Conference USA 0-0 Georgetown 75, North Texas 63 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6/7 Miami, 7:30 PM vs. Conference USA Home 0-0 UAB 74, New Orleans 67 vs. Conference USA Away 0-0 Nebraska 104, UTSA 94 Upcoming Games > vs. Non-Conference 8-3 December 21 (Thursday) December 28 (Thursday) vs. Atlantic Sun 2-0 vs. Ivy League 1-0 LA Tech 74, Alabama State 62 Southern Miss at Marshall, 6:00 PM vs. Ohio Valley 2-1 USF 78, Charlotte 76 LA Tech at WKU, 7:00 PM vs. Pac-12 0-1 No. 24 Florida State 98, Southern Miss 45 Rice at UTSA, 7:00 PM vs. Southeastern 2-1 UTEP 69, Howard 56 North Texas at UTEP, 8:00 PM vs. NCAA D-II 1-0 December 22 (Friday) December 30 (Saturday) When leading at halftime 4-1 Middle Tennessee 69, Princeton 67 Southern Miss at WKU, 2:00 PM When tied at halftime 0-0 Old Dominion 61, Norfolk State 50 Middle Tennessee at UAB, 4:00 PM When trailing at halftime 4-2 Marshall 91, Eastern Kentucky 71 Charlotte at Old Dominion, 6:00 PM Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) 7-0 WKU 72, Austin Peay 53 LA Tech at Marshall, 6:00 PM Tied with 5:00 left (regulation) 1-0 Texas State 74, Rice 66 FAU at FIU, 6:00 PM Trailing with 5:00 left (regulation) 0-3 North Dakota State 63, UTEP 51 North Texas at UTSA, 7:00 PM LA Tech 85, Fort Wayne 76 Rice at UTEP, 8:00 PM In overtime games 0-0 Hartford 79, FIU 72 When MT wins the tip-off 5-0 December 23 (Saturday) When opponent wins the tip-off 4-2 UAB 74, Mississippi Valley State 57 When MT scores first 2-0 (RV) Minnesota 95, Florida Atlantic 60 When opponent scores first 7-2 In games decided by 3 points or less 2-0 USC 89, Middle Tennessee 84 In games decided by 4-10 points 3-3 (RV) Mississippi State 70, Southern Miss 64 When MT shoots 50% or better 3-0 When MT shoots 40-49% 5-3 When MT shoots 30-39% 0-0 When MT shoots less than 30% 0-0 When scoring 90 or more points 1-0 When scoring 80-89 points 2-1 When scoring 70-79 points 3-1 PRESEASON PICKS When scoring 60-69 points 2-1 When scoring 50-59 points 0-0 When scoring less than 50 points 0-0 C-USA Preseason Poll > Preseason All-C-USA Team > 1. Middle Tennessee (8) Name Class Pos. School When MT outrebounds opponents 7-0 2. UAB (4) Jon Davis Jr. G Charlotte When MT is outrebounded 1-3 3. LA Tech (2) Jacobi Boykins Sr. G LA Tech When rebounds are even 0-0 4. Old Dominion Daquan Bracey So. G LA Tech On Monday 1-0 5. UTEP Jon Elmore Jr. G Marshall On Tuesday 1-0 6. WKU Giddy Potts Sr. G Middle Tennessee On Wednesday 1-0 7. Marshall Ahmad Caver Jr. G Old Dominion On Thursday 0-1 8. Charlotte On Friday 2-0 Chris Cokley Sr. F UAB On Saturday 3-2 9. UTSA William Lee Sr. F UAB On Sunday 0-0 10. Southern Miss Omega Harris Sr. G UTEP 11. North Texas In November 4-1 12. Florida Atlantic Justin Johnson Sr. F WKU In December 4-2 13. Rice In January 0-0 14. FIU In February 0-0 In March 0-0 BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL 3 CHARTING THE BLUE RAIDERS Immediate Impact > w Senior transfers have had a track record of great success at Middle Tennessee with Dunks > LaRon Dendy and JaCorey Williams both winning Player of the Year honors in their Nick King (6) lone season in Murfreesboro Brandon Walters (6) w Senior F Nick King may well be next in line to be a senior transfer success story Karl Gamble (4) for head coach Kermit Davis as his numbers stack up with those posted by both Antwain Johnson (2) Giddy Potts (2) Dendy and Williams Davion Thomas (2)

Charges Drawn > Through 11 Games David Simmons (3) Tyrik Dixon (2) Points rebounds Antwain Johnson (1) NICK KING > 252 76 Giddy Potts (1) Ed Simpson (1) JACOREY WILLIAMS > 208 73 First Scorer > Nick King (6) LARON DENDY > 156 71 Giddy Potts (2) Antwain Johnson (1) Ed Simpson (1) Brandon Walters (1)

How First Points Were Scored > Jumper (5) Free Throw (3) Transfer Tracker > 3-pointer (2) w Over 40 percent of the scoring production has come from transfers in Layup (1) 13 of head coach Kermit Davis' 16 seasons with the Blue Raiders, with Dunk (0) just over 50 percent of the total production across those 16 seasons coming from transfers First Sub > Season Transfer Points Total Points Percent Karl Gamble (6) 2002-03 1,488 2,053 72.48% James Hawthorne (3) 2003-04 906 2,034 44.54% Antwain Johnson (3) 2004-05 1,651 2,212 74.64% Tyrik Dixon (2) 2005-06 1,403 1,977 70.97% David Simmons (1) 2006-07 279 1,995 13.98% Brandon Walters (1) 2007-08 437 2,180 20.05% 2008-09 436 2,254 19.34% Led MT in Scoring > 2009-10 1,137 2,282 49.82% Season Career 2010-11 1,415 2,218 63.80% Nick King 10 10 2011-12 1,578 2,459 64.17% Giddy Potts 1 22 2012-13 1,530 2,405 63.62% Ed Simpson 0 2 2013-14 1,066 2,339 45.58% Tyrik Dixon 0 1 2014-15 1,138 2,285 49.80% 2015-16 1,370 2,539 53.96% Led MT in Rebounding> 2016-17 1,247 2,697 46.24% Season Career 2017-18 530 846 62.65% Nick King 7 7 Total 17,611 34,775 50.64% Brandon Walters 2 2 Giddy Potts 2 16 Tyrik Dixon 2 3 > Ed Simpson 1 1 Crashing the Boards Karl Gamble 0 1 w Head coach Kermit Davis frequently praises senior G Giddy Potts as one of the top rebounding guards in the country, and the numbers support the claim Led MT in Assists > w With 476 rebounds at MT, Potts ranks 17th nationally in career rebounds by true Season Career guards while no true guard in C-USA is within 70 rebounds of the 6-foot-2 senior Tyrik Dixon 8 26 National Active Leaders C-USA Active Leaders Giddy Potts 2 10 Player Career Rebounds Player Career Rebounds Nick King 2 2 1. John Konchar, IUFW 716 1. Giddy Potts, MT 476 Ed Simpson 1 14 2. Kenrich Williams, TCU 684 2. Connor Cashaw, Rice 401 Antwain Johnson 1 2 3. Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State 633 3. Jacobi Boykins, LA Tech 346 James Hawthorne 1 1 3. Trevon Bluiett, Xavier 633 5. Matt Scott, Niagara 613 4. Byron Frohnen, UTSA 309 David Simmons 1 1 6. Egor Koulechov, Florida 607 5. Jon Elmore, Marshall 286 7. Ahmad Thomas, UNC Asheville 588 Free Throw Streaks > 8. Shawn Johnson, Incarnate Word 580 Consecutive Dates 9. Mathieu Kamba, Central Arkansas 563 Made FTs Back to 10. Chandler Hutchison, Boise State 528 Giddy Potts 9 Auburn 11. George King, Colorado 525 Karl Gamble 7 Auburn 12. Dmitri Thompson, Elon 502 Antwain Johnson 6 Princeton 13. Yuta Watanabe, GWU 486 David Simmons 3 Princeton 14. Joshua Braun, Grand Canyon 483 15. Justin Mitchell, Wright State 479 Donovan Sims 2 FGCU 1 16. Divine Myles, Stetson 478 James Hawthorne 2 Auburn 17. Giddy Potts, MT 476 *through 12/19/17 Brandon Walters 1 USC 4 BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL Chasing “Boogie” > w The sweet-shooting junior currently ranks fifth in school RANKINGS WATCH w Senior guard Giddy Potts became the 33rd member history for career 3-point percentage (.415). All-time of Middle Tennessee’s 1,000-point club in his 87th career leader Chris Rainey shot 47.1% from deep for his career. AP Poll > Coaches Poll > game at UTSA in February 2017, reaching the mark 13 1. Chris Rainey...... 0.471 1. Villanova (45) 1,602 1. Villanova (26) 796 games faster than predecessor Reggie Upshaw. 2. Jonathan Whitworth...... 0.438 2. Michigan State (15) 1,560 2. Michigan State (6) 765 After totaling 552 points as a junior, Potts will need 3. Raymond Cintron...... 0.435 3. Arizona State (5) 1,429 3. Duke 676 to score 569 points as a senior to surpass all-time leading 4. Adam Vogelsberg...... 0.417 4. Duke 1,390 4. North Carolina 654 scorer Desmond “Boogie” Yates (1,775). 5. Giddy Potts...... 0.415 5. North Carolina 1,332 4. Arizona State 654 1. Desmond Yates...... 1,775 6. Nod Carter...... 0.412 6. Miami 1,308 6. Kentucky 636 2. Robert Taylor...... 1,622 7. Xavier Habersham...... 0.407 7. Kentucky 1,231 7. Miami 590 3. Kerry Hammonds...... 1,616 8. Kelvin Hammonds...... 0.403 8. Texas A&M 1,156 8. Xavier 540 4. Reggie Upshaw...... 1,559 t9. Tommy Gunn...... 0.394 9. Xavier 1,073 9. Texas A&M 536 5. Tommy Gunn...... 1,528 t9. Torrey Moore...... 0.394 10. West Virginia 1,040 10. West Virginia 508 6. Willie Brown...... 1,524 11. Wichita State 851 11. Wichita State 449 7. Randy Henry...... 1,484 Dropping Dimes > 12. Gonzaga 831 12. TCU 418 8. Ken Trickey...... 1,456 w Sophomore guard Tyrik Dixon was the first Blue Raider 13. Virginia 796 13. Kansas 404 t9. Tim Sisneros...... 1,426 since 2013-14 to dish out triple-digit assists in a season, 14. Kansas 791 14. Virginia 387 t9. Chris Rainey...... 1,426 tallying 119 helpers in his freshman campaign. 15. TCU 789 15. Gonzaga 357 Giddy Potts...... 1,343 Now in his second season running the Blue Raider 16. Purdue 706 16. Purdue 353 offense, Dixon is averaging 3.4 assists per game in his 17. Oklahoma 691 17. Oklahoma 300 Nothing But the Bottom of the Net > career, just outside the Middle Tennessee Top 10 list. 18. Arizona 396 18. Baylor 210 w Senior guard Giddy Potts has tallied 458 field goals 1. Duane Washington...... 7.2 18. Baylor 396 19. Arizona 199 in his Blue Raider career, placing him 57 away from the 2. James Johnson...... 5.0 20. Cincinnati 314 20. Tennessee 140 Middle Tennessee Top 10 list. 3. Lewis Mack...... 4.9 21. Tennessee 308 21. Texas Tech 129 If Potts matches the 196 field goals he converted as a 4. Gerald Harris...... 4.6 21. Texas Tech 308 22. Seton Hall 126 junior he will rank fifth all-time at MT with 611. 5. Richard Duncan...... 4.4 23. Seton Hall 223 22. Cincinnati 126 1. Desmond Yates...... 714 6. Greg Armstrong...... 4.3 24. Florida State 164 24. Creighton 115 2. Randy Henry...... 641 7. Kevin Kanaskie...... 3.9 25. Creighton 144 25. Florida State 103 3. Kerry Hammonds...... 631 8. Eric Parham...... 3.8 4. Willie Brown...... 619 t9. Bruce Massey...... 3.6 t5. Greg Joyner...... 593 t9. Tweety Knight...... 3.6 RPI WATCH t5. Reggie Upshaw...... 593 Tyrik Dixon...... 3.4 7. Tim Sisneros...... 584 NCAA RPI > 8. Sleepy Taylor...... 533 Basketball Bandit > 35. Middle Tennessee 14. Tennessee 9. Ken Trickey...... 521 w Senior guard Giddy Potts moved into the Top 10 53. Old Dominion 30. Lipscomb 10. Robert Taylor...... 515 all-time in career steals early in his senior season after 99. LA Tech 35. Middle Tennessee Giddy Potts...... 458 a team-leading 47 steals in 2016-17 gave him 103 in 102. WKU 70. Belmont his career. 134. Marshall 103. Tennessee Tech From Downtown > Potts currently needs just three more to match Kevin 192. Florida Atlantic 144. ETSU w Senior guard Giddy Potts made the career Top 10 list for Kanaskie for eighth all-time at 127. 196. North Texas 150. Vanderbilt 3-pointers made before reaching the end of his sophomore 1. Richard Duncan...... 190 228. UAB 162. Memphis season and now owns the Middle Tennessee record with 2. Tommy Gunn...... 156 234. UTEP 208. Tennessee State 226 after making four trifectas against Princeton in the 3. Reggie Upshaw...... 150 249. UTSA 239. Austin Peay Diamond Head Classic toovertake Robert Taylor 4. Tim Gaither...... 145 260. Southern Miss 279. Chattanooga 1. Giddy Potts...... 226 5. Gerald Harris...... 139 287. Charlotte 305. UT Martin 2. Robert Taylor...... 222 6. James Johnson...... 136 295. FIU 3. Kevin Kanaskie...... 207 7. Duane Washington...... 134 297. Rice 4. Tommy Gunn...... 185 8. Kevin Kanaskie...... 127 *through games on 12/19/17 5. Chris Rainey...... 180 9. Giddy Potts...... 124 6. Freddie Martinez...... 172 10. Roni Bailey...... 112 CBS SPORTS RPI > t7. James Washington...... 137 35. Middle Tennessee t7. Raymond Cintron...... 137 Great Gamers > 9. Kerry Hammonds II...... 135 w Senior guards Ed Simpson and Giddy Potts are each ESPN RPI > 10. JaQawn Raymond...... 119 on track to enter the career Top 10 list for games played 35. Middle Tennessee in the Blue Raider record books in December. w Potts is also in the career Top 10 for 3-pointers attempt- The duo are just one and two games, respectively, from REAL TIME RPI > ed. He has taken 545 long range attempts in his career, 47 matching Tommy Gunn for 10th all-time and could surpass 35. Middle Tennessee shy of second place all-time. Shawn Jones for second all-time by the end of the regular 1. Robert Taylor...... 619 season. TEAM RANKINGS RPI > 2. Kevin Kanaskie...... 592 1. Reggie Upshaw...... 139 35. Middle Tennessee 3. Giddy Potts...... 545 2. Shawn Jones...... 128 *through games on 12/19/17 4. Tommy Gunn...... 469 3. Kevin Kanaskie...... 124 5. Freddie Martinez...... 451 4. Desmond Yates...... 122 6. Chris Rainey...... 382 t5. Kerry Hammonds...... 121 7. Kerry Hammonds II...... 365 t5. Kerry Hammonds II...... 121 8. James Washington...... 353 7. Kyle Young...... 119 9. JaQawn Raymond...... 324 8. Lee Nosse...... 117 t10. Fats Cuyler...... 317 9. Quincy Vance...... 115 t10. Richard Duncan...... 317 10. Tommy Gunn...... 113 t10. Raymond Cintron...... 317 Ed Simpson...... 112 Giddy Potts...... 111

BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL 5 RAIDER STREAKS w Potts has also started 94 games in his career, leaving Raiders Outrun Rebels in Murphy Center > him 20 shy of the all-time mark set by Reggie Upshaw w The Blue Raiders ran their winning streak against the All Games > last season. SEC to five games with a 77-58 win against Ole Miss in L1 - vs. USC (12/23/17) With two more starts Potts will match Tommy Gunn Murfreesboro that was capped with a 15-0 MT run to seal it for third all-time with his 96th career start. w Middle Tennessee was fueled by seniors Nick King (25 At Murphy Center > 1. Reggie Upshaw...... 114 points, six rebounds) and Brandon Walters (20 points, W2 - FGCU (11/21/17), Ole Miss (12/9/17) 2. Kevin Kanaskie...... 105 5 rebounds, four blocks, four steals), with the former 3. Tommy Gunn...... 96 winning his second C-USA Player of the Week honor in True Road Games > 4. Giddy Potts...... 94 just the fifth week of the season W7 - at WKU (2/16/17), at Marshall (2/18/17), at UAB 5. Tim Gaither...... 92 (2/26/17), at Murray State (11/13/17), at Tennessee State t6. Quincy Vance...... 90 MT Sinks Vandy at Memorial Gymnasium > (11/18/17), at FGCU (12/2/17), at Vanderbilt (12/6/17) t6. Kyle Young...... 90 w Middle Tennessee earned its first ever win at Memorial t8. Randy Henry...... 89 Gymnasium but its third straight against Vanderbilt when Neutral Site > t8. Kerry Hammonds...... 89 the Blue Raiders battled back for a 66-63 win in Nashville L1 - vs. USC (12/23/17) 10. Richard Duncan...... 87 w Seniors led the way at Vandy combining for 58 of Middle's 66 points as F Nick King totaled 23, F Brandon Away From Home > Minute Men > Walters and G Giddy Potts notched 16 each and G Ed L1 - vs. USC (12/23/17) w Senior guard Giddy Potts entered the Top 10 in Blue Simpson hit a crucial corner three down the stretch Raider history for minutes played against Ole Miss, having w The Blue Raiders are now 4-0 against the SEC in the last Non-Conference > been on the court for 2,897 minutes in his career. Potts three seasons with wins over Auburn in 2015, Ole Miss and L1 - vs. USC (12/23/17) needs to play three more minutes to match Lee Nosse Vandy in 2016, and Vandy again in 2017 (2,900) for eighth all-time. Conference USA > 1. Kevin Kanaskie...... 4,078 Raiders Ground Eagles in Dunk City > W7 - Old Dominion (2/9/17), Charlotte (2/11/17), at WKU 2. Reggie Upshaw...... 3,930 w Middle Tennessee swept the Cinderella Showdown with (2/16/17), at Marshall (2/18/17), at UAB (2/26/17), FIU 3. Desmond Yates...... 3,517 an 81-76 triumph in Fort Myers, securing the road win (3/2/17), Florida Atlantic (3/4/17) 4. Kerry Hammonds...... 3,453 with free throws down the stretch from seniors Brandon 5. Tommy Gunn...... 3,361 Walters and Nick King Conference USA Home > 6. Tim Gaither...... 3,020 w King posted career highs in points (32), rebounds W10 - Marshall (2/27/16), UAB (1/1/17), Marshall 7. Robert Taylor...... 2,941 (11), assists (4) and minutes (37) on his way to collecting (1/12/17), WKU (1/14/17), Southern Miss (1/26/17), 8. Lee Nosse...... 2,900 Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week LA Tech (1/28/17), Old Dominion (2/9/17), Charlotte 9. Giddy Potts...... 2,897 honors (2/11/17), FIU (3/2/17), Florida Atlantic (3/4/17) 10. Desmond Yates...... 2,776 w Junior G David Simmons was crucial off the bench in increased minutes with junior G Antwain Johnson Conference USA Road > Blue Raiders Drop Tight Contest Against USC > sidelined, collecting career highs in points (11) and W3 - at WKU (2/16/17), at Marshall (2/18/17), at UAB w After leading the Trojans for over 24 minutes of game rebounds (5) (2/26/17) time, the Blue Raiders fell behind late before falling 89-84 to the USC Trojans, a Preseason Top 10 team MT Takes First Leg of Cinderella Showdown > w Senior F Nick King logged game highs in points (28) w The Blue Raiders scored early and often in the first of and rebounds (11) in the contest against a highly talented two meetings with Florida Gulf Coast this season, holding Trojan frontcourt and was joined in double figures by junior an 18-point lead at halftime and extending their lead out G Antwain Johnson (15), senior G Giddy Potts (11) and to 22 before sealing the 85-72 win senior F Brandon Walters (11) w Senior F Nick King led the offense once again, pouring AWARD WATCH w The loss places Middle Tennessee in the Diamond in 25 points against the Eagles while sophomore G Tyrik Head Classic third place game against No. 6/7 Miami on Dixon logged the first Blue Raider double-double of the Conference USA Player of the Week > Christmas Day season with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds Nick King (Dec. 11) while adding six assists Nick King (Nov. 20) Potts Hits Game Winner to Open Diamond Head > w King's 10-for-10 effort at the free throw line extended w Middle Tennessee won a back-and-forth battle in the his made free throw streak to 21 while junior G Antwain TSWA Player of the Week > Diamond Head Classic opener, 69-67, downing Princeton Johnson has now made 11 straight after going 4-for-4 Nick King (Dec. 4) thanks to a step-back jumper by senior G Giddy Potts from the line against the Eagles with 2.3 second left on the clock College Sports Madness C-USA Player of the Week > w Potts surpassed the school record for 3-pointers made King off to Unprecedented Start > Nick King (Dec. 11) in a career in the contest with his fourth triple of the game w Senior F Nick King has scored 20-plus points in four marking his 223rd career trifecta consecutive games and led the Blue Raiders in scoring in Preseason All-Conference USA Team > w Senior F Nick King added a game-high 18 points and each of MT's five games so far this season Giddy Potts Sophomore G Tyrik Dixon had 10 while the trio each w His 114 points make him the first MT player in the Kermit collected fie rebounds Davis era to top the 100-point mark in the first five games College Sports Madness Preseason All-High Major Third Team > of the season Giddy Potts Raider Rally Falls Short in Birmingham Jam > w After falling down by 25 early in the second half, Middle Raiders Back in Win Column at Tennessee State > Tennessee mounted an impressive comebackto crawl w Middle Tennessee avenged the recent loss to OVC within five points of the Auburn Tigers before dropping member Belmont by knocking off another OVC member the neutral site contest, 76-70 in Tennessee State Saturday, 75-65 w Senior G Giddy Potts led the way for MT with 19 points w The win also served as revenge on TSU after the Tigers and four rebounds while the Blue Raiders went 8-for-11 came into Murfreesboro last season and handed the Blue from 3-point range in the final 12 minutes to climb back Raiders their first loss of the season, 74-63, while snapping into the contest a 10-game winning streak in the series by MT w Senior F Nick King continued to roll with his third straight 20-point performance while senior F Brandon Walters added 14 points and seven rebounds and junior G Antwain Johnson tacked on 11 points

6 BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL Bruins Stifle Raiders Down the Stretch > Returning Talent > w Senior F Nick King's strong play continued as he logged w The Blue Raiders must replace frontcourt starters Reg- 21 points, seven boards and three assists against Belmont gie Upshaw and JaCorey Williams in 2017-18, but return but the Blue Raiders' 20-3 run in the second half wasn't a combined 164 career starts in the backcourt between enough to overcome the hot-shooting Bruins senior guards Giddy Potts and Ed Simpson as well as w Belmont shot 45.5 percent (10 of 22) from 3-point range sophomore point guard Tyrik Dixon in the contest after shooting just 27.6 (16 of 58) percent w Junior guard and key reserve Antwain Johnson also from three in their first two games combined returns and looks to increase his role after the departure w Senior F Brandon Walters also logged a solid perfor- of Xavier Habersham while senior forward Brandon mance, tallying 14 points, eight boards and four blocks Walters and junior forward Karl Gamble round out the in 24 minutes, all career highs scholarship returners w The Blue Raider returners accounted for only 46.9 per- Raiders' Depth Shows in Win at Murray State > cent of MT's points and 47.5 percent of MT's rebounds last w Middle Tennessee battled a tough Murray State team season, but combined for a stellar 1.75 assist-to-turn- to a 72-67 win on the road behind some strong bench over ratio led by Simpson (3.55) and Dixon (2.59) performances as some of MT's usual suspects were locked w No returning player in Conference USA boasted higher down in the contest averages than Potts in both scoring (15.3) and rebound- w Senior F Nick King announced his presence in a big ing (5.3) in 2016-17 way against the Racers, pouring in 31 points on 12-of-16 w Middle Tennessee also returns a plethora of shooting shooting and went 6 of 6 from the charity stripe talent as the returners shot 37.1 percent from three and w Junior G David Simmons was huge off the bench for accounted for 149 of MT's 228 3-pointers last season the Raiders, tallying eight points, five boards and three assists and knocked down a pair of free throws with 2.2 Preseason Praise > seconds left to ice the contest w The Blue Raiders have racked up several preseason w Fellow reserve Karl Gamble had an equally impressive accolades ahead of the 2017-18 season, in which MT showing with seven points and six boards in 15 minutes of was picked to finish first in the league with eight of 14 action while senior G Giddy Potts had just seven points first place votes but notched game highs in rebounds (8) and steals (4) w 2017 Conference USA Tournament MVP Giddy Potts was named to the Preseason All-Conference USA team by Raiders Roll on Education Day > the league office as well as College Sports Madness and w Middle Tennessee doubled up Trevecca, 104-52, in the the USA Today College Basketball Preview season opener in front of nearly 6,000 students from 20 w Potts also made the College Sports Madness APresea- different Rutherford County Schools son All-High Major Third Team while the Blue Raiders were w Senior F Nick King led the charge in his Blue Raider picked 10th in Always March's Preseason Mid-Major Top 25 debut with 17 points and six boards in just 22 minutes w CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothsteinlisted Brandon w Senior G Giddy Potts added 15 points and five rebounds Walters as one of 20 breakout players to watch and while junior G Antwain Johnson had 16 points and junior Nick King as one of 20 under-the-radar transfers poised F Karl Gamble notched 10 points and five boards for big seasons w King, junior F James Hawthorne, junior G David w Rothstein has also lauded head coach Kermit Davis Simmons, redshirt freshman F Davion Thomas, redshirt as one of 10 coaches on the rise nationally, stating Davis freshman G Will Slatten, freshman G Therren Shel- is "a high-major coach at the mid-major level" ton-Szmidt and freshman G Donovan Sims all made w The rising CBS Sports analyst named the Blue Raiders as their Blue Raider debuts in the contest one of 68 things to look forward to in college basketball, remarking that Middle Tennessee could be "the next great Postseason Veterans > mid-major program" w Middle Tennessee has played in each of the last three w CBS Sports also mentioned Middle Tennessee as one of Conference USA Tournament title games, winning the least 10 teams with the potential to make a cinderella run in two to advance to the NCAA Tournament March this season w The Blue Raiders have appeared in three of the last five NCAA Tournaments and made the posteseason in six of the Davis Inks Three in Early Signing Period > last eight years, notching two NCAA Tournament wins and w Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis and his and a trip to the NIT Quarterfinals staff hit the Peach State hard in the early signing period, w MT has racked up seven conference titles in the last eight bringing in a trio of prep standouts from Georgia to com- seasons, including two tournament titles, two outright plete their signing class. regular season titles and three shared regular season titles w Gainesville, Ga., native KJ Buffen - a 6-foot-7 forward who is drawing early comparisons to Reggie Upshaw and is rated by ESPN as a four-star prospect - was the first to sign w Middle Tennessee also signed 6-foot-3 guard Tye Fagan out Thomaston, Ga., after the talented guard took Upson Lee to a GHSA state championship as a junior w After bursting onto the scene in Georgia and earning scholarship offers from the likes of Oklahoma and Flor- ida State, 6-foot-10 forward Carlos Curry of Albany, Ga., rounded out the signing class for the Blue Raiders

BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL 7 HEAD COACH >> KERMIT DAVIS 16th Season // Mississippi State, 1982 DAVIS YEAR-BY-YEAR

Southwest Mississippi CC > Season Overall Conference Postseason 1984-85 17-9 1985-86 22-11 Total 39-20 Idaho > Season Overall Big Sky Postseason 1988-89 25-6 13-3 NCAA First Round 1989-90 25-6 13-3 NCAA First Round Total 50-12 26-6 Texas A&M > Season Overall Southwest Postseason 1990-91 8-21 2-14 Total 8-21 2-14 Chipola JC > Season Overall Panhandle Conference Postseason 1993-94 27-5 13-2 State Semifinals Total 27-5 13-2 Idaho > Season Overall Big West Postseason 1996-97 13-17 5-11 Total 13-17 5-11 Middle Tennessee > Season Overall Sun Belt/Conference USA Postseason 2002-03 16-14 9-5 2003-04 17-12 8-6 2004-05 19-12 7-7 2005-06 16-12 8-6 2006-07 15-17 8-10 2007-08 17-15 11-7 2008-09 18-14 10-8 2009-10 19-14 13-5 CIT First Round 2010-11 16-16 10-6 2011-12 27-7 14-2 NIT Quarterfinals 2012-13 28-6 19-1 NCAA First Four DAVIS NOTABLES 2013-14 24-9 13-3 2014-15 19-17 9-9 CIT First Round Accomplishments > 2015-16 25-10 13-5 NCAA Second Round w 2003 Sun Belt Coach of the Year 2016-17 31-5 17-1 NCAA Second Round w 2008 CollegeInsider.com Sun Belt Coach of the Year 2017-18 8-3 0-0 w 2010 CollegeInsider.com Sun Belt Coach of the Year MT Total 315-183 117-63 (SBC) / 52-18 (C-USA) w 2012 Sun Belt Coach of the Year D-I Total 386-233 w 2013 Sun Belt Coach of the Year Career Total 452-258 w 2016 Daily News Journal Sportsperson of the Year w 2017 Conference USA/NABC District 11/TSWA Coach of the Year DAVIS BY THE NUMBERS Coaching Stops > w 1983-84 Mississippi State w 1985-86 Southwest Mississippi CC All-Conference Players 162 WINS w 1987-90 Idaho 23 w 1991 Texas A&M SINCE 2011-12 w 1992-94 Chipola JC 10 Consecutive Non-Losing Seasons w 1995-96 Utah State 31 WINS 2016-17 w 1997 Idaho Conference Championships w 1998-02 LSU 7 25 WINS 2015-16 w 2003-present Middle Tennessee Coach of the Year Awards 19 WINS 2014-15 Noteworthy > 4 w Youngest JUCO coach in the country at Southwest JC at 24 24 WINS 2013-14 w Youngest D-I head coach in the nation at Idaho at 28 4 Player of the Year Awards w Tabbed coach of the year five times in 17 yrs. as a D-I head coach 28 WINS 2012-13 w Second-fastest MT coach to reach 100 wins (182 games) NCAA Tournament Appearances w Only MT coach to reach 200 wins 3 27 WINS 2011-12 8 BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL 2017-18 >> OVERALL STATS

Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball Middle Tennessee Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 23, 2017) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 8-3 3-1 4-0 1-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-3 3-1 4-0 1-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 KING, Nick 11-11 349 31.7 93-178 .5 2 2 11-29 .3 7 9 55-68 .8 0 9 24 52 76 6.9 15 0 25 25 0 7 252 22.9 20 POTTS, Giddy 11-11 338 30.7 43-117 .3 6 8 25-69 .3 6 2 25-31 .8 0 6 7 35 42 3.8 36 1 26 15 2 21 136 12.4 01 WALTERS, Brandon 10-9 243 24.3 46-82 .5 6 1 1-4 .2 5 0 22-34 .6 4 7 27 19 46 4.6 36 3 7 14 15 7 115 11.5 02 JOHNSON, Antwain 9-1 156 17.3 22-60 .3 6 7 9-29 .3 1 0 19-22 .8 6 4 2 9 11 1.2 19 0 11 8 2 6 72 8.0 21 SIMMONS, David 11-1 209 19.0 23-38 .6 0 5 1-5 .2 0 0 19-31 .6 1 3 10 22 32 2.9 32 1 17 12 1 7 66 6.0 00 DIXON, Tyrik 11-9 262 23.8 21-50 .4 2 0 9-26 .3 4 6 9-12 .7 5 0 5 33 38 3.5 38 2 41 21 0 8 60 5.5 25 GAMBLE, Karl 11-2 162 14.7 21-36 .5 8 3 1-4 .2 5 0 13-20 .6 5 0 21 20 41 3.7 22 1 3 9 4 3 56 5.1 11 SIMPSON, Edward 11-11 254 23.1 12-31 .3 8 7 11-27 .4 0 7 0-0 .0 0 0 2 21 23 2.1 22 1 23 11 1 7 35 3.2 04 HAWTHORNE, James 11-0 90 8.2 6-21 .2 8 6 0-3 .0 0 0 9-12 .7 5 0 4 10 14 1.3 12 0 4 3 1 4 21 1.9 12 SHELTON-SZMIDT, T 10-0 73 7.3 6-21 .2 8 6 5-17 .2 9 4 0-0 .0 0 0 4 8 12 1.2 4 0 2 5 0 4 17 1.7 35 THOMAS, Davion 5-0 18 3.6 4-5 .8 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 1 2 0.4 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 1.6 03 SIMS, Donovan 8-0 42 5.3 2-3 .6 6 7 2-3 .6 6 7 2-2 1.000 0 10 10 1.3 5 0 4 4 0 3 8 1.0 14 MILLER, Chase 1-0 3 3.0 0-2 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 SLATTEN, Will 1-0 1 1.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 2 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 14 18 32 10 Total...... 11 2200 299-645 .4 6 4 75-217 .3 4 6 173-232 .7 4 6 123 258 381 34.6 243 9 163 138 26 78 846 76.9 Opponents...... 11 2200 239-551 .4 3 4 73-220 .3 3 2 203-275 .7 3 8 84 258 342 31.1 209 - 141 161 30 53 754 68.5

TEAM STATISTICS MT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 846 754 11/10/17 TREVECCA W 104-52 8227 Points per game 76.9 68.5 11/13/17 at Murray St. W 72-67 3854 Scoring margin +8.4 - 11/16/17 BELMONT L 63-69 5366 FIELD GOALS-ATT 299-645 239-551 11/18/17 at Tennessee State W 75-65 1850 Field goal pct .4 6 4 .4 3 4 11/21/17 FGCU W 85-72 5017 3 POINT FG-ATT 75-217 73-220 12/2/17 at FGCU W 81-76 3931 3-point FG pct .3 4 6 .3 3 2 12/06/17 at Vanderbilt W 66-63 8739 3-pt FG made per game 6.8 6.6 12/09/17 OLE MISS W 77-58 8806 FREE THROWS-ATT 173-232 203-275 12/16/17 vs Auburn L 70-76 7209 Free throw pct .7 4 6 .7 3 8 12/22/17 vs Princeton W 69-67 0 F-Throws made per game 15.7 18.5 12/23/17 vs USC L 84-89 0 REBOUNDS 381 342 Rebounds per game 34.6 31.1 * = Conference game Rebounding margin +3.5 - ASSISTS 163 141 Assists per game 14.8 12.8 TURNOVERS 138 161 Turnovers per game 12.5 14.6 Turnover margin +2.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.9 STEALS 78 53 Steals per game 7.1 4.8 BLOCKS 26 30 Blocks per game 2.4 2.7 ATTENDANCE 27416 25583 Home games-Avg/Game 4-6854 4-4594 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-2403

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Middle Tennessee 393 453 846 Opponents 365 389 754

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