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MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL GAME THIRTY-ONE 2018-19 SCHEDULE > THE MATCHUP > Overall: 10-20 w C-USA: 7-10 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (10-20, 7-10) Statistical Leaders H: 8-5 w A: 2-11 w N: 0-4 Head Coach: Nick McDevitt (UNC Asheville ‘01) Points: Green (18.6) NOVEMBER Record at MT: 10-20 (1st Season) Rebounds: Gamble (6.1) 6 Lees-McRae W, 91-69 Overall Record: 108-86 (6th Season) Assists: Sims (3.0) 9 Milligan W, 102-70 VS 12 at Belmont L, 73-92 UTEP Miners (8-20, 3-14) Statistical Leaders 16 Charleston Southern W, 76-73 21 vs. No. 4 Virginia L, 52-74 Head Coach: Rodney Terry Points: Gilyard (13.7) 22 vs. (RV) Butler L, 53-84 Record at UTEP: 8-20 (1st Season) Rebounds: Odigie (10.1) 23 vs. Stanford L, 54-67 Overall Record: 134-128 (8th Season) Assists: Lathon (2.7) DECEMBER 1 Lipscomb L, 74-84 MEDIA INFORMATION > 5 at Vanderbilt L, 51-79 Date: March 9, 2019 TV: C-USA TV 8 Murray State L, 42-64 15 at Toledo L, 62-84 Time: 7:30 PM CT Talent: N/A 21 vs. Ole Miss L, 56-74 Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Radio: Blue Raider Network (Game2/WGNS/TuneIn) 30 at Rhode Island L, 60-72 Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Talent: Chip Walters (PxP), Kyle Turnham (Analyst) JANUARY Series Record: MT leads 6-3 Twitter: @MT_MBB, #BlueRaiders 3 FIU * L, 76-83 5 Florida Atlantic * L, 56-63 BLUE RAIDER BREAKDOWN > 10 at Southern Miss * L, 70-77 • Middle Tennessee owns a 6-3 all-time record against UTEP and has won each of the last three in the 12 at LA Tech * L, 56-73 series, boasting a 3-1 record in Murphy Center 17 UTSA * W, 89-86 19 UTEP * W, 75-72 • Junior G Antonio Green is currently on pace to finish the season with at least 109 3-pointers made, shat- 24 at Rice * L, 68-79 tering Giddy Potts' single-season school record of 85 that Green surpassed with seven triples at Marshall 26 at North Texas * L, 53-70 • The Tupelo native ranks in the Top 120 nationally in 3-point field goal attempts (285), free throw percent- 30 UAB * W, 71-65 age (.871), minutes per game (35.1), points per game (18.6), 3-pointers made per game (3.43), 3-point field goal percentage (.361), total 3-pointers made (103), field goal attempts (487), field goals made (190) FEBRUARY 2 at UAB * W, 79-78 and total points (557) 7 Charlotte * W, 71-53 • Forward Reggie Scurry, who has boasted 11 or more points in 14 of 17 Conference USA games in 2019, 9 Old Dominion * L, 50-55 leads the conference in offensive rebounding (3.6) and is fourth in field goal percentage (.580) since 14 at WKU * L, 63-71 league action began 16 at Marshall * L, 93-98 • Sophomore PG Donovan Sims has been perhaps the biggest upgrade for the Blue Raiders since the begin- 23 Charlotte * W, 86-67 ning of the season, now averaging 15.1 points per game in league play, and boasts the fifth largest scoring MARCH average increase in the nation as he's upped his output from 1.7 in 2017-18 to 11.6 in 2018-19 3 at Rice * L, 61-67 • The Blue Raiders boast the fourth highest rated non-conference strength of schedule in the nation with 6 at UTEP * W, 69-53 a league-high nine non-conference contests in quadrants 1 or 2, two more than any other team in C-USA 9 UTEP * 7:30 PM • Middle Tennessee entered the 2018-19 season in the bottom 10 nationally in returning minutes played, 13-16 Conference USA Championship TBA returning starts and returning points (see pg. 4) All times Central and subject to change $ - Birmingham Jam (Birmingham, Ala.) PROJECTED STARTING FIVE > ^ - Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) * - Conference USA game ! - C-USA Championship - The Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas) JUNIOR FARQUHAR JAYCE JOHNSON ANTONIO GREEN % - National Invitational Tournament 3.5 PPG 6.6 PPG 18.6 PPG 2.4 RPG 4.9 RPG 4.1 RPG ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS > 1.8 APG 2.0 APG 39.0 FG% 0.9 SPG 0.9 SPG 36.1 3FG% Eric Beovich 34.2 FG% 37.0 FG% 87.1 FT% Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Mississippi State, 2015 #3 | SO | G | 6-1 | 165 #10 | FR | G | 6-5 | 205 #55 | JR | G | 6-2 | 180 O: (615) 904-8115 w C: (850) 723-8134 KARL GAMBLE REGGIE SCURRY [email protected] w @EricB424 7.3 PPG 11.7 PPG Harrison Huntley 6.1 RPG 6.0 RPG Athletic Communications Assistant 2.5 ORPG 3.0 ORPG Charleston Southern, 2018 41.2 FG% 56.0 FG% O: (615) 904-2378 w C: (919) 802-0238 33.3 3FG% 67.5 FT% [email protected] w @hhuntley17 #25 | SR | F | 6-9 | 225 #22 | JR | F | 6-6 | 230 /MTSUMBB @MT_MBB @MT_MBB @MT_ATHLETICS QUICK FACTS > TENNESSEE’S FINEST > MURPHY MADNESS > Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. • Of the 12 NCAA Division I teams in the state of Tennes- • Middle Tennessee has been one of the best home teams Founded: 1911 see, Middle Tennessee has had more success than almost in the country in recent years, holding a 100-20 record in Enrollment: 21,630 any other since 2011-12 with 189 total wins in the last the Murphy Center since 2011-12, which includes a per- President: Dr. Sidney McPhee seven-plus seasons fect 16-0 record in 2012-13 Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro 1. Belmont - 192 2011-12: 15-2 Nickname: Blue Raiders 2. Middle Tennessee - 189 2012-13: 16-0 2013-14: 14-2 Colors: Royal Blue & White 3. Memphis - 178 4. Tennessee - 164 2014-15: 12-4 Affiliation: Division I 5. ETSU - 160 2015-16: 10-3 Conference: C-USA 6. Vanderbilt - 136 2016-17: 13-2 Arena: Murphy Center 7. Lipscomb - 134 2017-18: 12-2 Capacity: 11,520 8. Chattanooga - 131 2018-19: 8-5 Head Coach: Nick McDevitt 9. Tennessee Tech - 117 Alma Mater: UNC Asheville, 2001 10. Tennessee State - 109 Record at MT (years): 10-20/.333 (1st) 11. Austin Peay - 108 Career Record (years): 108-86/.557 (7th) 12. UT Martin - 103 Assistant Coach: Sean Dixon *through 3/7/19 Alma Mater: Presbyterian, 2007 Assistant Coach: Wes Long POWER 5 SUCCESS > Alma Mater: Clemson, 2004 • Middle Tennessee has posted a 12-16 record against Assistant Coach: Andre Morgan Power 5 teams since the beginning of the 2011-12 sea- Alma Mater: North Georgia, 2010 son, notching the 12 wins against seven different teams Director of Operations: Kerry Hammonds II KEEPING PACE > w Since the beginning of the 2015-16 season the Blue Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee, 2014 • MT has 134 total wins since joining Conference USA in Raiders boast a 7-3 record against the SEC and Big Ten, Athletic Trainer: Reese Shivers 2013-14, the third most among current C-USA members including a pair of NCAA Tournament wins Alma Mater: LSU, 2013 behind only LA Tech and Old Dominion, while its 75 Strength Coach: Zach Willis league wins in that span pace the league Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee, 2012 Total Wins C-USA Wins 2017-18 Overall Record: 25-8 1. LA Tech - 138 1. MT - 75 C-USA Record/Finish: 16-2/first 2. ODU - 135 2. ODU - 74 C-USA Tournament: No. 1 seed 3. MT - 134 3. LA Tech - 70 Quarterfinal: (9) USM 71, (1) MT 68 (OT) 4. UAB - 118 4. WKU - 66 Starters Returning/Lost: 0/5 5. WKU - 115 5. UAB - 63 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 4/10 *through 3/7/19 Newcomers: 7 Season of basketball: 96th First season: 1913-14 All-time record: 1,241-1,065 NCAA Appearances: 9/4-9 - 1975, 77, 82, 85, 87, 89, 2013, 16, 17 NIT Appearances: 4/5-4 - 1986, 88, 2012, 18 CIT Appearance: 2/0-2 - 2010, 15 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER > NUMERICAL ROSTER > No. Name Pos. Cl. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 24 Darnell Butler Jr. G Jr. 0 Anthony Crump G 6-8 195 Fr. Inkster, Mich. / Plymouth HS 0 Anthony Crump G Fr. 1 Junior Farquhar G 6-2 200 Fr. Mono, Ontario / Orangeville Prep 2 DeAndre Dishman F So. 2 DeAndre Dishman F 6-6 220 So. Lexington, Ky. / Eastern Kentucky 1 Junior Farquhar G Fr. 3 Donovan Sims G 6-1 165 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Blackman HS 25 Karl Gamble F Sr. 4 James Hawthorne F 6-7 210 Sr. Prentiss, Miss. / Southwest Mississippi CC 55 Antonio Green G Jr. 10 Jayce Johnson G 6-5 205 Fr. Buffalo, N.Y. / Canisius HS 4 James Hawthorne F Sr. 11 Lawrence Mosley G 6-2 200 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. / Dyersburg State CC 10 Jayce Johnson G Fr. 14 Chase Miller G 6-0 180 Jr. Dallas, Texas / Shelton HS 23 C.J. Jones G So. 15 TJ Massenburg F 6-8 225 Fr. Snellville, Ga. / Shiloh HS 35 KJ Lewis G Fr. 22 Reggie Scurry F 6-6 230 Jr. Augusta, Ga. / Missouri State 15 TJ Massenburg F Fr. 23 C.J. Jones G 6-5 170 So. Birmingham, Ala. / Arkansas 14 Chase Miller G Jr. 24 Darnell Butler Jr. G 6-4 215 Jr. Lafeyette, Ind. / Seminole State (OK) College 11 Lawrence Mosley G Sr. 25 Karl Gamble F 6-9 225 Sr. Columbia, S.C. / A.C.