MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDER BASKETBALL GAME TWENTY-ONE 2020-21 SCHEDULE > THE MATCHUP > Overall: 5-15 w C-USA: 3-11 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (5-15, 3-11) Statistical Leaders H: 5-6 w A: 0-7 w N: 0-2 Head Coach: Nick McDevitt (UNC Asheville ‘01) Points: Davis (11.4) NOVEMBER Record at MT: 24-59 (3rd Season) Rebounds: Millner-Criss (5.2) 25 vs. Akron (FloHoops) ^ Canceled Overall Record: 122-125 (8th Season) Assists: Davis (2.1) 26 vs. Omaha (FloHoops) ^ L, 59-60 VS 27 vs. ETSU (FloHoops) ^ L, 43-57 Florida Atlantic Owls (10-9, 5-5) Statistical Leaders DECEMBER Head Coach: Dusty May Points: Ingram (13.4) 2 Murray State W, 78-61 Record at FAU: 44-40 (3rd Season) Rebounds: Ingram (5.8) 7 Chattanooga L, 70-80 Overall Record: 44-40 (3rd Season) Assists: Greenlee (2.9) 12 Covenant (GA) College W, 76-57 16 Ole Miss (CBSSN) L, 51-70 MEDIA INFORMATION > 19 at Bellarmine (ESPN+) Canceled 21 Bellarmine Canceled Date: March 4, 2021 TV: CBS Sports Network (Facebook Live) Time: 5:00 PM CT Talent: Dave Ryan (PxP), Mike O'Donnell (Analyst) JANUARY Location: Boca Raton, Fla. Radio: Blue Raider Network (Game2/WGNS/TuneIn) 1 at Florida Atlantic * Postponed Arena: FAU Arena Talent: Chip Walters (PxP), Kyle Turnham (Analyst) 2 at Florida Atlantic * Postponed Series Record: MT leads 19-6 Twitter: @MT_MBB, #BlueRaiders 8 FIU (ESPN+) * L, 55-68 9 FIU (ESPN+) * W, 67-56 BLUE RAIDER BREAKDOWN > 15 at Southern Miss (ESPN+) * L, 54-84 16 at Southern Miss (ESPN+) * L, 59-64 • Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic are meeting for the 26th and 27th times this weekend, 23 WKU (ESPN+) * L, 67-82 with the Blue Raiders holding a 19-6 series lead and a 9-3 advantage in Boca Raton 24 WKU (CBSSN) * L, 52-68 • The Raiders had won 12 in a row in the series before dropping each of the last two, falling 97-94 in 28 UAB (CBSSN) * L, 59-70 an overtime heartbreaker at FAU Arena a year ago 31 at UAB (ESPN+) * L, 52-63 • MT and FAU were originally scheduled to open league play against each other on Jan. 1 and 2, but FEBRUARY those meetings were postponed due to COVID-19 5 Charlotte (ESPN+) * W, 66-65 • MT practiced with all 14 players on Jan. 20 for the first time since Dec. 11, a span of 41 days in which 6 Charlotte (ESPN+) * W, 73-60 every Blue Raider missed at least one week of practice while six different players missed a combined 12 at Marshall (ESPN+) * L, 79-107 15 games, 13 of which were due to COVID-19 protocols 13 at Marshall (ESPN+) * L, 85-96 20 LA Tech (ESPN+) * Canceled • After only two days with the full team back together, the Raiders lost starting guards Donovan 21 LA Tech (ESPN+) * Canceled Sims (knee injury suffered in practice Jan. 22) and Jalen Jordan (finger injury suffered against 26 at Old Dominion (ESPN+) * L, 61-67 WKU Jan. 23) plus reserve guard Eli Lawrence (foot injury suffered in practice Jan. 26) 27 at Old Dominion (ESPN+) * L, 60-73 • The Blue Raiders returned to as close to full strength as they will get this season last weekend, with only Dontrell Shuler out due to a season-ending knee injury MARCH 4 at Florida Atlantic (CBSSN on FB) 5:00 PM • Looking ahead to the Conference USA Tournament, the Blue Raiders need a sweep at Florida 5 at Florida Atlantic (CBSSN on FB) 5:00 PM Atlantic as well as a Marshall sweep over Charlotte in Huntington in order to clinch the No. 5 seed 10 Conference USA Championship ! TBA in the East and avoid a No. 6 vs. No. 7 match-up against FIU on Tuesday evening 11 Conference USA Championship ! TBA 12 Conference USA Championship ! TBA 13 Conference USA Championship ! TBA PROJECTED STARTING FIVE > All times Central and subject to change JALEN JORDAN JORDAN DAVIS JAYCE JOHNSON ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase - Hertz Arena (Estero, Fla.) * - Conference USA game 8.9 PPG 11.4 PPG 6.2 PPG ! - C-USA Championship - The Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas) 3.0 RPG 3.6 RPG 3.9 RPG 47.6 FG% 2.1 APG 1.0 SPG ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS > 46.3 3FG% 1.6 SPG 47.4 FG% Eric Beovich 80.8 FT% 37.9 FG% 36.0 3FG% Assistant Director of Athletic Communications #14 | R-JR | G | 6-3 | 160 #0 | R-JR | G | 6-3 | 195 #13 | JR | G/F | 6-5 | 210 Mississippi State, 2015 O: (615) 904-8115 w C: (850) 723-8134 JO'VONTAE MILLNER-CRISS DEANDRE DISHMAN [email protected] w @EricBtheSID 8.4 PPG 5.8 PPG 5.2 RPG 4.5 RPG Matt Posey 1.8 ORPG 1.5 ORPG Athletic Communications Assistant 42.5 FG% 1.5 SPG Middle Tennessee, 2017, 2019 77.3 FT% 38.4 FG% O: (615) 904-8209 w C: (931) 993-9179 [email protected] w @matthewposey #21 | R-SR | F | 6-6 | 200 #2 | R-JR | F | 6-6 | 235 /MTMensBasketball @MT_MBB @MT_MBB QUICK FACTS > LEAGUE LEADERS > Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. • MT has 150 total wins since joining Conference USA in 2013-14, the fifth most among current C-USA Founded: 1911 members in that time frame Enrollment: 21,720 • In league play alone, the Raiders have collected 83 wins in that same span and are trailing only LA President: Dr. Sidney McPhee Tech and Old Dominion Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Total Wins Nickname: Blue Raiders 1. LA Tech- 180 Colors: Royal Blue & White 2. ODU - 167 Affiliation: Division I 3. UAB - 157 Conference: C-USA WKU - 157 Arena: Murphy Center 5. MT - 148 Capacity: 11,520 Head Coach: Nick McDevitt C-USA Wins Alma Mater: UNC Asheville, 2001 1. LA Tech - 95 Record at MT (years): 24-59/.289 (3rd) 2. ODU - 93 Career Record (years): 122-125/.494 (8th) 3. UAB - 84 4. MT - 83 Assistant Coach: Sean Dixon 5. Marshall - 73 Alma Mater: Presbyterian, 2007 Assistant Coach: Wes Long *through 3/2/21 Alma Mater: Clemson, 2004 Assistant Coach: Andre Morgan Alma Mater: North Georgia, 2010 Director of Operations: Logan Johnson HOTSPOT IN HOTLANTA > Alma Mater: Coastal Carolina, 2010 • HC Nick McDevitt and his staff have recruited six of their 14 players to Middle Tennessee from the Athletic Trainer: Reese Shivers Atlanta metro area, more than any other team in the nation has from a metro area outside of that Alma Mater: LSU, 2013 school's state lines Strength Coach: Jovon Shaw • Only Manhattan (9) and UCLA (8) have more players currently on their roster from one metro area, all Alma Mater: Eastern Illinois, 2017 coming from the metro area (NYC and LA, respectively) their school is located in 2019-20 Overall Record: 8-23 C-USA Record/Finish: 4-14/14th • Middle Tennessee's six current Atlanta natives are F Tyson Jackson, G Eli Lawrence, G Jalen Jordan, F Christian Fussell, G C-USA Tournament: N/A Elias King and F Jared Coleman-Jones Quarterfinal: N/A Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 • The Blue Raider staff also discovered Tyler Millin - a Calera, Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/5 Ala., native - while he was playing at Atlanta-based prep Newcomers: 9 school The Skill Factory, giving them a seventh Atlanta recruit Season of basketball: 98th • Blue Raider assistants Sean Dixon (Marietta, Ga.) and Andre First season: 1913-14 Morgan (Buford, Ga.) hail from just outside of Atlanta, while All-time record: 1,258-1,108 fellow assistant Wes Long's hometown of Mauldin, S.C. is just NCAA Appearances: 9/4-9 - 1975, 77, 82, 85, 87, 89, over two hours from Atlanta 2013, 16, 17 • Marsall, N.C., located just outside of Asheville and three and NIT Appearances: 4/5-4 - 1986, 88, 2012, 18 a half hours away from Atlanta, is the home of Blue Raider HC CIT Appearance: 2/0-2 - 2010, 15 Nick McDevitt ALPHABETICAL ROSTER > NUMERICAL ROSTER > No. Name Pos. Cl. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 23 Jared Coleman-Jones F So. 0 Jordan Davis G 6-3 195 R-Jr. Irmo, S.C. / Dayton 0 Jordan Davis G R-Jr. 1 Tyler Millin F 6-7 205 So. Calera, Ala. / Calera HS 2 DeAndre Dishman F R-Jr. 2 DeAndre Dishman F 6-6 235 R-Jr. Lexington, Ky. / Eastern Kentucky 15 Christian Fussell F Fr. 3 Donovan Sims G 6-1 160 Sr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Blackman HS 4 Tyson Jackson F So. 4 Tyson Jackson F 6-9 245 So. Fairburn, Ga. / Creekside HS 13 Jayce Johnson G/F Jr. 5 Eli Lawrence G 6-5 185 So. Atlanta, Ga. / Tri-Cities HS 14 Jalen Jordan G R-Jr. 13 Jayce Johnson G/F 6-5 210 Jr. Buffalo, N.Y. / Canisius HS 22 Elias King G So. 14 Jalen Jordan G 6-3 160 R-Jr. Conyers, Ga. / St. Francis (NY) 5 Eli Lawrence G So. 15 Christian Fussell F 6-10 215 Fr. Decatur, Ga. / Greenforest Christian Academy 1 Tyler Millin F So. 21 Jo'Vontae Millner-Criss F 6-6 200 R-Sr. Burlington, N.C. / Cape Fear CC 21 Jo'Vontae Millner-Criss F R-Sr. 22 Elias King G 6-8 200 So. Atlanta, Ga. / Mississippi State 24 Marcus Mitchell F R-Sr. 23 Jared Coleman-Jones F 6-10 240 So. Hiram, Ga. / Northwestern 33 Dontrell Shuler G Jr. 24 Marcus Mitchell F 6-7 225 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. / Mississippi Valley State 3 Donovan Sims G Sr.