Middle Tennessee State 63, South Alabama 60

March 4, 2007

Conference Tournament

Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament

Cajundome (Lafayette, Louisiana)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: David Hall, Larry Rose, Danny Hooker

Team Rebounds: Middle Tennessee State (2) South Alabama (4)

Technicals: Middle Tennessee State (0) South Alabama (0)

  1 2 OT Final
MTSU (15-16) 29 24 10 63
USA (20-11) 30 23 7 60

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MTSU 71 88.2 84.0
USA 71 84.0 88.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MTSU .511 0.252 0.111 0.409
USA .439 0.154 0.174 0.175

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Kyle Young Starter PF 30:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 3.2 1 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 3
- Theryn Hudson Starter C 25:00 6-6 0-0 1-2 9.8 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 13
- Kevin Kanaskie Starter SG 44:00 3-9 1-5 5-6 7.0 0 8 8 3 2 0 4 0 12
- Nigel Johnson Starter PG 29:00 2-5 2-2 2-3 4.9 0 7 7 1 5 1 3 0 8
- Calvin O'Neil Starter SF 38:00 3-7 0-0 5-6 4.2 0 5 5 3 2 0 6 1 11
- Desmond Yates Bench SF 26:00 3-9 0-1 4-6 3.0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 10
- Darren Avery Bench SG 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Donaries Hair Bench PF 08:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 1.5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
- Tim Blue Bench PF 20:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 2
  Team                   2            
        225 21-44 3-9 18-25 35.1 4 32 38 8 19 1 18 5 63
          47.7% 33.3% 72.0%                    

South Alabama Jaguars

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Ernest Little Starter C 38:00 6-11 0-0 2-7 8.9 2 9 11 1 4 2 4 0 14
- Demetric Bennett Starter SF 41:00 6-15 4-9 0-0 11.8 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 1 16
- Leandro Buboltz Starter PF 25:00 1-8 0-6 0-0 -5.0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 2
- Carlos Smith Starter SG 43:00 4-7 4-7 2-2 7.2 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 14
- Daon Merritt Starter PG 30:00 3-9 0-2 4-8 2.5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 10
- Stephen Cowherd Bench PG 24:00 0-5 0-3 2-2 -1.5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2
- Kenny Hooks Bench SF 09:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
- Brooks Taylor Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Brandon Davis Bench SF 14:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 2
  Team                   4            
        225 21-57 8-27 10-19 26.4 4 19 27 12 22 6 11 2 60
          36.8% 29.6% 52.6%                    

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nigel Johnson
6.8p, 3r, 2.4a		 Kevin Kanaskie
12.4p, 3.6r, 6a		 Calvin O'Neil
6.6p, 3r, 1.8a		 Kyle Young
7.5p, 5r, 0.8a		 Theryn Hudson
5.9p, 3.7r, 0.3a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Desmond Yates
10.9p, 3.4r, 0.2a		 Tim Blue
8.8p, 5.3r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Darren Avery
2.4p, 1.1r, 0.4a		  
 		 Donaries Hair
1.9p, 0.9r, 0.1a		  
 

South Alabama Jaguars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Daon Merritt
13p, 2.5r, 5.3a		 Carlos Smith
9.2p, 2.4r, 2.8a		 Demetric Bennett
15.3p, 5.5r, 2.2a		 Leandro Buboltz
7.4p, 3.4r, 0.5a		 Ernest Little
12.8p, 9r, 0.6a
Rotation Stephen Cowherd
5.6p, 1.4r, 2a		  
 		 Brandon Davis
6p, 4.2r, 0.3a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Brooks Taylor
1.4p, 0.7r, 0.2a		  
 		 Kenny Hooks
2.7p, 1.8r, 0.2a		  
 		  
 

Today's Games

(5) Florida 85
Kentucky 72
Box Score

(8) North Carolina 86
(14) Duke 72
Box Score

(11) Southern Illinois 61
Creighton 67
Box Score

(16) Louisville 86
Seton Hall 71
Box Score

(21) Virginia Tech 74
Clemson 75
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