Feb 21, 2016 - UAB at Middle Tennessee State - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/21/2016 Middle Tennessee State v. UAB Game Preview

	UAB Blazers	(22-5, 8-3 away)
	Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders	(18-8, 11-2 home)

February 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
UAB	33	40.6	79.0	28.5	59.7	.478	7.6	20.4	.372	14.3	19.8	.722	10.7	26.7	37.4	18.4	6.5	6.1	12.5	17.5
Middle Tennessee State	35	40.1	72.5	26.0	57.9	.449	8.0	20.5	.390	12.6	20.5	.616	9.9	25.5	35.4	13.0	6.1	3.5	12.0	20.0
UAB Opponents	33	40.6	70.4	25.5	61.1	.417	7.1	21.6	.327	12.4	17.8	.693	11.1	22.5	33.6	13.0	6.2	3.1	12.7	17.9
MTSU Opponents	35	40.1	68.9	23.5	54.3	.433	6.6	19.0	.349	15.1	22.7	.668	8.6	25.1	33.7	12.0	5.9	2.9	13.4	18.6

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 3, 2016	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	67 - 78	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Mar 14, 2015	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	60 - 73	UAB	Conference Tournament	Legacy Arena
Feb 28, 2015	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	95 - 100	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Jan 4, 2015	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	54 - 49	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Mar 6, 2014	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	55 - 53	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Jan 11, 2014	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	84 - 89	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Dec 5, 2012	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	64 - 84	Middle Tennessee State	Non-Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Dec 7, 2011	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	56 - 66	UAB	Non-Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Nov 17, 2010	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	76 - 71	UAB	Non-Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Dec 2, 2009	Middle Tennessee State	UAB	64 - 65	UAB	Non-Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena

2015-2016 UAB Blazers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	N. Norton	H. Baxter	R. Brown	C. Cokley	T. Mehinti
Rotation	D. Watts	D. Williams	L. Sullivan	W. Lee
Lim PT		T. Madison			T. Smallwood
Lim PT		L. Love

2015-2016 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	G. Potts	J. Raymond	P. Buford	R. Upshaw, Jr.	D. Harris
Rotation	E. Simpson, Jr.		X. Habersham
Rotation	J. Ivory
Rotation	Q. Copeland
Lim PT		A. Foote		J. Phillips
Lim PT				K. Gamble

UAB Blazers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
0	Hakeem Baxter	G	33	24.3	5.9	1.9	4.7	.397	0.3	1.0	.303	1.8	2.5	.726	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7
4	Robert Brown	SG	33	30.3	14.0	4.8	11.3	.430	2.0	5.2	.394	2.3	3.0	.776	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.7
3	Chris Cokley	F	33	22.1	13.1	5.3	9.3	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.723	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.4	0.9	0.7	1.0	2.8
34	William Lee	F	33	24.8	10.5	4.2	8.4	.493	1.0	2.8	.344	1.3	2.0	.646	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.5	0.7	2.8	1.6	1.6
	Lionel Love	G	10	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
22	Tyler Madison	G	33	6.9	1.6	0.6	1.6	.370	0.0	0.1	.250	0.4	0.6	.684	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0
21	Tosin Mehinti	F	32	20.3	5.8	2.2	4.0	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.4	.526	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8
2	Nick Norton	G	32	27.4	8.9	2.8	6.7	.414	1.8	5.0	.366	1.5	1.8	.860	0.3	2.3	2.6	5.0	1.6	0.0	1.7	1.7
33	Thomas Smallwood	C	10	4.7	3.9	1.4	2.5	.560	0.6	1.3	.462	0.5	0.6	.833	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9
23	Lewis Sullivan	F	33	12.4	4.8	1.8	2.9	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.2	1.8	.672	0.9	1.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.5
1	Denzell Watts	G	33	15.0	4.0	1.4	3.4	.398	0.8	2.0	.373	0.5	0.8	.720	0.1	1.5	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.1
11	Dirk Williams	SG	33	18.9	9.3	3.3	6.8	.482	1.5	3.8	.384	1.3	1.5	.898	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.5

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
2	Perrin Buford	GF	35	29.1	12.0	4.7	9.3	.506	0.5	1.1	.421	2.2	3.2	.685	1.8	4.1	5.9	2.0	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.6
24	Qua Copeland	PG	35	15.0	4.7	1.9	4.5	.418	0.3	1.3	.239	0.6	1.0	.647	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.4	0.0	1.5	1.2
45	Aldonis Foote	G	29	8.7	2.9	1.2	2.4	.486	0.1	0.4	.364	0.4	0.8	.565	0.6	1.6	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.6
25	Karl Gamble	PF	32	4.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.435	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.9
4	Xavier Habersham	F	34	11.2	3.1	1.1	3.1	.352	0.6	1.9	.344	0.3	0.5	.529	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3
0	Darnell Harris	F	35	26.6	11.7	3.9	9.6	.411	1.7	4.2	.397	2.1	3.3	.641	1.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	2.6
5	Jacob Ivory	G	16	16.1	3.8	0.9	2.6	.341	0.1	0.4	.143	1.9	2.1	.912	0.1	1.4	1.6	1.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.7
14	Chase Miller	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Joshua Phillips	F	27	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.9	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.438	0.4	1.1	1.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.1
20	Giddy Potts	G	28	29.0	14.9	5.0	10.1	.493	2.8	5.6	.506	2.2	2.9	.762	0.9	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	3.0
10	Jaqawn Raymond	SG	35	23.7	5.3	1.7	4.2	.404	0.9	2.6	.352	1.0	1.6	.643	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.4
11	Edward Simpson, Jr.	G	30	21.7	5.0	1.7	4.6	.372	1.0	2.8	.341	0.6	1.3	.487	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.8
31	Stephen Strachan	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Reggie Upshaw, Jr.	F	35	31.2	13.7	5.3	10.6	.497	0.8	2.0	.380	2.4	4.8	.494	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.2	1.5	0.8	1.8	2.3

UAB Blazers Last 10 Games

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Last 10 Games