2/25/2016 Middle Tennessee State v. Western Kentucky Game Preview

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (14-14, 3-9 away)
Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (18-9, 11-3 home)
February 25, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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2015-2016 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Western Kentucky3440.777.127.257.9.4706.918.9.36215.822.6.69911.426.237.713.64.44.113.317.9
Middle Tennessee State3540.172.526.057.9.4498.020.5.39012.620.5.6169.925.535.413.06.13.512.020.0
WKU Opponents3440.776.127.961.5.4548.221.8.37712.018.1.66110.221.932.214.56.42.910.719.2
MTSU Opponents3540.168.923.554.3.4336.619.0.34915.122.7.6688.625.133.712.05.92.913.418.6


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 30, 2016
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 66 - 64
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 22, 2015
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 66 - 68
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Mar 2, 2013
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 70 - 62
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 26, 2013
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 53 - 72
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 25, 2012
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 67 - 73
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 9, 2012
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 64 - 72
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 26, 2011
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 39 - 57
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 10, 2011
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 69 - 60
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 23, 2010
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 84 - 74
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 18, 2010
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 46 - 47
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 28, 2009
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 68 - 49
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Jan 15, 2009
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 61 - 63
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Mar 11, 2008
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 57 - 67
Western Kentucky		 Conference Tournament Mitchell Center
Feb 16, 2008
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 71 - 66
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Jan 2, 2008
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 51 - 62
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 10, 2007
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 53 - 65
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Dec 28, 2006
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 73 - 64
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 23, 2006
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 74 - 80
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Jan 7, 2006
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 48 - 80
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 24, 2005
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 83 - 85
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 3, 2005
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 61 - 56
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Mar 7, 2004
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 76 - 62
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Tournament E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 26, 2004
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 59 - 73
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center
Feb 5, 2004
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 66 - 70
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Mar 11, 2003
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 52 - 64
Western Kentucky		 Conference Tournament E. A. Diddle Arena
Mar 1, 2003
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky		 75 - 89
Western Kentucky		 Conference Regular Season E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 4, 2003
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State		 65 - 69
Middle Tennessee State		 Conference Regular Season Murphy Center

2015-2016 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. McNeal A. Cosby F. Edmond A. Waters J. Johnson
Rotation C. Harrison-Docks M. Hunter, Jr. N. Snipes   B. Lawson
Rotation         A. Rostovs
Lim PT K. Dalton       N. Smith
Lim PT D. Sanford        

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  

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
2 Aaron Cosby SG 34 31.6 13.7 4.0 11.4 .350 2.4 6.5 .367 3.3 3.9 .855 0.5 3.2 3.6 2.0 0.4 0.1 2.0 1.4
4 Keifer Dalton PG 4 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.5 .500 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2
25 Frederick Edmond SG 33 28.9 12.2 4.9 8.6 .572 0.2 0.6 .381 2.1 3.8 .544 1.2 4.8 5.9 2.7 1.0 0.5 2.2 1.6
13 Phabian Glasco F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 Chris Harrison-Docks G 18 23.9 10.0 3.2 8.2 .392 2.1 5.6 .380 1.4 1.8 .788 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.9 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.4
3 Marlon Hunter, Jr. SG 32 12.2 4.2 1.7 3.8 .434 0.1 0.3 .273 0.8 1.2 .675 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.2
23 Justin Johnson F 34 28.9 14.9 5.8 9.6 .601 0.0 0.3 .111 3.3 4.9 .675 3.0 4.9 7.9 1.4 0.5 0.6 1.7 2.1
14 Ben Lawson F 34 16.1 5.0 1.7 2.8 .594 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.6 2.1 .767 1.1 2.2 3.3 0.4 0.3 1.9 1.1 2.7
1 Chris McNeal PG 34 28.0 5.6 1.7 5.3 .324 1.0 3.5 .286 1.2 1.8 .689 0.6 3.4 4.0 3.9 0.6 0.0 2.0 1.8
20 Aleksejs Rostovs C 33 10.5 3.4 1.3 2.6 .506 0.2 0.6 .238 0.7 1.2 .564 0.9 1.3 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.9
15 Dylan Sanford G 5 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4
22 Nathan Smith C 3 5.0 1.3 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0
21 Nigel Snipes F 34 21.4 8.8 2.9 6.5 .450 1.8 4.0 .453 1.1 1.5 .725 0.6 1.9 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.4 2.6
42 Anton Waters F 33 14.5 4.4 1.8 3.4 .523 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .698 1.7 2.2 4.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.0

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
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

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