Feb 26, 2017 - Middle Tennessee State at UAB - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/26/2017 UAB v. Middle Tennessee State Game Preview

	Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders	(25-4, 12-2 away)
	UAB Blazers	(15-14, 10-6 home)

February 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Middle Tennessee State	36	40.1	74.9	28.2	57.7	.488	6.3	17.3	.367	12.3	17.5	.699	9.1	25.0	34.0	15.3	6.7	2.8	10.4	18.2
UAB	33	40.3	71.8	25.3	54.8	.462	6.2	17.7	.348	15.0	20.4	.736	9.2	25.4	34.5	15.2	4.8	4.8	13.5	16.0
MTSU Opponents	36	40.1	63.9	22.0	52.3	.420	6.1	18.8	.323	13.8	19.4	.711	7.5	21.5	29.0	11.1	4.8	2.4	13.4	16.8
UAB Opponents	33	40.3	70.2	25.3	58.8	.431	7.6	22.2	.342	11.9	17.2	.692	9.6	21.9	31.5	12.7	6.6	3.0	11.2	18.0

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 1, 2017	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	49 - 60	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Feb 21, 2016	UAB	Middle Tennessee State	77 - 67	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
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

2016-2017 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Dixon	E. Simpson, Jr.	G. Potts	J. Williams	R. Upshaw, Jr.
Rotation	A. Johnson		X. Habersham		B. Walters
Lim PT	Q. Copeland	A. Foote		K. Gamble
Lim PT	S. Strachan
Lim PT	C. Miller
Lim PT	W. Slatten

2016-2017 UAB Blazers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	H. Baxter	D. Watts	D. Williams	C. Cokley	W. Lee
Rotation	N. Norton	D. Lavender	J. Williams	T. Mehinti
Rotation		T. Madison
Lim PT		N. Darling			T. Smallwood

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
24	Qua Copeland	PG	30	5.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	.462	0.1	0.4	.364	0.2	0.3	.625	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3
10	Calvin Davis	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Tyrik Dixon	SG	36	25.1	5.6	2.0	4.9	.412	0.7	1.8	.397	0.9	1.4	.653	0.3	2.6	2.9	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.3	2.0
45	Aldonis Foote	G	31	8.2	2.2	0.9	2.2	.406	0.0	0.2	.200	0.4	0.7	.545	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.4
25	Karl Gamble	PF	30	5.1	1.6	0.6	1.3	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.7	.476	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.7
4	Xavier Habersham	F	36	19.5	5.1	1.8	3.6	.504	1.1	2.4	.453	0.4	0.6	.714	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.8
2	Antwain Johnson	PG	36	13.2	4.8	1.5	3.8	.390	0.4	1.3	.333	1.4	2.1	.689	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.8
14	Chase Miller	G	11	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Giddy Potts	G	36	30.5	15.3	5.4	11.3	.482	2.1	5.5	.384	2.3	2.9	.808	0.9	4.4	5.3	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.3	2.4
11	Edward Simpson, Jr.	G	36	24.0	3.5	1.2	3.1	.378	0.9	2.3	.369	0.3	0.6	.455	0.1	2.0	2.1	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.6
10	Will Slatten	G	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Stephen Strachan	G	6	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
35	Davion Thomas	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Reggie Upshaw, Jr.	F	36	32.0	14.5	5.5	10.5	.525	0.9	2.9	.317	2.6	3.5	.724	2.2	4.6	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.9	1.5	2.2
1	Brandon Walters	FC	34	11.0	4.9	2.1	3.4	.603	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.758	1.7	1.6	3.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.5
22	Jacorey Williams	PF	36	29.7	17.2	7.2	13.4	.533	0.1	0.4	.133	2.9	4.1	.696	1.8	5.6	7.3	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.0

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	32	25.0	7.5	2.1	5.6	.378	0.7	2.0	.344	2.5	3.5	.730	0.7	2.4	3.0	1.9	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.8
3	Chris Cokley	F	33	21.7	12.1	5.0	8.6	.580	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.791	2.1	3.9	6.0	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.2
13	Nate Darling	SG	30	9.4	2.5	0.9	1.9	.491	0.6	1.3	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6
5	Deion Lavender	G	33	23.4	6.2	2.2	5.6	.397	0.2	1.2	.175	1.5	2.1	.725	0.2	2.5	2.8	3.4	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.6
34	William Lee	F	33	28.2	13.2	4.5	9.2	.492	1.3	3.6	.373	2.8	3.6	.775	1.2	5.4	6.7	1.6	0.9	2.4	2.0	1.7
	Lionel Love	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Tyler Madison	G	30	11.1	4.2	1.5	2.6	.557	0.0	0.2	.167	1.2	2.0	.610	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.1
21	Tosin Mehinti	F	33	18.7	5.6	2.1	4.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.746	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.8	2.5
2	Nick Norton	G	1	11.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
33	Thomas Smallwood	C	15	5.3	1.4	0.7	1.5	.435	0.0	0.5	.000	0.1	0.2	.333	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1
23	Lewis Sullivan	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Denzell Watts	G	31	21.1	6.7	2.2	4.8	.450	1.5	3.4	.443	0.8	1.1	.788	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.9	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0
11	Dirk Williams	SG	33	28.7	10.5	3.7	9.0	.407	1.8	5.4	.345	1.3	1.6	.792	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.6
10	J.D. Williams	SG	33	15.3	4.0	1.3	3.4	.375	0.1	0.7	.125	1.4	2.1	.676	0.8	1.2	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.8

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Last 10 Games

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