Jan 18, 2018 - Middle Tennessee State at Marshall - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

1/18/2018 Marshall v. Middle Tennessee State Game Preview

	Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders	(13-5, 8-1 away)
	Marshall Thundering Herd	(13-6, 11-1 home)

January 18, 2018 at 8:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Cam Henderson Center
Huntington, West Virginia

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2017-2018 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	33	40.3	75.1	27.3	58.0	.471	7.3	19.6	.372	13.2	17.7	.742	9.8	24.4	34.2	14.2	6.1	2.3	12.5	19.7
Marshall	36	40.4	83.8	28.9	62.0	.467	10.1	28.1	.357	15.9	20.8	.764	7.6	27.0	34.6	17.1	7.0	5.8	13.2	17.1
MTSU Opponents	33	40.3	66.3	22.4	51.9	.431	6.1	19.5	.314	15.5	21.6	.714	6.9	22.5	29.3	11.7	5.6	2.7	13.5	17.2
MARSH Opponents	36	40.4	79.1	29.4	66.6	.441	7.4	20.8	.355	12.9	19.0	.681	12.1	27.0	39.1	15.0	6.6	2.6	14.2	18.8

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 11, 2017	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	72 - 83	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Tournament	Legacy Arena
Feb 18, 2017	Middle Tennessee State	Marshall	97 - 86	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Cam Henderson Center
Jan 12, 2017	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	57 - 69	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Mar 11, 2016	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	90 - 99	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Tournament	Legacy Arena
Feb 27, 2016	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	74 - 83	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Jan 28, 2016	Middle Tennessee State	Marshall	66 - 82	Marshall	Conference Regular Season	Cam Henderson Center
Feb 19, 2015	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	51 - 90	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Feb 22, 2014	Middle Tennessee State	Marshall	56 - 53	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Cam Henderson Center
Mar 13, 2012	Marshall	Middle Tennessee State	78 - 86	Middle Tennessee State	Post-Season NCAA Tournament	Murphy Center
Nov 17, 2009	Middle Tennessee State	Marshall	60 - 63	Marshall	Non-Conference Regular Season	Cam Henderson Center

2017-2018 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Sims	A. Johnson	G. Potts	N. King	K. Gamble
Rotation	D. Simmons	T. Dixon			B. Walters
Rotation	E. Simpson, Jr.
Lim PT	C. Miller	T. Shelton-Szmidt	J. Hawthorne	D. Thomas
Lim PT		A. Green	T. Massenburg
Lim PT		W. Slatten

2017-2018 Marshall Thundering Herd Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. West	J. Elmore	C. Burks	A. Penava	M. Mijovic
Rotation		R. Watson	D. George	J. Williams
Rotation				D. Koljanin
Lim PT	O. Elmore	W. Fenton	C. Thieneman	P. Bledsoe
Lim PT	M. Reed
Lim PT	C. Villers

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
0	Tyrik Dixon	SG	32	22.5	4.8	1.6	4.3	.374	0.7	2.0	.328	0.8	1.1	.794	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.8
25	Karl Gamble	PF	33	14.5	3.9	1.6	3.0	.525	0.1	0.2	.250	0.7	1.2	.605	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.8
55	Antonio Green	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	James Hawthorne	F	32	8.1	2.2	0.8	2.2	.386	0.0	0.4	.083	0.5	0.7	.682	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.9
2	Antwain Johnson	PG	31	22.7	10.3	3.6	8.1	.442	1.3	3.4	.390	1.8	2.1	.862	0.5	1.5	1.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.9
5	Nicholas King	SF	33	32.9	21.0	7.8	15.8	.495	1.3	3.3	.389	4.1	5.5	.732	2.4	6.1	8.4	2.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	1.5
15	T.J. Massenburg	F	1	0.0	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
14	Chase Miller	G	9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.0	.222	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
20	Giddy Potts	G	33	31.8	13.3	4.3	10.4	.414	2.6	6.4	.405	2.1	2.4	.863	0.5	3.8	4.3	1.9	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6
12	Therren Shelton-Szmidt	G	26	5.1	1.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.346	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4
21	David Simmons	G	32	17.9	4.7	1.7	3.2	.524	0.2	0.6	.316	1.1	1.7	.636	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.4
11	Edward Simpson, Jr.	G	33	18.0	2.4	0.8	2.3	.360	0.7	1.9	.365	0.1	0.1	.750	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.4
3	Donovan Sims	G	28	9.3	1.7	0.6	1.1	.516	0.3	0.6	.444	0.2	0.3	.875	0.0	1.0	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7
10	Will Slatten	G	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Davion Thomas	PF	13	3.0	1.0	0.4	1.0	.385	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.3	.750	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5
32	Michael Van Hooser	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Brandon Walters	FC	32	23.0	10.8	4.4	6.8	.651	0.0	0.2	.200	1.9	2.8	.697	2.6	2.6	5.2	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.6

Marshall Thundering Herd 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	Iran Bennett	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	Phil Bledsoe	PF	19	7.3	3.1	1.3	2.8	.453	0.3	1.0	.263	0.3	0.3	.833	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.2
14	C.J. Burks	G	35	35.9	20.1	7.4	15.7	.472	2.5	6.7	.364	2.7	3.1	.889	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.1	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.1
33	Jon Elmore	G	36	38.3	22.7	6.8	15.4	.438	2.7	7.7	.355	6.4	7.8	.826	0.4	5.4	5.8	6.7	1.6	0.4	3.7	1.6
24	Ot Elmore	G	11	7.9	1.6	0.5	2.0	.273	0.5	1.9	.286	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.9
24	Will Fenton	G	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Darius George	F	28	14.4	4.6	1.8	3.5	.505	0.5	1.5	.326	0.6	1.4	.447	0.9	2.1	3.1	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.7	2.0
1	Dani Koljanin	F	22	10.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	.367	0.3	1.1	.240	0.4	0.6	.571	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.2
50	Milan Mijovic	FC	25	12.6	1.6	0.6	1.6	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.571	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8
11	Ajdin Penava	F	34	29.4	15.6	5.6	10.0	.562	1.0	2.9	.340	3.4	4.5	.753	2.0	6.5	8.5	1.9	0.9	3.9	2.0	3.6
5	Marcus Reed	G	3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
0	Christian Thieneman	SF	8	6.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	.250	0.1	0.6	.200	0.4	0.9	.429	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.0
4	Christian Villers	G	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
23	Rondale Watson	G	25	25.7	7.8	3.0	6.6	.451	0.9	2.6	.359	0.9	1.4	.657	1.1	2.4	3.6	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.4
13	Jarrod West	G	36	32.4	7.8	2.6	6.0	.431	1.8	4.2	.412	0.9	1.3	.660	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.1
3	Jannson Williams	PF	35	16.8	5.4	1.9	3.8	.493	0.8	2.0	.386	0.9	1.2	.756	0.9	2.5	3.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.8

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Last 10 Games

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