Feb 8, 2018 - Rice at Middle Tennessee State - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/8/2018 Middle Tennessee State v. Rice Game Preview

	Rice Owls	(5-19, 1-10 away)
	Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders	(19-5, 8-4 home)

February 8, 2018 at 7:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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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
Rice	31	40.3	68.2	22.9	56.5	.406	8.4	26.4	.318	13.9	20.8	.669	10.1	26.0	36.1	12.2	5.4	2.1	14.8	16.4
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
RICE Opponents	31	40.3	75.7	27.4	61.2	.448	9.2	25.7	.357	11.7	16.7	.701	9.8	26.2	36.0	16.5	7.0	2.5	12.1	18.6
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

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 5, 2017	Middle Tennessee State	Rice	80 - 77	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse
Jan 23, 2016	Rice	Middle Tennessee State	73 - 87	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Feb 12, 2015	Middle Tennessee State	Rice	68 - 71	Rice	Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse
Mar 1, 2014	Rice	Middle Tennessee State	41 - 65	Middle Tennessee State	Conference Regular Season	Murphy Center
Nov 23, 2004	Middle Tennessee State	Rice	62 - 67	Rice	Non-Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse

2017-2018 Rice Owls Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	A. Adams	C. Cashaw	B. Mency	B. Martin	M. Osborne
Rotation	M. Lester	A. Lapray		T. Harrison	A. Meyer
Rotation		N. Hunter
Lim PT	J. Trauber	G. Youngkin		D. Jones
Lim PT		A. Owen

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

Rice Owls Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
3	Ako Adams	SG	31	29.7	10.5	3.2	8.7	.362	1.7	5.2	.338	2.4	3.0	.804	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	2.1
0	Connor Cashaw	SG	30	33.7	15.5	5.3	13.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.319	3.3	4.5	.726	1.4	5.7	7.1	3.2	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.0
35	Tim Harrison	PF	31	10.6	3.1	1.2	3.1	.385	0.4	1.6	.255	0.3	0.6	.526	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4
14	Najja Hunter	SG	30	17.6	6.4	2.4	5.5	.433	0.4	1.4	.310	1.2	2.0	.590	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.3
4	Dylan Jones	F	23	8.0	2.2	0.9	1.4	.636	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	.409	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.3
2	A.J. Lapray	G	10	21.1	9.1	3.1	7.5	.413	2.4	5.6	.429	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.4	2.9	3.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.8
11	Miles Lester	G	29	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	.321	0.7	1.8	.377	0.7	0.9	.741	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	0.6
10	B.J. Martin	PF	31	19.9	6.0	2.0	4.6	.427	0.3	1.2	.270	1.7	2.6	.646	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.7	1.8
15	Bishop Mency	G	31	31.4	7.8	2.5	6.9	.360	1.7	5.6	.305	1.2	1.8	.643	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.8
30	Austin Meyer	C	22	11.8	4.4	1.8	2.5	.741	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.531	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.2	2.3
13	Malik Osborne	F	31	27.1	9.0	3.0	7.2	.414	0.7	2.7	.265	2.4	3.7	.643	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.2
5	Addison Owen	G	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
1	Josh Parrish	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	J.T. Trauber	G	4	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
20	Grant Youngkin	G	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.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

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

Rice Owls Last 10 Games

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