Basketball – Men’s
Men’s Basketball: Costly turnovers spoil Blue Raider comeback attempt against Old Dominion
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines Story by Truman Greub / Contributing Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (8-16, 5-6) were unable to secure their fourth victory in a row against the current top-seeded Old Dominion Monarchs (19-6, 9-3) in a nail-biting 55-50 defeat on Saturday in Murphy Center. “I’d like to congratulate …
Men’s Basketball: Sims and Green lead Blue Raiders to third consecutive victory
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines Story by Truman Greub / Contributing Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (8-16, 5-6) were able to stay hot and improve their win streak to three with a 71-53 victory over the Charlotte 49ers (5-18, 2-10) in Murphy Center on Thursday night. The Blue Raiders were able …
Men’s Basketball: Donovan Sims clutch 3-pointer propels Blue Raiders past UAB
Photo by Tyler Lamb / MTSU Sidelines After dropping their last two games against Rice and North Texas on the road, the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (6-16, 3-6) shocked the C-USA world by dethroning the first place UAB Blazers (14-8, 6-3) by a score of 71-65 Wednesday at Murphy Center. UAB jumped out to …
Men’s Basketball: 4-minute stretch at Rice halts Blue Raider win streak
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics Story by Tyler Lamb / Staff Writer A career-high outing from junior forward Reggie Scurry was not enough for Middle Tennessee State to overcome Rice on Thursday night in Houston, Texas, as the Blue Raiders fell 79-68 to the Owls. Coming into the evening, Middle Tennessee (5-15, 2-5 C-USA) was …
Men’s Basketball: Raiders rally for second C-USA win over UTEP
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines After over a month without a win, the Blue Raider basketball team went back-to-back in the win column following its 75-72 win over UTEP on Saturday at Murphy Center. UTEP jumped on MTSU early with the Miners shooting 80 percent from the field in the first five minutes …
Men’s Basketball: Blue Raiders snap 13-game losing streak by blowing out UTSA at home
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines Ignited by 10 first half three-pointers, the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (4-14, 1-4) knocked off the UTSA Roadrunners (10-8, 4-1) by a score of 89-86 on Thursday night at the Murphy Center to give them their first victory since Nov. 16, 2018. Reigning C-USA freshman of the …