Lady Raider Basketball
Women’s Basketball: Lady Raiders make run to championship game, fall short to Rice
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics The Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders (22-10, 13-6) made a deep run into the Conference USA Tournament over the weekend. The Lady Raiders held the third seed going into the tournament and strung together two wins to secure a spot in the C-USA title game against Rice. MTSU played a …
Women’s Basketball: Lady Raiders honor seniors with dominate win over FAU
Photo by Tyler Lamb / MTSU Sidelines Story by Austin Laymon / Contributing Writer It was Senior Night at Murphy Center as the Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders hosted the Florida Atlantic Owls on Saturday and claimed a dominant victory with a final score of 74-48. The Lady Raiders started things off with some high …
Women’s Basketball: Anna Jones leads Lady Raiders to bounce-back victory over WKU
Photo by Tyler Lamb / MTSU Sidelines The Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders defeated the Western Kentucky Lady Hilltoppers, 81-69, on Thursday night at Murphy Center. Anna Jones led MT to victory with 26 points, but A’Queen Hayes, Alex Johnson and Jordan Majors also finished with double digits offensively. “Anna Jones was a horse all …
Women’s Basketball: Great defense offsets bad offense in win over Charlotte
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines The Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders (17-11, 9-6) beat the Charlotte Lady 49ers (12-15, 8-6) by a score of 54-53 on a poor shooting night for both teams. The Lady Raiders started the game slow, as they only scored five points in the first quarter on 7.7 percent shooting. The …
Women’s Basketball: Jones continues hot streak in 73-57 win at Marshall
Photo by Joi Williams / MTSU Sidelines Story by Teylor Hines / Sports Reporter The Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders (12-8, 4-3) put together their best offensive performance of the season to defeat the Marshall Thundering Herd (6-13, 0-6) at the Henderson Center in West Virginia on Friday. Thanks to a fantastic game from Anna Jones and Abbey Sissom, …
Women’s Basketball: Lack of offense for MTSU leads to loss against WKU
Photo by Devin P. Grimes / MTSU Sidelines The Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders (8-6, 0-1) traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to take on the Western Kentucky Lady Hilltoppers (10-4,1-0) on Thursday. A lackluster offensive performance by the Lady Raiders and a late run by WKU ultimately led to a 57-43 loss. The game was never …