middle tennessee vs charlotte basketball

MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS CHARLOTTE BASKETBALL SERIES

In league play, Williams ended the year ranking fifth in the conference, averaging 16.2 points, while eclipsing 20 points seven times and 30 points a trio of times while appearing in all 20 contests. Junior Brice Williams earned Second Team All-C-USA honors after leading the team and ranking eighth in Conference USA in scoring with 13.5 points per game, while starting just eight times this season. Tuesday morning saw the announcement of a trio of Niners on the All-C-USA squads heading into Frisco. Patterson was also a stellar, 8-of-9 from the line, draining four makes in crunch time to help force both OT's. Patterson ended the day with 19 points, a season-high-tying seven rebounds and a season-high four steals. Williams' 32 points came on 12-of-24 shooting from the field and a career-high-tying four makes from 3-point range, while also ripping down six rebounds, rejecting a career-high-tying three shots and dishing out a pair of assists. A career-high 32 points from junior Brice Williams and an all-around day from sophomore Lu'Cye Patterson wasn't enough as Charlotte fell at home to UAB, 93-91, in double OT to end the regular season.

Back in January, the Blue Raiders narrowly downed the Niners, 62-58, in Murfreesboro.ĬHARLOTTE FALLS IN DOUBLE OT THRILLER VS.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS CHARLOTTE BASKETBALL SERIES

The programs split the season series with each team winning on its home floor. The last time the sides met at the C-USA Tournament, the Blue Raiders upended the 49ers, 79-61, in the 2016 quarterfinals in Birmingham, Alabama. MTSU leads the all-time series between the sides, 13-4, and holds a, 2-1, edge when the series is contested on a neutral court. The Blue Raiders won the C-USA East last season, finished second in the CBI Tournament and fell in the C-USA Semis to eventual champ, UAB in triple overtime last season. On the bench, Middle Tennessee is led by fifth-year head coach Nick McDevitt who has helped turn around a storied mid-major program. Dishman also leads the squad in rebounding with 5.5 boards per game. Joining Lawrence in double-figures is classmate Camryn Weston (10.4 ppg) and seventh-year senior Deandre Dishman (10.3 ppg). On the stat sheet, Middle is led by stud junior and second-team All-C-USA honoree, Eli Lawrence who ended the regular season leading the Blue Raiders in scoring with 12.3 points per outing. Middle Tennessee comes into Thursday's contest in a similar fashion to the 49ers, having lost each of its final two regular season games on the road to North Texas and at UTEP. That league tournament run was ended before it began due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the day of the Niners potential game with then-fifth-seeded FIU. Charlotte ended the regular season with wins in four of its last six games of the regular season, earning the fifth seed in Conference USA, which is the program's highest seed in the league tournament since finishing fourth in 2019-20. Junior Brice Williams was named to the All-League Second Team, while sophomores Lu'Cye Patterson and Aly Khalifa earned Honorable Mention acclaim.

CLT saw a trio of players earn All-Conference Accolades the league announced Tuesday afternoon. The last time CLT advanced to the semifinals of a conference tournament came in 2008 when the Niners fell to Temple in the semis of the A-10 Championship.

A win would also push Charlotte to the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament for the first time since the program rejoined the league in the Fall of 2013. A win would be CLT's first conference tournament victory since the aforementioned 2016 C-USA Tournament when the Niners took down Rice, 79-69 in the opening round of that year's tournament. This contest will be Charlotte's first appearance in the quarterfinal round of the C-USA Tournament since falling to Middle Tennessee in 2015-16 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Thursday's C-USA Tournament bout will be the 18th all-time meeting between the 49ers and Blue Raiders on the collegiate hardwood in a series dating to 1988, with this being the fourth contest on a neutral floor. Niner Nation can follow CLT's opening game in the league tournament via the ESPN+ live stream to hear Chris Mycoskie and Kyle Youmans on the call, HERE, via ESPN 730 The Game or the Varsity App to hear Matt Swierad and Charlotte alum Trevor Wilt describing the action, HERE, or via Statbroadcast live stats, HERE. The opening tap from Court B of The Star at the Ford Center is slated for 7 p.m. FRISCO, Texas – The fifth-seeded Charlotte men's basketball team opens its account at the 2023 Conference USA Tournament with a Thursday night quarterfinal bout with the No.

Middle tennessee vs charlotte basketball