Riding a three-game winning streak, Middle Tennessee visits North Texas in a Conference USA game. Middle Tennessee (18-11, 11-7) is coming off Saturday's 63-49 home win over Louisiana Tech. The Blue Raiders close out their regular season with Saturday's game at UTEP. On Jan. 7, North Texas earned a 56-51 win at Middle Tennessee.
North Texas (23-6, 14-4) saw its eight-game winning streak snapped with a 55-49 loss at Charlotte on Feb. 23. The Mean Green close out their regular season with Saturday's home game against Western Kentucky. North Texas is two games behind first place Florida Atlantic. The Mean Green entered Wednesday No. 54 in Kenpom.com's computerized rankings and are a candidate for an NCAA berth, although there is still plenty of work to do.
Middle Tennessee's leading scorer is 6-5 junior Eli Lawrence (12.6 ppg.) Other key players include 6-6 redshirt senior DeAndre Dishman (10.6 ppg., 5.4 rpg.), 6-3 junior Camryn Weston (10.3 ppg., 4.7 rpg., 2.7 apg.) and 6-8 junior Elias King (9.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg.)
The Blue Raiders average 71.28 points, which is seventh in C-USA and allow 67.66 ppg.,, which is fourth. Middle Tennessee averages 106.9 points per 100 possessions according to Kenpom.com, which entering Wednesday was 147th nationally. The Blue Raiders allow 102.2 points per 100 possessions, 103rd.
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