Blue Raiders journey to Houston for matchup with Rice

Saturday, Nov. 15 | 2 p.m. | Tudor Fieldhouse | Houston, Texas
	MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 2-1, 0-0 CUSA	at	RICE OWLS 1-1, 0-0 AC
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HOUSTON, Texas – Middle Tennessee heads to Houston, Texas, to tackle the Rice Owls on Saturday, Nov. 14, contained in the Tudor Fieldhouse. Tipoff is scheduled for two p.m. CT. The sport will air on the Blue Raider Network and broadcast on ESPN+.

GAME FOUR

» Saturday, November 15 – 2 p.m.

» Tudor Fieldhouse

» Houston, Texas

SERIES HISTORY

» This marks the sixteenth assembly in collection historical past between the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and Rice Owls.

» MTSU owns an 11-4 lead over Rice within the all-time collection.

» The Blue Raiders gained the earlier assembly 85-56 in Murfreesboro on January 11, 2023. 

BLUE RAIDER NOTES

» MTSU enters the matchup coming off a 54-63 highway setback at Tennessee Tech. A trio of Blue Raiders scored double figures, together with a profession excessive 17 factors from Yu Han Lin 

» Baugus was named CUSA Freshman of the Week after serving to information MTSU to a 2-0 begin in opposition to Tennessee State and Saint Louis. She is the one freshman within the nation to begin two video games and open the 2025-26 season with back-to-back double-doubles, posting 10 factors and 12 rebounds vs. Tennessee State and 13 factors and 11 boards at Saint Louis.

» The Blue Raiders have loved nice success on the highway underneath Head Coach Rick Insell. The Blue Raiders are 181-95 total on the highway underneath Insell, for a 66 p.c successful ledger.

» Middle Tennessee is one among solely a handful of Division I packages that don’t characteristic a single returning starter on the roster. According to out there nationwide knowledge, Santa Clara is the one program within the nation bringing in additional newcomers whereas additionally returning zero starters.

» Senior Alayna Contreras was chosen to the CUSA Preseason All-Conference Team. The Minneapolis, Minn., native began all 33 video games final yr and led UMKC in scoring (17.3 ppg), minutes, discipline targets made, three-pointers made and free throws made.

» Middle Tennessee was picked third within the CUSA preseason ballot. This marks solely the sixth time in Rick Insell‘s 21 seasons — and simply the fourth time in CUSA — that the Blue Raiders haven’t been chosen because the preseason favourite.

SCOUTING THE OWLS

» Rice enters the matchup with a 1-1, 0-0 AC report. The Owls are coming off a 70-56 highway win over Houston.

» Victoria Flores leads the Owls in scoring (16.0 PPG), whereas Hailey Adams paces Rice in boards (12.0 RPG).

» Three Owls earned preseason All-Conference honors with Dominique Ennis (First Team), Aniah Alexis (Second Team) and Victoria Flores (Second Team) all incomes recognition. Rice was chosen third within the American Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.

» Shelley Pennington and Friends Head Coach Lindsay Edmonds enters her fifth yr on the helm for Rice. Already the quickest coach to win a convention title in program historical past, the Owls are contemporary off back-to-back appearances within the American Conference Championship sport, claiming the title in 2024.

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