NCAAB Game Recap - UTEP at MTSU
Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:30 PM EST

Mich
74
Purd
70
F(OT)
ECU
77
SMU
81
F
David
73
Dayt
67
F
CoCar
51
UTARL
74
F
UTEP
56
MTSU
82
F
UGA
60
KY
71
F
Gram
57
TXSo
62
F
Ball
70
Akr
74
F
SHSU
63
NOrl
75
F
MD-ES
49
NCC
77
F
Seton
53
Vill
55
F
Duke
93
UNC
83
F
Ida
64
UND
69
F
UtVal
80
CSBak
81
F(4OT)
Cal
65
Oreg
73
F
LongB
57
UCIrv
62
F
Fres
72
Nev
83
F
Marsh
93
LaTec
77
F
GMas
60
VCU
71
F
ULALA
76
GASt
86
F
Ind
60
Wisc
70
F
Tuls
61
Cin
80
F
Vand
72
Fla
62
F(OT)
Kent
68
Ohio
66
F
SFA
69
TXAMC
77
F
How
53
Norf
68
F
South
59
Alc
81
F
KSU
50
WVU
51
F
ND
77
FSU
73
F
Web
80
E WA
72
F
UCLA
75
Ariz
86
F
CS-Ful
64
UCDav
66
F(OT)
UMKC
60
NMSt
78
F
SDSU
63
ColSt
71
F
GrgWas
67
Rich
70
F
Troy
90
GaSo
70
F
NW
72
MD
64
F
Hou
65
UConn
74
F
Miss
72
Ark
73
F
Mem
54
UCF
84
F
StBon
63
URI
74
F
MSU
58
Minn
63
F
ULM
51
TxSt
63
F
Bama
64
SouthCar
53
F
TCU
63
IaSt
84
F
Xav
72
Crei
75
F

MTSU 82, UTEP 56

Mar 10, 2017, 12:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

(4) UTEP

23

33

56

(1) MTSU

37

45

82

Middle Tennessee cruises to C-USA Tournament title game
Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:45 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Reggie Upshaw scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, with eight rebounds, Giddy Potts had 14 points and five steals and No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee beat UTEP 82-56 on Friday in the Conference USA Tournament semifinals.

JaCorey Williams added 13 points and Antwain Johnson scored 11 for Middle Tennessee (29-4), which will face No. 2 seed Louisiana Tech or sixth-seeded Marshall in the championship game on Saturday.

Paul Thomas' jumper to open the scoring gave fourth-seeded UTEP its only lead before six Blue Raiders scored during 17-5 run to open a 10-point lead. Johnson hit back-to-back 3s to spark a 12-3 run and push lead into double figures for good when Williams hit a jumper that made it 37-21 with 35 seconds left in the half. Middle Tennessee took its biggest lead, 72-45, on a layup by Williams with 5:11 to play.

Thomas scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting while Omega Harris hit 6 of 11 shots and finished with 17 points for No. 4 seed UTEP (15-17). The rest of the Miners shot just 23 percent (7 of 30) from the field.

The Blue Raiders scored 25 points off 18 UTEP turnovers.

Middle Tennessee has won 19 of its last 20 games, including nine in row - its third win streak of at least eight games this season.

Leaders

UTEP PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
P. Thomas 18 0 2 4 0 0
O. Harris 17 0 4 4 1 0
MTSU PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
R. Upshaw 18 0 0 8 1 1
G. Potts 14 0 2 7 5 0

Team Comparison

UTEP MTSU
Points For 56 82
Field Goals 20/51-39% 27/61-44%
Three Pointers 2/10-20% 8/21-38%
Free Throws 14/20-70% 20/26-77%
Offensive Rebounds 6 12
Defensive Rebounds 24 29
Rebounds 32 44
Blocks 4 2
Steals 3 12
Turnovers 18 9
Personal Fouls 19 18
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2016-17 Reg Season - Series Tied 1-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sat Feb 4 MTSU 54 @ UTEP 57 J. Williams 24 M. Willms 14
Fri Mar 10 UTEP 56 @ MTSU 82 P. Thomas 18 R. Upshaw 18

Game Information

Stadium: Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 0
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