Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders play the North Texas Mean Green, look for 4th straight win
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (18-11, 11-7 C-USA) at North Texas Mean Green (23-6, 14-4 C-USA)
Denton, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Middle Tennessee seeks to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory over North Texas.
The Mean Green have gone 10-2 in home games. North Texas is 4-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Blue Raiders are 11-7 in C-USA play. Middle Tennessee is seventh in C-USA scoring 71.3 points per game and is shooting 45.9%.
TOP PERFORMERS: Abou Ousmane is averaging 11.5 points and six rebounds for the Mean Green. Tylor Perry is averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for North Texas.
Eli Lawrence is shooting 42.3% and averaging 12.6 points for the Blue Raiders. Camryn Weston is averaging 11.3 points over the last 10 games for Middle Tennessee.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mean Green: 8-2, averaging 66.2 points, 27.9 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.0 points per game.
Blue Raiders: 6-4, averaging 74.1 points, 31.2 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 7.5 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
