Belmont visits Middle Tennessee after King's 22-point game

Published Dec. 8, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Belmont Bruins (7-3, 2-0 MVC) at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (5-5)

Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Middle Tennessee hosts the Belmont Bruins after Elias King scored 22 points in Middle Tennessee's 77-73 overtime win over the Missouri State Bears.

The Blue Raiders are 4-3 on their home court. Middle Tennessee ranks eighth in the CUSA in rebounding with 31.4 rebounds. Jared Jones leads the Blue Raiders with 7.5 boards.

The Bruins have gone 2-2 away from home. Belmont ranks third in the MVC shooting 37.3% from 3-point range.

Middle Tennessee scores 66.2 points per game, 13.3 fewer points than the 79.5 Belmont gives up. Belmont has shot at a 49.2% rate from the field this season, 3.5 percentage points above the 45.7% shooting opponents of Middle Tennessee have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: King is shooting 35.5% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Blue Raiders, while averaging 12.4 points. Jestin Porter is shooting 35.0% and averaging 10.5 points for Middle Tennessee.

Cade Tyson is averaging 18 points for the Bruins. Malik Dia is averaging 16.3 points for Belmont.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.