Lenard and Middle Tennessee host Chattanooga

Chattanooga Mocs (7-3) at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (7-3, 1-0 C-USA)

Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Middle Tennessee hosts the Chattanooga Mocs after Teafale Lenard scored 20 points in Middle Tennessee's 85-75 overtime victory over the Belmont Bruins.

The Blue Raiders are 3-0 in home games. Middle Tennessee is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Mocs are 2-2 in road games. Chattanooga has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: DeAndre Dishman is scoring 12.2 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Blue Raiders. Elias King is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers for Middle Tennessee.

Jake Stephens is scoring 21.4 points per game and averaging 9.5 rebounds for the Mocs. Jamal Johnson is averaging 10.7 points for Chattanooga.

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