MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Over 5,000 Rutherford County Schools students packed Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center for the annual Education Day game field trip on Monday, Nov. 2, to watch the Blue Raider men’s basketball team defeat the Fisk University Bulldogs 117-73.
Held annually, Education Day games are a way for MTSU to partner with Rutherford County Schools to bring students to campus for a college basketball game and sample of college life.
Choir members from MTSU’s partner school, Homer Pittard Campus School, kicked off the game with the singing of the national anthem.
MTSU will host Murfreesboro City Schools students for Education Day on Dec. 3.
Students from Barfield Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tenn., cheer on the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider men’s basketball team as they faced the Fisk University Bulldogs on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at the annual Rutherford County Schools Education Day game held inside Murphy Center on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)Students from Rutherford County Schools watch Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider men’s basketball team point guard Jahvin Carter go for a layup as teammate Aiden Bolden watches during the team’s faceoff with Fisk University Bulldogs for the annual Education Day game held Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, inside Murphy Center on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)Students from Middle Tennessee State University’s partner school, Homer Pittard Campus School, sing the national anthem, led by teacher Stacy Ray, before the start of the Blue Raider men’s basketball game with the Fisk University Bulldogs for the annual Rutherford County Schools Education Day held Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Murphy Center on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)Sporting Middle Tennessee State University MT jerseys, students from Rutherford County Schools cheer on the Blue Raider men’s basketball team, who faced the Fisk University Bulldogs on Monday, Nov. 2, during the annual Education Day game on the MTSU campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)Thousands of students from Rutherford County Schools cheered on the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider men’s basketball team as they face the Fisk University Bulldogs on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at the annual Education Day game held inside Murphy Center on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)Thousands of students from Rutherford County Schools cheered on the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raider men’s basketball team as they face the Fisk University Bulldogs on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at the annual Education Day game held inside Murphy Center on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)
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