Welcome to another edition of Raider Review! Here is a brief rundown of this week’s Blue Raider Athletic news and upcoming events you should watch out for.
Men’s Basketball
Beat Western Kentucky University 82-64.
Back to back regular season Conference-USA Champions.
Held WKU to 15 points below their season average.
Brandon Walters had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Freshman Donovan Sims had 6 points, 6 assists, 4 steals.
Senior night is Saturday night as MTSU hosts Marshall.
Women’s Basketball
Host their senior night Saturday at 3 vs Old Dominion.
Gabby Lyon and Rebecca Reuter are 2 out of 28 MT women’s basketball players to have 500+ points AND 500+ rebounds.
Abbey Sissom sits 6th all-time in 3 point field goal percentage and was just named C-USA All-Academic Team.
Baseball
Lost earlier in the week 5-4 to the Vols.
Despite an early 3-0 lead, the Raiders found themselves trailing late 5-3, eventually losing 5-4.
They play 3 games this weekend all versus in-state opponents: Memphis, ETSU, and the Vols.
Jake Wyrick, Carson Lester, and Peyton Wiggington are the projected starters for the weekend.
Softball
Went 4-1 over the weekend.
Won 10 out of their last 11.
6 players hitting above .300.
Play in North Florida this weekend as they take on: Presbyterian, North Florida, Campbell, and Iowa State.
Men’s Tennis
Beat Wisconson 4-3 on Sunday.
Tom Moonen has ice in his veins.
Beat Old Dominion earlier in the week. Chris Edge was the deciding factor in this one.
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