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FINAL
Mar 16, 2017

Box Score

12T
MTSU374481
MINN314172

Game Recap

Middle Tennessee strikes again, taking down Minnesota. ggie Upshaw scored 19 points, Giddy Potts added 15 and Middle Tennessee took down another Big Ten team in the NCAA Tournament, beating Minnesota 81-72 on Thursday.

Player Stats

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logoMIDDLE TENNESSEEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
30Reggie Upshaw Jr.357-131-34-591000219
22JaCorey Williams314-140-05-962210313
0Tyrik Dixon322-51-11-23510126
20Giddy Potts234-92-65-625002415
11Edward Simpson282-32-20-03200016
1Brandon Walters145-60-00-060111410
2Antwain Johnson162-20-01-32400135
45Aldonis Foote61-31-12-20000215
24Quavius Copeland31-10-00-00000002
4Xavier Habersham120-20-00-03001000
TOTAL-28-5848.3%7-1353.8%18-2766.7%34194372081
Minnesota Golden Gophers logoMINNESOTAMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
3Jordan Murphy315-80-15-693101415
22Reggie Lynch244-50-00-03013248
5Amir Coffey404-103-76-834000217
1Dupree McBrayer375-122-54-405101316
2Nate Mason382-101-70-03320415
42Michael Hurt30-00-00-01000000
24Eric Curry214-70-13-330000411
21Bakary Konate40-00-00-00000020
15Stephon Sharp20-00-00-00000010
TOTAL-24-5246.2%6-2128.6%18-2185.7%22155382172

Play-by-Play

1st halfMTSUMINN
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (20:00) Jump Ball won by Minnesota
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (19:56) Dupree McBrayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (19:56) Giddy Potts Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (19:36) JaCorey Williams missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (19:36) Reggie Lynch Block.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (19:36) Jordan Murphy Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (19:17) Jordan Murphy made Jumper.
    02
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:53) JaCorey Williams missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (18:53) Jordan Murphy Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +3 (18:32) Amir Coffey made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dupree McBrayer.
    05
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:02) JaCorey Williams missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (18:02) Reggie Lynch Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:02) Middle Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (17:56) JaCorey Williams missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (17:56) Nate Mason Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (17:43) Jordan Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (17:43) Giddy Potts Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (17:19) JaCorey Williams missed Dunk.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (17:19) Jordan Murphy Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (16:50) Reggie Lynch made Layup. Assisted by Amir Coffey.
    07
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:42) Middle Tennessee Timeout
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +3 (16:30) Giddy Potts made Three Point Jumper.
    37
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (16:12) Nate Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:12) Brandon Walters Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:50) Giddy Potts missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (15:50) Jordan Murphy Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (15:34) Jordan Murphy missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:34) Middle Tennessee Defensive Rebound.
  • (15:29) Official TV Timeout
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:15) Brandon Walters missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (15:15) Reggie Lynch Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:15) Brandon Walters Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (15:02) Brandon Walters made Layup.
    57
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (15:00) Dupree McBrayer Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:00) Brandon Walters Steal.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (14:54) Reggie Upshaw missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (14:54) Brandon Walters Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (14:47) Brandon Walters made Layup.
    77
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (14:29) Nate Mason Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (14:19) Giddy Potts Turnover.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (14:19) Jordan Murphy Steal.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +3 (14:13) Amir Coffey made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Mason.
    710
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:49) Reggie Upshaw missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:49) Brandon Walters Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:49) Brandon Walters Turnover.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (13:49) Reggie Lynch Steal.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:41) Jump Ball won by Middle Tennessee
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (13:27) Nate Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:27) Xavier Habersham Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:06) Aldonis Foote Turnover.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (13:06) Nate Mason Steal.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (12:53) Reggie Lynch missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:53) Brandon Walters Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:53) Brandon Walters Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:44) Aldonis Foote missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (12:44) Amir Coffey Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (12:25) Nate Mason missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:25) Xavier Habersham Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:25) Brandon Walters Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:17) Foul on Giddy Potts.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:17) Giddy Potts Turnover.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (11:50) Eric Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (11:50) JaCorey Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (11:41) JaCorey Williams missed Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (11:41) Amir Coffey Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (11:31) Dupree McBrayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (11:31) Edward Simpson Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:59) Aldonis Foote missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:59) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:54) Middle Tennessee Turnover.
  • (10:54) Official TV Timeout
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:40) Foul on Tyrik Dixon.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (10:32) Dupree McBrayer missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:32) Reggie Upshaw Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (10:10) Antwain Johnson made Layup.
    910
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (9:57) Eric Curry made Layup. Assisted by Dupree McBrayer.
    912
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (9:37) Antwain Johnson made Layup.
    1112
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:37) Foul on Dupree McBrayer.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:37) Antwain Johnson missed Free Throw.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:37) Eric Curry Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:20) Amir Coffey missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:20) Reggie Lynch Offensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:15) Nate Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:15) JaCorey Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (9:13) Foul on Eric Curry.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (8:59) Giddy Potts made Jumper. Assisted by Antwain Johnson.
    1312
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (8:48) Foul on Antwain Johnson.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (8:48) Jordan Murphy made Free Throw.
    1313
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (8:48) Jordan Murphy made Free Throw.
    1314
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (8:34) Tyrik Dixon made Jumper. Assisted by Giddy Potts.
    1514
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (8:21) Dupree McBrayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (8:21) Tyrik Dixon Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (8:15) Giddy Potts missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (8:15) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (8:11) Foul on Reggie Lynch.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (8:09) JaCorey Williams made Layup. Assisted by Antwain Johnson.
    1714
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (8:09) Foul on Reggie Lynch.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (8:09) JaCorey Williams made Free Throw.
    1814
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (7:50) Eric Curry made Jumper. Assisted by Nate Mason.
    1816
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (7:37) Giddy Potts missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (7:37) Michael Hurt Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (7:25) Foul on Giddy Potts.
  • (7:25) Official TV Timeout
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (7:25) Amir Coffey made Free Throw.
    1817
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (7:25) Amir Coffey made Free Throw.
    1818
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (7:06) Quavius Copeland made Layup.
    2018
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (6:42) Eric Curry made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Murphy.
    2020
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (6:19) JaCorey Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Antwain Johnson.
    2220
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (5:52) Jordan Murphy made Jumper.
    2222
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (5:16) Reggie Upshaw made Jumper.
    2422
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (4:58) Eric Curry missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:58) Antwain Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (4:48) Brandon Walters made Dunk. Assisted by Antwain Johnson.
    2622
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:34) Foul on Antwain Johnson.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:17) Foul on Brandon Walters.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (4:17) Eric Curry made Free Throw.
    2623
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (4:17) Eric Curry made Free Throw.
    2624
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (4:10) Brandon Walters made Dunk. Assisted by Reggie Upshaw.
    2824
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +2 (3:40) Jordan Murphy made Jumper. Assisted by Amir Coffey.
    2826
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (3:40) Foul on JaCorey Williams.
  • (3:40) Official TV Timeout
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (3:40) Jordan Murphy missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (3:40) Edward Simpson Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (3:20) Foul on Eric Curry.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +3 (2:58) Aldonis Foote made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrik Dixon.
    3126
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:40) Amir Coffey missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:40) Tyrik Dixon Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:30) Foul on Bakary Konate.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:30) Reggie Upshaw missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:30) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (2:30) Reggie Upshaw made Free Throw.
    3226
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:17) Foul on Edward Simpson.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:17) Amir Coffey missed Free Throw.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:17) Minnesota Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:17) Amir Coffey missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:17) Edward Simpson Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (2:04) Foul on Jordan Murphy.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (2:04) Aldonis Foote made Free Throw.
    3326
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (2:04) Aldonis Foote made Free Throw.
    3426
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (1:45) Foul on Brandon Walters.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (1:45) Jordan Murphy made Free Throw.
    3427
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +1 (1:45) Jordan Murphy made Free Throw.
    3428
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (1:35) Foul on Bakary Konate.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (1:35) JaCorey Williams missed Free Throw.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (1:35) Eric Curry Defensive Rebound.
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (1:17) Nate Mason missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (1:17) Middle Tennessee Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +3 (1:01) Edward Simpson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrik Dixon.
    3728
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    (0:55) Minnesota Timeout
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers logo
    +3 (0:30) Dupree McBrayer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Murphy.
    3731
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:02) Tyrik Dixon missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:02) Reggie Upshaw Offensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

81Points72
28-58(48.3%)Field Goal(%)24-52(46.2%)
7-13(53.8%)3-Point(%)6-21(28.6%)
18-27(66.7%)Free Throw(%)18-21(85.7%)
37(11)Rebounds(Offensive)24(4)
19Assists15
4Steals5
3Blocks3
8Turnovers8
20(0)Fouls(Technical)22(1)
17Largest Lead7

Game Details

Thursday, March 16, 2017 · 4:12 PM
Williams Arena · Minneapolis, MN
attendance: 17,303 (118.3%)
tv: TNT
spread: MINN -1