Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers

Mar 16, 2017

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MTSU	37	44	81
MINN	31	41	72

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	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
30Reggie Upshaw Jr.	35	7-13	1-3	4-5	9	1	0	0	0	2	19
22JaCorey Williams	31	4-14	0-0	5-9	6	2	2	1	0	3	13
0Tyrik Dixon	32	2-5	1-1	1-2	3	5	1	0	1	2	6
20Giddy Potts	23	4-9	2-6	5-6	2	5	0	0	2	4	15
11Edward Simpson	28	2-3	2-2	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	6
1Brandon Walters	14	5-6	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	1	1	4	10
2Antwain Johnson	16	2-2	0-0	1-3	2	4	0	0	1	3	5
45Aldonis Foote	6	1-3	1-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
24Quavius Copeland	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
4Xavier Habersham	12	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	28-5848.3%	7-1353.8%	18-2766.7%	34	19	4	3	7	20	81

MINNESOTA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Jordan Murphy	31	5-8	0-1	5-6	9	3	1	0	1	4	15
22Reggie Lynch	24	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	3	2	4	8
5Amir Coffey	40	4-10	3-7	6-8	3	4	0	0	0	2	17
1Dupree McBrayer	37	5-12	2-5	4-4	0	5	1	0	1	3	16
2Nate Mason	38	2-10	1-7	0-0	3	3	2	0	4	1	5
42Michael Hurt	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Eric Curry	21	4-7	0-1	3-3	3	0	0	0	0	4	11
21Bakary Konate	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15Stephon Sharp	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

TOTAL	-	24-5246.2%	6-2128.6%	18-2185.7%	22	15	5	3	8	21	72

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMTSUMINN

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

2nd half

Team Stats

MTSU

MINN

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