Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball 2013 NCAA Tournament Capsule

Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders
Sun Belt (25-7, 17-3)

 

Big Wins: 11/11 Memphis (82-68), 1/16 Arkansas-Little Rock (65-56), 3/2 at Western Kentucky (71-54)
Bad Losses: 12/1 at South Dakota State (56-63), 12/20 Florida International (51-58), 2/10 Troy (70-74)
Coach: Rick Insell

Probable Starters:
Caroline Warden, Freshman, Guard, 2.8 ppg, 1.3 apg
Shanice Cason, Sophomore, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 4.0 rpg, 2.2 spg
Kortni Jones, Senior, Guard, 16.4 ppg, 4.5 apg, 3.0 rpg
Ebony Rowe, Junior, Forward, 19.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg
Icelyn Elie, Senior, Forward, 13.9 ppg, 7.3 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Janay Brinkley, Junior, Guard, 1.5 ppg
Laken Leonard, Junior, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 68.4 (55th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.0 (76, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.5 (75, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.4 (213, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.8 (85, 3)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.9 (165, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.2 (98, 5)
Rebound Margin: 3.9 (74, 3)
Assists Per Game: 13.5 (116, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 16. 2 (114, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Vanderbilt
2011    NCAA    Round of 64 loss Georgia
2010    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Mississippi State
2009    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Michigan State
2008    NIT        First Round win over Western Carolina
2008    NIT        Second Round loss to Kentucky

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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