USC 89-84 Middle Tennessee (23 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

8-3

	1	2	T
MTSU	43	41	84
USC	42	47	89

TIME	MTSU	USC
20:00	Jump Ball won by USC	0	0
19:47	Edward Simpson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick King.	3	0
19:26	Foul on Brandon Walters.	3	0
19:26	Nick Rakocevic made Dunk. Assisted by Bennie Boatwright.	3	2
19:20	Brandon Walters made Layup. Assisted by Nick King.	5	2
19:10	Chimezie Metu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bennie Boatwright.	5	5
19:06	Brandon Walters missed Layup.	5	5
19:06	Nick Rakocevic Defensive Rebound.	5	5
18:40	Jordan McLaughlin Turnover.	5	5
18:27	Brandon Walters made Layup.	7	5
18:27	Foul on Bennie Boatwright.	7	5
18:27	Brandon Walters made Free Throw.	8	5
18:15	Jordan McLaughlin Turnover.	8	5
18:15	Edward Simpson Steal.	8	5
18:02	Nick King made Dunk.	10	5
17:46	Chimezie Metu Turnover.	10	5
17:32	USC Timeout	10	5
17:25	Nick King missed Jumper.	10	5
17:25	Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.	10	5
17:14	Foul on Nick Rakocevic.	10	5
17:06	Tyrik Dixon made Jumper.	12	5
16:53	Foul on Edward Simpson.	12	5
16:53	Bennie Boatwright missed Free Throw.	12	5
16:53	USC Deadball Team Rebound.	12	5
16:53	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	12	6
16:33	Giddy Potts missed Three Point Jumper.	12	6
16:33	Jordan McLaughlin Defensive Rebound.	12	6
16:23	Foul on Edward Simpson.	12	6
16:23	Jordan McLaughlin made Free Throw.	12	7
16:23	Jordan McLaughlin made Free Throw.	12	8
16:16	Karl Gamble Turnover.	12	8
15:55	Nick Rakocevic missed Jumper.	12	8
15:55	Nick King Defensive Rebound.	12	8
15:35	Tyrik Dixon missed Layup.	12	8
15:35	USC Deadball Team Rebound.	12	8
15:28	Foul on Tyrik Dixon.	12	8
15:28	Official TV Timeout	12	8
15:20	Bennie Boatwright missed Three Point Jumper.	12	8
15:20	Jordan McLaughlin Offensive Rebound.	12	8
15:14	Jordan McLaughlin missed Three Point Jumper.	12	8
15:14	Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.	12	8
15:14	Foul on Nick Rakocevic.	12	8
15:07	David Simmons Turnover.	12	8
15:07	Shaqquan Aaron Steal.	12	8
14:59	Bennie Boatwright Turnover.	12	8
14:59	Giddy Potts Steal.	12	8
14:43	Giddy Potts missed Layup.	12	8
14:43	Jordan McLaughlin Defensive Rebound.	12	8
14:43	Bennie Boatwright missed Jumper.	12	8
14:43	Jordan Usher Offensive Rebound.	12	8
14:40	Jordan Usher missed Jumper.	12	8
14:40	Middle Tennessee Defensive Rebound.	12	8
14:20	Middle Tennessee Turnover.	12	8
13:55	Foul on Brandon Walters.	12	8
13:55	Chimezie Metu made Free Throw.	12	9
13:55	Chimezie Metu made Free Throw.	12	10
13:37	Karl Gamble missed Jumper.	12	10
13:37	Elijah Stewart Defensive Rebound.	12	10
13:24	Chimezie Metu missed Jumper.	12	10
13:24	Nick King Defensive Rebound.	12	10
13:13	Nick King made Jumper.	14	10
12:59	Bennie Boatwright missed Three Point Jumper.	14	10
12:59	USC Offensive Rebound.	14	10
12:54	Foul on Antwain Johnson.	14	10
12:53	Elijah Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Usher.	14	13
12:33	Antwain Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrik Dixon.	17	13
12:06	Chimezie Metu missed Jumper.	17	13
12:06	Chimezie Metu Offensive Rebound.	17	13
11:59	Foul on Chimezie Metu.	17	13
11:59	Chimezie Metu Turnover.	17	13
11:59	Official TV Timeout	17	13
11:45	Giddy Potts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antwain Johnson.	20	13
11:29	Chimezie Metu made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	20	15
11:08	Nick King made Jumper. Assisted by Tyrik Dixon.	22	15
10:51	Shaqquan Aaron made Layup.	22	17
10:25	Giddy Potts missed Three Point Jumper.	22	17
10:25	Bennie Boatwright Defensive Rebound.	22	17
10:16	Bennie Boatwright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	22	20
10:02	Karl Gamble made Dunk. Assisted by Tyrik Dixon.	24	20
9:48	Chimezie Metu made Layup. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	24	22
9:32	Antwain Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	27	22
9:06	Foul on Giddy Potts.	27	22
9:06	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	27	23
9:06	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	27	24
8:43	Foul on Jordan Usher.	27	24
8:43	Antwain Johnson made Free Throw.	28	24
8:43	Antwain Johnson made Free Throw.	29	24
8:16	Foul on James Hawthorne.	29	24
8:16	Bennie Boatwright missed Free Throw.	29	24
8:16	USC Deadball Team Rebound.	29	24
8:16	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	29	25
8:06	Nick King made Jumper.	31	25
8:06	Foul on James Hawthorne.	31	25
7:48	Official TV Timeout	31	25
7:48	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	31	26
7:48	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	31	27
7:30	Nick King missed Jumper.	31	27
7:30	Chimezie Metu Defensive Rebound.	31	27
7:13	Elijah Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	31	30
6:49	Nick King made Layup.	33	30
6:30	Elijah Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chimezie Metu.	33	33
6:10	Tyrik Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.	33	33
6:10	Tyrik Dixon Offensive Rebound.	33	33
6:04	Tyrik Dixon made Jumper.	35	33
5:48	Foul on Giddy Potts.	35	33
5:48	Elijah Stewart made Free Throw.	35	34
5:48	Elijah Stewart made Free Throw.	35	35
5:30	Foul on Elijah Stewart.	35	35
5:13	Tyrik Dixon missed Jumper.	35	35
5:13	Chimezie Metu Defensive Rebound.	35	35
4:57	Foul on Tyrik Dixon.	35	35
4:57	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	35	36
4:57	Bennie Boatwright made Free Throw.	35	37
4:33	Antwain Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	35	37
4:33	Karl Gamble Offensive Rebound.	35	37
4:33	Karl Gamble made Dunk.	37	37
4:18	Chimezie Metu made Dunk.	37	39
3:48	David Simmons made Jumper.	39	39
3:31	Elijah Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.	39	39
3:31	Nick King Defensive Rebound.	39	39
3:10	Nick King made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Edward Simpson.	42	39
2:29	Foul on David Simmons.	42	39
2:29	Official TV Timeout	42	39
2:29	Elijah Stewart missed Free Throw.	42	39
2:29	USC Deadball Team Rebound.	42	39
2:29	Elijah Stewart made Free Throw.	42	40
2:01	Nick King missed Jumper.	42	40
2:01	Elijah Stewart Defensive Rebound.	42	40
1:42	Bennie Boatwright missed Dunk.	42	40
1:42	Karl Gamble Block.	42	40
1:42	Antwain Johnson Defensive Rebound.	42	40
1:26	Foul on Shaqquan Aaron.	42	40
1:26	Nick King made Free Throw.	43	40
1:26	Nick King missed Free Throw.	43	40
1:26	Chimezie Metu Defensive Rebound.	43	40
1:00	Jump Ball won by USC	43	40
0:39	Chimezie Metu made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	43	42
0:38	Antwain Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	43	42
0:38	Bennie Boatwright Defensive Rebound.	43	42
0:31	Chimezie Metu missed Layup.	43	42
0:31	Chimezie Metu Offensive Rebound.	43	42
0:03	Elijah Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.	43	42
0:03	Nick King Defensive Rebound.	43	42
0:00	End of 1st half	43	42

Aaron finds Metu for two-handed jam

0:20

Metu delivers emphatic slam

0:23

Gamble denies Boatwright's dunk attempt

0:28

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9:30 PM, 23 December 2017

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Referees:
Jason Baker
Tony Padilla
Keith Kimble

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UTEP	4-1	-	14-4
Middle Tennessee	4-1	-	13-5
New Mexico State	4-1	-	11-7
Kennesaw State	3-2	1	11-7
Jacksonville State	3-2	1	11-7
Liberty	3-3	1.5	15-4
Western Kentucky	2-3	2	11-7
Louisiana Tech	2-4	2.5	13-6
Sam Houston	1-5	3.5	8-11
Florida International	1-5	3.5	7-12

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	7-0	-	16-2
Michigan	6-1	1	14-4
Purdue	7-2	1	15-5
Oregon	5-3	2.5	16-3
Wisconsin	5-3	2.5	15-4
Illinois	5-3	2.5	13-5
Indiana	5-4	3	14-6
Maryland	4-4	3.5	14-5
UCLA	4-4	3.5	13-6
USC	4-4	3.5	12-7
Penn State	3-5	4.5	13-6
Iowa	3-5	4.5	12-7
Northwestern	3-5	4.5	12-7
Ohio State	3-5	4.5	11-8
Rutgers	3-5	4.5	10-9
Nebraska	2-6	5.5	12-7
Minnesota	2-6	5.5	10-9
Washington	1-7	6.5	10-9

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