MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Another top-rated Conference USA offense fell victim to the stifling, suffocating Middle Tennessee (RV) defense Thursday night.
The UTSA Roadrunners (10-11, 3-5) traveled to the Murphy Center with C-USA's second-highest scoring average but didn't sniff it, falling 75-51 to the Blue Raiders (15-5, 7-1).
Middle Tennessee's defense, which went into the game second in the conference allowing 66.4 points per game, held UTSA to 31 points below its season average. The Roadrunners shot just 34 percent (21-of-61) from the floor and 25 percent (7-of-28) from 3-piont range.
"I thought our team throughout the whole game guarded at a high level," MT head coach Kermit Davis said.