MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Sit long enough near the Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball team's bench during the 2021-22 season, and you can easily see the edge with which Teafale Lenard Jr. plays on the court.
It manifests itself in myriad ways. His thunderous dunks above the basket, followed by an even more boisterous scream. His risky attempts to alter passes on the perimeter, quickly followed by a recovery to alter shots at the rim. It's picking up full court, as the Blue Raiders often do after made baskets, trapping opponents by the scorer's table or radio row across the Murphy Center court.