Denver 48, Middle Tennessee State 65

February 14, 2004

Conference Regular Season

Murphy Center (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Attendance: 2,514

Officials: Dennis Bracco, Rick O'Neill, Brian Allred

Team Rebounds: Denver (4) Middle Tennessee State (6)

Technicals: Denver (0) Middle Tennessee State (0)

  1 2 Final
DEN (13-10) 28 20 48
MTSU (13-10) 33 32 65

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 65 73.3 99.3
MTSU 65 99.3 73.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .330 0.199 0.296 0.300
MTSU .454 0.153 0.243 0.296

Denver Pioneers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Erik Benzel Starter SG 33:00 1-9 1-8 1-2 -0.5 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 4
- Rodney Billups Starter PG 38:00 5-13 1-4 1-2 2.0 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 12
- Carvell McAlister Starter SF 20:00 1-3 0-0 4-4 -0.2 0 2 2 3 2 0 6 0 6
- Brett Starkey Starter C 21:00 1-5 0-0 2-2 1.0 1 6 7 1 4 0 3 0 4
- Zeljko Zupic Starter PF 31:00 3-6 0-3 0-1 6.6 3 4 7 0 3 1 0 0 6
- Grant Creighton Bench SG 01:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Ryan Goral Bench PG 26:00 1-2 1-2 0-0 4.2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3
- Terrence Gordon Bench C 02:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
- James Lane Bench PG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
- Yemi Nicholson Bench C 18:00 3-8 0-0 6-8 7.8 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 12
- Antonio Porch Bench SG 07:00 0-2 0-0 1-2 -1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- Brett Seger Bench SG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   4            
        200 15-50 3-17 15-21 18.4 8 19 31 10 19 4 13 2 48
          30.0% 17.6% 71.4%                    

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Michael Cuffee Starter PF 33:00 3-8 1-2 5-6 12.0 3 5 8 1 3 2 0 0 12
- Mike Dean Starter SG 31:00 6-16 1-6 3-4 7.5 1 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 16
- Tommy Gunn Starter SG 33:00 6-16 1-5 4-4 8.8 1 7 8 1 2 1 2 0 17
- Bryan Smithson Starter PG 24:00 0-3 0-2 1-3 -1.1 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 1
- Alex Weekes Starter PF 19:00 3-3 0-0 2-3 5.1 1 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 8
- Keith Christmas Bench SF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Keith Connor Bench PG 17:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 7.5 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 2
- Steven Jackson Bench SF 08:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
- Marcus Robinson Bench SG 15:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 4.8 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 4
- Kyle Young Bench C 17:00 2-3 0-0 1-3 5.9 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 5
  Team                   6            
        200 23-54 3-15 16-23 48.9 9 28 43 13 16 6 10 2 65
          42.6% 20.0% 69.6%                    

Denver Pioneers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rodney Billups
10p, 2.4r, 4.8a
Erik Benzel
14.7p, 3.3r, 2.4a
Carvell McAlister
8.5p, 3.6r, 1.1a
Zeljko Zupic
9.3p, 7.2r, 1.7a
Brett Starkey
11.7p, 7.5r, 1a
Rotation Ryan Goral
3.2p, 1r, 1.2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yemi Nicholson
6p, 4r, 0.2a
Lim PT James Lane
1.2p, 0.4r, 0.6a
Antonio Porch
5p, 2r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 
Terrence Gordon
0.7p, 1.5r, 0.2a
Lim PT  
 
Grant Creighton
0p, 0.3r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Brett Seger
1.3p, 0.6r, 0.2a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Bryan Smithson
8p, 2.4r, 4a
Mike Dean
16.1p, 4.2r, 1.6a
Tommy Gunn
16.5p, 4.9r, 2.2a
Michael Cuffee
11.4p, 5.6r, 0.7a
Alex Weekes
4.4p, 3.6r, 0.4a
Rotation Keith Connor
1.3p, 1.1r, 2a
Marcus Robinson
4.6p, 1.9r, 0.7a
 
 
 
 
Kyle Young
4.4p, 5.4r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Steven Jackson
5.7p, 4r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Keith Christmas
2.7p, 1r, 0.1a
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

California 58
(2) Stanford 69

(3) Saint Joseph's 73
Rhode Island 59

Arkansas 70
(6) Mississippi State 77

Saint Mary's 60
(7) Gonzaga 79

Georgia 74
(8) Kentucky 68

(10) Oklahoma State 91
Baylor 58

Iowa State 78
(11) Texas 77

Virginia 82
(15) Georgia Tech 80

(16) Arizona 107
UCLA 83

(17) Wisconsin 78
Ohio State 48

(18) Texas Tech 82
Kansas State 71

Pacific 64
(19) Utah State 60

(22) Florida 70
LSU 73

Missouri State 58
(23) Southern Illinois 59

Boston College 52
(24) Providence 61

(25) South Carolina 82
Vanderbilt 75