Western Kentucky 68, Middle Tennessee State 49

February 28, 2009

Conference Regular Season

Murphy Center (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Attendance: 5,128

Officials: Brent Hampton, Bill Forehand, Martin Kerrigan

Team Rebounds: Western Kentucky (1) Middle Tennessee State (1)

Technicals: Western Kentucky (0) Middle Tennessee State (1 (Bench))

  1 2 Final
WKU (21-8) 39 29 68
MTSU (17-13) 17 32 49

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WKU 61 110.6 79.7
MTSU 61 79.7 110.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WKU .570 0.179 0.258 0.442
MTSU .438 0.260 0.269 0.146

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- A.J. Slaughter Starter PG 30:00 4-10 3-8 2-3 1.4 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 13
- Jeremy Evans Starter C 08:00 2-2 0-0 0-2 1.8 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
- Steffphon Pettigrew Starter PF 33:00 1-4 0-0 8-8 4.5 1 2 3 0 4 1 1 0 10
- Orlando Mendez Starter SG 36:00 5-9 2-5 7-10 15.5 1 4 5 5 0 1 3 0 19
- Sergio Kerusch Starter SF 37:00 6-11 1-2 0-2 15.5 2 12 14 0 1 1 0 0 13
- Dejan Cvoro Bench SG 01:00 1-2 1-1 0-0 2.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
- D.J. Magley Bench PF 11:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.5 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
- Mike Walker Bench SF 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
- Anthony Sally Bench PG 26:00 1-3 0-1 2-4 -3.5 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 4
- Matt Maresca Bench PF 12:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 5.2 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   1            
        200 21-43 7-17 19-29 45.1 8 23 32 8 18 6 11 1 68
          48.8% 41.2% 65.5%                    

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
- Desmond Yates Starter C 16:00 3-6 0-1 0-0 -2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 6
- Kevin Kanaskie Starter SG 40:00 3-9 2-6 2-2 5.5 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 10
- Nigel Johnson Starter PG 28:00 1-4 0-1 0-1 0.6 1 6 7 1 5 0 2 0 2
- Calvin O'Neil Starter SF 30:00 4-6 0-0 2-2 8.0 3 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 10
- Demetrius Green Starter PF 26:00 3-7 0-0 0-0 0.5 2 3 5 2 5 0 4 0 6
- Josh Jones Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Eric Allen Bench SG 15:00 1-5 0-2 0-0 -4.0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 2
- John Hopson Bench PG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Donaries Hair Bench PF 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-2 -1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
- Montarrio Haddock Bench SG 28:00 5-10 0-1 3-6 3.0 1 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 13
- Lindal Yarbrough Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- DeMario Williams Bench SG 09:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
  Team                   1            
        200 20-48 2-12 7-13 7.4 7 19 27 6 26 1 16 0 49
          41.7% 16.7% 53.8%                    

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A.J. Slaughter
15.7p, 3r, 3.7a
Orlando Mendez
14.2p, 4r, 3.8a
Sergio Kerusch
11p, 7.4r, 0.3a
Steffphon Pettigrew
13p, 5r, 0.7a
Jeremy Evans
8.8p, 6r, 0.3a
Rotation Anthony Sally
4.1p, 2.8r, 2.7a
 
 
 
 
Matt Maresca
0.6p, 1.7r, 0.5a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
D.J. Magley
2.4p, 2.2r, 0.4a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Dejan Cvoro
1.6p, 1.4r, 1a
Mike Walker
0.7p, 2r, 0.4a
 
 
 
 

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nigel Johnson
7.4p, 3.8r, 3.4a
Kevin Kanaskie
12p, 4.3r, 3.9a
Calvin O'Neil
5.5p, 3.6r, 0.8a
Demetrius Green
10.5p, 3.8r, 1.5a
Desmond Yates
17.5p, 4.6r, 0.2a
Rotation  
 
Montarrio Haddock
9.3p, 5.2r, 1a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotation  
 
Eric Allen
3.5p, 1.9r, 0.5a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT John Hopson
0.6p, 0.2r, 0.2a
DeMario Williams
2.3p, 1.2r, 0.6a
 
 
Donaries Hair
2p, 1.1r, 0.2a
 
 
Lim PT Lindal Yarbrough
1p, 0.4r, 0.2a
 
 
 
 
Josh Jones
0.7p, 0.8r, 0.1a
 
 

Today's Games

Seton Hall 78
(1) Pittsburgh 89

(2) UConn 72
Notre Dame 65

Texas Tech 63
(3) Oklahoma 78

(4) North Carolina 104
Georgia Tech 74

(5) Memphis 58
Southern Mississippi 42

Virginia Tech 65
(7) Duke 72

(10) Villanova 54
Georgetown 56

(23) Florida State 73
(12) Clemson 66

Virginia 60
(13) Wake Forest 70

Washington State 51
(14) Arizona State 49

(16) Purdue 75
Ohio State 50

San Diego 47
(17) Gonzaga 58

Kentucky 70
(18) LSU 73

(21) Washington 83
Arizona 78

California 68
(22) UCLA 72

(24) Butler 58
Cleveland State 56

Oklahoma State 68
(25) Texas 59