12/31/2023 0 Comments Charlotte vs middle tennessee![]() On the stat sheet, Middle is led by stud junior and second-team All-C-USA honoree, Eli Lawrence who ended the regular season leading the Blue Raiders in scoring with 12.3 points per outing. Middle Tennessee comes into Thursday's contest in a similar fashion to the 49ers, having lost each of its final two regular season games on the road to North Texas and at UTEP. ![]() That league tournament run was ended before it began due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the day of the Niners potential game with then-fifth-seeded FIU. Charlotte ended the regular season with wins in four of its last six games of the regular season, earning the fifth seed in Conference USA, which is the program's highest seed in the league tournament since finishing fourth in 2019-20. Junior Brice Williams was named to the All-League Second Team, while sophomores Lu'Cye Patterson and Aly Khalifa earned Honorable Mention acclaim. CLT saw a trio of players earn All-Conference Accolades the league announced Tuesday afternoon. The last time CLT advanced to the semifinals of a conference tournament came in 2008 when the Niners fell to Temple in the semis of the A-10 Championship. A win would also push Charlotte to the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament for the first time since the program rejoined the league in the Fall of 2013. A win would be CLT's first conference tournament victory since the aforementioned 2016 C-USA Tournament when the Niners took down Rice, 79-69 in the opening round of that year's tournament. This contest will be Charlotte's first appearance in the quarterfinal round of the C-USA Tournament since falling to Middle Tennessee in 2015-16 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Thursday's C-USA Tournament bout will be the 18th all-time meeting between the 49ers and Blue Raiders on the collegiate hardwood in a series dating to 1988, with this being the fourth contest on a neutral floor. Niner Nation can follow CLT's opening game in the league tournament via the ESPN+ live stream to hear Chris Mycoskie and Kyle Youmans on the call, HERE, via ESPN 730 The Game or the Varsity App to hear Matt Swierad and Charlotte alum Trevor Wilt describing the action, HERE, or via Statbroadcast live stats, HERE. The opening tap from Court B of The Star at the Ford Center is slated for 7 p.m. FRISCO, Texas – The fifth-seeded Charlotte men's basketball team opens its account at the 2023 Conference USA Tournament with a Thursday night quarterfinal bout with the No.
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