Desmond Yates News

No. 9 Vols roll to victory J.P. Prince scored a season-high 17 points, and No. 9 Tennessee turned back Middle Tennessee 75-54 Friday night in the first game of the Sun Belt Classic doubleheader in Nashville, Tenn.

The state rankings will appear every Tuesday throughout basketball season. This is an idea that I'm borrowing from ESPNChicago's Scott Powers.

Bruce Pearl has run up a 21-4 record against in-state opponents during his tenure as Tennessee basketball coach, winning by an average of nearly 20 points.

Trinity cut a 20-point halftime deficit to three in the final seconds but Skidmore hung on for an 82-79 victory Friday in Hartford.

Junior Rod Emanuel had a breakout game with 20 points while senior Montarrio Haddock recorded the first double-double of the season on Sunday afternoon as the Blue Raiders took an 83-58 win over SIU Edwardsville.

NO. 9 TENNESSEE VS. MTSU Where. Sommet Center When. 6 p.m. today TV. CSS Radio. 1510-AM, 560-AM Last meeting.

Tyler Smith knew J.P. Prince was ready for a breakout game after watching him hit jumpers during the shootaround.

Tennessee leads the SEC in numerous major offensive categories, but that's not enough for coach Bruce Pearl.

MTSU senior forward Desmond Yates began his season-long chase of the Blue Raiders' career scoring record Tuesday night.

Three Blue Raiders scored in double figures as Middle Tennessee fell to Belmont 83-71 on Tuesday night.

The Middle Tennessee mena s basketball team will play three games over the next six days beginning with Belmont on Tuesday night.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The MTSU men's basketball team would love to knock off Alabama-Birmingham tonight.

Game five of life without Desmond Yates arrives for MTSU men's hoops tonight. So far, the Blue Raiders' temporary solutions for replacing the Sun Belt's top returning scorer have yielded so-so results.

The MTSU men's basketball team came up with a timely second-half spurt and late free-throw shooting to stave off Lamar's rally in a 74-66 win Thursday night.

Tirrell Baines scored 12 points and Damier Pitts sank four free throws in the final 35 seconds to help Marshall hold off Middle Tennessee State 63-60 on Tuesday night.

MTSU men's basketball survived an early scare in a season-opening 93-73 win over King College.

DU's men's basketball captain, senior Nate Rohnert, was named to the Sun Belt Conference's Preseason All-Conference team.

DU's men's basketball captain, senior Nate Rohnert, was named to the Sun Belt Conference's Preseason All-Conference team.

MTSU basketball fans will get a double treat tonight when the men and women play a doubleheader at Murphy Center.

At the beginning of last season, the Blue Raiders were picked as the team to beat in the Sun Belt Conference.