POSTSEASON National Invitational Tournament
tennessee Middle tennessee
March 18, 1988 - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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National Invitational Tournament
Georgia middle tennessee
March 22, 1988 - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
59 69
UT fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 31 Nix * 9-20 0-0 3-4 12 3 21 1 1 2 0 40 33 Griffin * 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 29 50 Roth * 5-11 2-5 2-2 12 4 14 0 1 0 0 18 11 Swearengen * 8-1`1 0-0 2-4 3 5 18 7 4 0 1 31 14 Hausley * 4-14 1-4 1-2 0 5 10 2 3 0 1 38 20 Richardson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 Henry 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 13 34 Reese 0-1 0-0 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 51 Lockhart 5-11 0-0 0-0 6 5 10 1 0 0 0 18 TEAM 3 Totals 33-74 5-15 9-15 40 27 80 16 11 2 3 200 FG 1st (15-31) 48.4 2nd (18-43) 41.9 Game (44.6) 3-Pt. FG 1st (0-1) .000 2nd (5-14) 35.7 Game (33.3) FT 1st (5-8) 62.5 2nd (4-7) 57.1 Game (60.0)
UGA fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 21 Mack * 4-10 0-2 4-4 3 4 12 0 2 0 1 30 22 Cole * 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 4 2 2 0 0 33 33 Kessler * 7-14 0-0 2-3 9 2 16 1 0 0 0 30 14 Hamilton * 2-6 -01 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 38 40 Anderson * 7-13 0-1 4-4 2 5 18 0 1 2 1 22 10 Blakley 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 Patton 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 26 23 Harron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 35 Austin 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 TEAM 1 Totals 24-59 1-8 10-11 24 18 59 10 7 2 4 200 FG 1st (14-28) 50.0 2nd (10-29) 34.5 Game (40.7) 3-Pt. FG 1st (1-1) 1.000 2nd (0-7) .000 Game (12.5) FT 1st (4-5) 80.0 2nd (6-6) 1.000 Game (90.9)
MT fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 00 Baynham * 2-7 0-0 4-4 4 5 8 2 3 0 1 39 4 Gregory * 4-10 0-0 2-2 6 0 10 1 2 0 0 29 50 Henry * 7-11 0-0 4-5 9 2 19 2 2 0 1 26 11 C. Rainey * 6-10 3-4 5-6 5 1 20 6 0 0 2 29 14 Harris * 4-9 0-1 9-11 1 2 17 2 2 0 3 31 3 Snell 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 21 Ingram 0-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 25 D. Rainey 5-8 0-0 2-3 9 4 12 0 3 0 0 19 32 Rogers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 3 Totals 28-59 3-5 26-31 41 16 85 14 13 1 7 200 FG 1st (15-33) 45.5 2nd (13-26) 50.0 Game (47.5) 3-Pt. FG 1st (3-5) 60.0 2nd (0-0) .000 Game (60.0) FT 1st (9-10) 90.0 2nd (17-21) 81.0 Game (83.9) Officials: Arthur Willard, Terry Kuhl, Tom Grzywinski Technical fouls: None Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Tennessee 35 45 80 Middle Tennessee 42 43 85
MT fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 00 Baynham * 11-17 1-1 1-1 4 2 24 1 2 1 1 37 4 Gregory * 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 D. Rainey * 3-8 0-0 0-3 9 3 6 3 2 0 0 32 3 Snell * 3-5 2-2 2-2 5 1 10 5 0 0 0 30 14 Harris * 1-5 0-1 0-2 2 2 2 9 5 0 1 34 11 C. Rainey 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 8 21 Ingram 1-2 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 11 32 Rogers 1-4 0-1 2-2 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 11 50 Henry 8-15 0-0 2-2 12 3 18 0 1 1 0 35 TEAM 3 Totals 29-59 4-7 7-12 46 12 69 19 12 4 3 200 FG 1st 16-31 (51.6) 2nd (13-28) 46.4 Game (49.2) 3-Pt. FG 1st (1-3) 33.3 2nd (3-4) 75.0 Game (57.1) FT 1st (3-3) 1.000 2nd (4-9) 44.4 Game (58.3) Officials: Rusty Herring, David Hodge, Ralph Pickett Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Georgia 33 26 59 Middle Tennessee 36 33 69
Reveling in their role as hosts, the Blue Raiders got Tennessee down early and kept it there, never trailing in rapping out a solid win. Middle Tennessee led by 10 after just over 10 minutes of play. The Vols staged a late second-half rally to shave the lead to only two at 75-73 with 1:44 left, but some clutch free-throw shooting by Gerald Harris and Ty Baynham kept UT at bay. Chris Rainey led five Blue Raiders in double figures with 20 points. Randy Henry had 19, Harris 17, Dwayne Rainey added 12, and Leslie Gregory had 10. Dyron Nix had 21 and Clarence Swearengen had 18 for the Vols.
Hosting their second SEC foe in five days, the Blue Raiders had to struggle early before putting away Georgia’s Bulldogs. Middle Tennessee trailed by as many as eight points (25-17) in the first half before rallying for a 36-33 halftime lead behind 13 points from Ty Baynham and 10 from Randy Henry. Middle Tennessee hit 49 percent from the floor against 41 for Georgia and had a solid 46-24 lead in rebounds. Baynham was the Raiders’ top scorer with 24 points, followed by 18 from Henry and 10 by Phil Snell. Willie Anderson had 18 and Alec Kessler added 16 for Georgia.
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National Invitational Tournament
Boston college Middle tennessee
March 16, 1988 - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
78 69
BC fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 24 S. Benton * 4-11 0-2 9-13 17 0 17 6 0 0 0 38 34 Francis * 3-8 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 1 1 0 0 14 44 Scott * 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 19 3 Barros * 9-17 4-8 2-4 2 1 24 5 2 0 1 40 11 J. Benton * 3-8 2-4 2-2 4 1 10 4 2 0 0 37 15 Bishop 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 Moran 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 31 Beasley 2-4 0-0 3-4 2 3 7 0 2 0 0 14 32 Corcoran 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 Able 3-4 0-0 1-2 4 3 7 0 2 0 0 14 40 Pruitt 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 50 Foley 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 TEAM 4 Totals 27-61 6-15 18-27 45 20 78 16 10 0 2 200 FG 1st (14-33) 42.4 2nd (13-28) 46.4 Game (44.3) 3-Pt. FG 1st (4-9) 44.4 2nd (2-6) 33.3 Game (40.0 FT 1st (7-11) 63.6 2nd (9-16) 56.3 Game (66.7) MT fg 3fg FT REB F tp a t b s min 00 Baynham * 6-17 0-1 0-3 7 4 12 2 2 1 0 39 50 Henry * 15-26 1-1 3-4 12 3 34 0 1 0 2 40 25 D. Rainey * 2-5 0-0 0-4 12 5 4 4 2 0 1 34 3 Snell * 4-8 0-2 0-0 5 3 8 1 0 0 0 16 14 Harris * 0-7 0-1 0-0 5 0 10 1 0 0 1 36 11 C. Rainey 3-11 3-10 2-2 2 2 11 1 0 0 1 30 21 Ingram 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 32 Rogers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 TEAM 3 Totals 30-74 4-15 5-13 47 22 69 18 7 3 5 200 FG 1st (14-34) 41.2 2nd (16-30) 53.3 Game (40.5) 3-Pt. FG 1st (1-4) 25.0 2nd (3-11) 27.3 Game (26.7) FT 1st (5-12) 41.7 2nd (0-1) .000 Game (38.5) Officials: Dan Hooker, Mike Jag, John Costabile Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Boston College 39 39 78 Middle Tennessee 34 35 69
The trail to New York City’s final two NIT rounds ended abruptly for the Blue Raiders, the result of a combination of a solid Boston College team and a knee injury to guard Chris Rainey. Rainey injured his knee against Tennessee and was limited to only 11 minutes of play in the win over Georgia. He gamely came back to play 30 minutes against BC, but was obviously not in his usual form, on either offense or defense. Randy Henry had one of his best games as a Blue Raider, racking up 34 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Baynham had 12 points and Chris Rainey added 11, as Middle Tennesseeended its season at 23-11.
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