By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Before the season, the Conference USA coaches picked Middle Tennessee as the worst team in the league. On Saturday, Josh Jefferson and the Blue Raiders clinched the top seed out of the East Division by beating Western Kentucky 69-52 at the Murphy Center. The win was the Blue Raiders’ […]

By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Josh Jefferson struggled from the field Thursday but it didn’t stop his Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders from winning their seventh straight game, 74-65 over visiting Marshall at Murphy Center. Jefferson, a senior from New Albany, scored in double figures for the 10th straight time despite going 2 for 12 […]

By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Josh Jefferson and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders won their sixth straight game and moved 2 1/2 games ahead of second-place Western Kentucky in Conference USA’s East Division with a 77-59 blowout win over UTEP on Monday at the Murphy Center. Jefferson, a senior guard, who has twice set […]

By GREG MENGELT BOCA RATON, Fla. — Josh Jefferson continued his hot shooting and helped lead Middle Tennessee to an 87-79 win at Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Jefferson, who’s the Blue Raiders leading scorer at 14.6 points per game, went 7 for 11 from the field and finished with a game-high 26 points. He made […]

By GREG MENGELT MIAMI, Fla. — Three days ahead of its showdown with Florida Atlantic for first place in the Conference USA East Division, Josh Jefferson and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders took care of business with a 71-65 victory over Florida International at Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Thursday. On the heels of a […]

By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Josh Jefferson scored a career-high 30 points and Middle Tennessee earned a 78-63 Conference USA victory over Charlotte on Sunday at the Murphy Center. Jefferson, who helped lead New Albany to the 2016 state championship and came into the contest as the Blue Raiders leading scorer at 14 points […]