Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

61–63Final · Jan 15, 2009

MTSU 61 WKU 63 Final

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MTSU11-6	24	37	61
WKU11-6	32	31	63

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The scoring timeline.

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Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Nigel Johnson.
2–0
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
2–1
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
2–2
A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steffphon Pettigrew.
2–5
Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
5–5
Kevin Kanaskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green.
8–5
Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper.
8–7
Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper.
8–9
A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper.
8–11
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
8–12
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Two Point Layup.
8–14
Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper.
10–14
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper.
10–17
Nigel Johnson made Two Point Jumper.
12–17
Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper.
14–17
Demetrius Green made Two Point Jumper.
16–17
Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup.
18–17
Desmond Yates made Free Throw.
19–17
Sergio Kerusch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Slaughter.
19–20
Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup.
21–20
Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw.
21–21
Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw.
21–22
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally.
21–25
Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
24–25
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally.
24–28
A.J. Slaughter made Free Throw.
24–29
Anthony Sally made Three Point Jumper.
24–32
A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steffphon Pettigrew.
24–35
Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Nigel Johnson.
26–35
Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Layup.
28–35
Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Kevin Kanaskie.
30–35
A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Layup.
30–37
Montarrio Haddock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green.
33–37
Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup.
35–37
Kevin Kanaskie made Two Point Jumper.
37–37
Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw.
38–37
Anthony Sally made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez.
38–39
Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
41–39
Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw.
41–40
Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw.
41–41
Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Nigel Johnson.
43–41
Demetrius Green made Free Throw.
44–41
Demetrius Green made Free Throw.
45–41
Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw.
46–41
Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw.
47–41
Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Anthony Sally.
47–43
A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper.
47–45
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Two Point Layup.
47–47
Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by A.J. Slaughter.
47–49
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Free Throw.
47–50
Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez.
47–52
Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper.
49–52
Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Jumper.
51–52
Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper.
51–54
Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Layup.
53–54
A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally.
53–57
Kevin Kanaskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green.
56–57
Steffphon Pettigrew made Free Throw.
56–58
Steffphon Pettigrew made Free Throw.
56–59
Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Kanaskie.
58–59
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
58–60
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
58–61
Desmond Yates made Free Throw.
59–61
Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper.
61–61
Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Jumper.
61–63

Play-by-play

P1 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Desmond Yates Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P1 Steffphon Pettigrew Turnover.
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Steffphon Pettigrew Defensive Rebound.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nigel Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Nigel Johnson. 2–0
P1 Foul on Kevin Kanaskie
P1 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 2–1
P1 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 2–2
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Calvin O'Neil Offensive Rebound.
P1 Calvin O'Neil missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Dejan Cvoro Block.
P1 Middle Tennessee Sta Offensive R.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dejan Cvoro Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dejan Cvoro missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Nigel Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sergio Kerusch missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie Turnover.
P1 A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steffphon Pettigrew. 2–5
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper. 5–5
P1 Demetrius Green missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Middle Tennessee Sta Offensive R.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green. 8–5
P1 Foul on Montarrio Haddock
P1 D.J. Magley Turnover.
P1 Calvin O'Neil Turnover.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Steal.
P1 Anthony Sally Turnover.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie Steal.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Demetrius Green Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Montarrio Haddock
P1 Montarrio Haddock Turnover.
P1 Foul on Steffphon Pettigrew
P1 Steffphon Pettigrew Turnover.
P1 Demetrius Green missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Calvin O'Neil Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nigel Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Sally missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Offensive Rebound.
P1 Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper. 8–7
P1 Foul on Steffphon Pettigrew
P1 Desmond Yates missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Turnover.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper. 8–9
P1 Eric Allen missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Japeth Aguilar Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper. 8–11
P1 Foul on Desmond Yates
P1 Desmond Yates Turnover.
P1 Foul on Calvin O'Neil
P1 Jeremy Evans missed Free Throw.
P1 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 8–12
P1 Nigel Johnson Turnover.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Steal.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Two Point Layup. 8–14
P1 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Matt Maresca Defensive Rebound.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Turnover.
P1 Demetrius Green Steal.
P1 Foul on Matt Maresca
P1 Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper. 10–14
P1 Foul on Demetrius Green
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. 10–17
P1 Nigel Johnson made Two Point Jumper. 12–17
P1 Foul on D.J. Magley
P1 D.J. Magley Turnover.
P1 Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper. 14–17
P1 Dejan Cvoro missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Nigel Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetrius Green made Two Point Jumper. 16–17
P1 Foul on D.J. Magley
P1 Demetrius Green missed Free Throw.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Slaughter missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Demetrius Green Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie Turnover.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Steal.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Desmond Yates Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup. 18–17
P1 Foul on Japeth Aguilar
P1 Western Kentucky 30 Second Timeout.
P1 Desmond Yates made Free Throw. 19–17
P1 Sergio Kerusch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Slaughter. 19–20
P1 Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup. 21–20
P1 Foul on Josh Jones
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw. 21–21
P1 Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw. 21–22
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetrius Green missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally. 21–25
P1 Middle Tennessee Sta 30 Second Timeout.
P1 Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper. 24–25
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally. 24–28
P1 Nigel Johnson missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 A.J. Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kevin Kanaskie
P1 A.J. Slaughter made Free Throw. 24–29
P1 A.J. Slaughter missed Free Throw.
P1 Kevin Kanaskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Sally Turnover.
P1 Demetrius Green Steal.
P1 Nigel Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Anthony Sally Defensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Sally made Three Point Jumper. 24–32
P2 Foul on Montarrio Haddock
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steffphon Pettigrew. 24–35
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta Offensive R.
P2 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Montarrio Haddock Offensive Rebound.
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta Offensive R.
P2 Desmond Yates made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Nigel Johnson. 26–35
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Desmond Yates Defensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Yates Turnover.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Steal.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Desmond Yates Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie Turnover.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Steal.
P2 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P2 Jeremy Evans Turnover.
P2 Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Layup. 28–35
P2 A.J. Slaughter missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew Offensive Rebound.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Kevin Kanaskie. 30–35
P2 Western Kentucky 30 Second Timeout.
P2 Dejan Cvoro missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Nigel Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Montarrio Haddock Turnover.
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Layup. 30–37
P2 Montarrio Haddock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green. 33–37
P2 Foul on Kevin Kanaskie
P2 Sergio Kerusch missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Demetrius Green Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie Turnover.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Demetrius Green Defensive Rebound.
P2 Demetrius Green made Two Point Layup. 35–37
P2 Foul on Desmond Yates
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Foul on Steffphon Pettigrew
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew Turnover.
P2 Montarrio Haddock Turnover.
P2 A.J. Slaughter missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Demetrius Green Defensive Rebound.
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew Block.
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta Offensive R.
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Montarrio Haddock
P2 D.J. Magley Turnover.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie Steal.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie made Two Point Jumper. 37–37
P2 Foul on D.J. Magley
P2 Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw. 38–37
P2 A.J. Slaughter missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Offensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Sally made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez. 38–39
P2 Nigel Johnson made Three Point Jumper. 41–39
P2 Foul on Demetrius Green
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sergio Kerusch Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nigel Johnson
P2 Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw. 41–40
P2 Sergio Kerusch made Free Throw. 41–41
P2 Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Nigel Johnson. 43–41
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Turnover.
P2 Foul on Matt Maresca
P2 Team Technical Foul
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Demetrius Green made Free Throw. 44–41
P2 Demetrius Green made Free Throw. 45–41
P2 Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw. 46–41
P2 Kevin Kanaskie made Free Throw. 47–41
P2 Matt Maresca Turnover.
P2 Desmond Yates missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Anthony Sally Defensive Rebound.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Anthony Sally. 47–43
P2 Kevin Kanaskie Turnover.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Calvin O'Neil Defensive Rebound.
P2 Calvin O'Neil missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Jeremy Evans Block.
P2 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper. 47–45
P2 Foul on Nigel Johnson
P2 Nigel Johnson Turnover.
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta 30 Second Timeout.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Two Point Layup. 47–47
P2 Calvin O'Neil missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Jeremy Evans Block.
P2 A.J. Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by A.J. Slaughter. 47–49
P2 Team Technical Foul
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Free Throw.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Free Throw. 47–50
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Sergio Kerusch Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez. 47–52
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta 30 Second Timeout.
P2 Desmond Yates made Two Point Jumper. 49–52
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Offensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Sally Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Demetrius Green missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Montarrio Haddock Offensive Rebound.
P2 Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Jumper. 51–52
P2 Sergio Kerusch made Two Point Jumper. 51–54
P2 Foul on Sergio Kerusch
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Free Throw.
P2 Montarrio Haddock missed Free Throw.
P2 A.J. Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Montarrio Haddock Defensive Rebound.
P2 Montarrio Haddock made Two Point Layup. 53–54
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Sally. 53–57
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta 30 Second Timeout.
P2 Kevin Kanaskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Green. 56–57
P2 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Montarrio Haddock
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew made Free Throw. 56–58
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew made Free Throw. 56–59
P2 Kevin Kanaskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Demetrius Green Offensive Rebound.
P2 Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Kanaskie. 58–59
P2 Western Kentucky 30 Second Timeout.
P2 A.J. Slaughter Turnover.
P2 Nigel Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Sally missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Desmond Yates
P2 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 58–60
P2 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 58–61
P2 Foul on Steffphon Pettigrew
P2 Desmond Yates made Free Throw. 59–61
P2 Desmond Yates missed Free Throw.
P2 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Slaughter Turnover.
P2 Middle Tennessee Sta Full Timeout.
P2 Calvin O'Neil made Two Point Jumper. 61–61
P2 Western Kentucky 30 Second Timeout.
P2 A.J. Slaughter missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew Offensive Rebound.
P2 Steffphon Pettigrew made Two Point Jumper. 61–63
P2 Demetrius Green missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebou.
P2 End Game

Box score

MTSU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Desmond YatesF	37	14	6-15	0-1	2-3	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	3
Demetrius GreenG	38	10	4-9	0-2	2-3	6	3	0	2	0	1	5	2
Calvin O'NeilG	30	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
Nigel JohnsonG	40	11	4-8	3-6	0-0	4	4	2	0	0	0	4	2
Kevin KanaskieG	37	11	3-7	2-6	3-3	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	3
Montarrio HaddockG-F	13	9	4-9	1-1	0-2	3	0	3	0	0	2	1	5
Eric AllenG-F	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh JonesF-C	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
DeMario WilliamsG	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K.C. AnunaF
Donaries HairF
Theryn HudsonC
Lindal YarbroughG
Antwaun BoydG
John HopsonG
Darren AveryG

WKU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jeremy EvansF	22	5	0-3	0-0	5-6	10	0	1	0	2	4	6	3
Steffphon PettigrewF	22	8	3-10	0-3	2-2	4	2	3	0	1	3	1	4
Dejan CvoroG	13	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
A.J. SlaughterG	38	16	6-11	3-6	1-2	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	0
Orlando Mendez-ValdezG	38	14	5-11	3-7	1-2	2	2	2	3	0	2	0	0
Sergio KeruschF	23	15	5-7	1-1	4-4	10	0	1	2	0	2	8	1
Matt MarescaF	8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
D.J. MagleyF-C	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Japeth AguilarC	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anthony SallyG	24	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	4	3	0	0	0	2	0
Mike WalkerF
Uros KomadinicG-F

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