Kennesaw State takes on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders after Simeon Cottle scored 28 points in the Owls' 83-71 victory against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.

Steals: 8 (Cottle 3, Heard, Lue, Miller, Weir, Wooley). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .517, FT .636. 3-Point Goals: 10-23, .435 (Green 3-3, Porter 3-7, Bufford 2-3, Alston 1-1, Counter 1-7, Weston 0-2).

BOTTOM LINE: Kennesaw State plays Middle Tennessee after Simeon Cottle scored 28 points in Kennesaw State’s 83-71 victory against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The Blue Raiders are 5-1 in home games. Middle Tennessee scores 78.0 points and has outscored opponents by 6.9 points per game.

Jestin Porter had 27 points in Middle Tennessee's 84-79 victory against Kennesaw State on Thursday night. Porter shot 9 of 15 from the field, including 3 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line for the Blue Raiders (11-5,