Middle Tennessee Women’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 5, 2023 · CSM Staff
Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders
Conference USA (28-4, 18-2)
Big Wins: 12/4 Louisville (67-49), 12/10 at Memphis (69-53)
Bad Losses: 11/7 at Mercer (75-76), 2/4 at UTSA (53-58)
Coach: Rick Insell
Probable Starters:
Courtney Whitson, Junior, Forward, 10.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Anastasiia Boldyreva, Sophomore, Center, 7.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Jalynn Gregory, Sophomore, Guard, 13.7 ppg, 2.2 apg, 4.2 rpg
Savannah Wheeler, Junior, Guard, 15.1 ppg, 3.1 apg
Alexis Whittington, Senior, Guard, 6.0 ppg, 1.9 apg, 4.0 rpg
Key Role Players:
Kseniya Malashka, Senior, Forward, 15.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.7 bpg
Courtney Blakely, Sophomore, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 2.6 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.5 (45th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.7 (21, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.5 (68, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.4 (24, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.8 (46, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.0 (134, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 78.4 (13, 1)
Rebound Margin: 3.1 (100, 5)
Assists Per Game: 13.1 (165, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.8 (6, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2022 | NIT | First Round win over Wofford |
| 2022 | NIT | Second Round win over Wake Forest |
| 2022 | NIT | Third Round win over Vanderbilt |
| 2022 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Toledo |
| 2022 | NIT | Semifinal loss to Seton Hall |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Tennessee |
| 2019 | NIT | First Round win over IUPUI |
| 2019 | NIT | Second Round loss to Ohio |
| 2018 | NIT | First Round loss to Ball State |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Florida State |
| 2015 | NIT | First Round win over Ball State |
| 2015 | NIT | Second Round win over Arkansas State |
| 2015 | NIT | Third Round win over Mississippi |
| 2015 | NIT | Quarterfinal loss to Temple |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Oregon State |
| 2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Louisville |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Vanderbilt |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss Georgia |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Mississippi State |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Michigan State |
| 2008 | NIT | First Round win over Western Carolina |
| 2008 | NIT | Second Round loss to Kentucky |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Gonzaga |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Marist |
*all team stats through 3/2
