MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee women's basketball faces a critical and challenging pair of games this week against Rice and North Texas.
In a rematch of the last two Conference USA Tournament championship games, the Lady Raiders (9-3, 1-1 in C-USA) renew their rivalry with Rice (5-3) Jan. 7 at 1 p.m.
Sunday features a matchup with the team that tied for third with MT in the C-USA preseason poll in North Texas (6-4) at 12:30 p.m.
Both games will be at the Murphy Center.
Last time out - Jan. 1 at UTEP (L, 55-56) RECAP
Middle Tennessee erased an 11-point third quarter deficit, but saw its comeback efforts fall short in its first conference loss of the season.