Sam Houston Bearkats (11-16, 4-10 CUSA) at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (17-9, 8-5 CUSA) Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Raiders -4.5; over/under is 147.5 BOTTOM LINE: Essam Mostafa and Middle Tennessee host Lamar Wilkerson and Sam Houston in CUSA action Saturday.

Tre Green scored 17 points off of the bench to lead the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over the Sam Houston Bearkats 74-70. Lamar Wilkerson scored 24 points for Sam Houston. The Blue Raiders improved to 18-9 with the victory and the Bearkats fell to 11-17.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) Lamar Wilkerson scored 25 points and Sam Houston held on to beat Kennesaw State 78-76 on Saturday.

Point Goals_Sam Houston St. 12-19 (Wilkerson 5-6, Hammons 2-3, Taylor 2-3, Huefner 2-5, Boykin 1-1, Burns 0-1), Middle Tennessee 10-23 (Green 5-9, Bufford 1-1, Loofe 1-2, Porter 1-3, Counter 1-4, Weston 1-4).

Middle Tennessee heads into a matchup with Sam Houston as winners of three games in a row on the road. Saturday's meeting is the first this season between the two teams.