Tennessee (3-0) will host Middle Tennessee State (1-1) on Thursday.

Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Blue Raiders is slated for 6:30 p.m. EST at Food City Center. The game can be watched on SEC Network+.

Thursday will mark the 26th meeting between the two in-state schools. The Lady Vols have a 24-1 record in previous games during the all-time series, dating to 1971. Tennessee is 13-0 in games played in Knoxville.

The schools last played on Nov. 20, 2025. Tennessee won, 85-41, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Tennessee first played the Blue Raiders on Jan. 15, 1971.

The Lady Vols' only loss in the all-time series was on Dec. 6, 2023. Middle Tennessee State won, 73-62, in a neutral-site game in Huntsville, Alabama.

Tennessee's all-time results versus MTSU basketball

1971: Tennessee defeated MTSU

1972: Tennessee 55, MTSU 45

1972: Tennessee 47, MTSU 39

1973: Tennessee 43, MTSU 42

1973: Tennessee 58, MTSU 43

1974: Tennessee 77, MTSU 33

1974-75: Tennessee 69, MTSU 32

1975-76: Tennessee 73, MTSU 70

1976-77: Tennessee 87, MTSU 66

1977-78: Tennessee 87, MTSU 79

1978-79: Tennessee 87, MTSU 63

1979-80: Tennessee 63, MTSU 48

1980-81: Tennessee 66, MTSU 47

1983-84: Tennessee 70, MTSU 52

2006-07 Tennessee 88, MTSU 64

2007-08: Tennessee 84, MTSU 61

2008-09: Tennessee 81, MTSU2

2009-10: Tennessee 69, MTSU 52

2011-12: Tennessee 82, MTSU 43

2012-13 Tennessee 88, MTSU 81 (OT)

2013-14: Tennessee 67, MTSU 57

2020-21: Tennessee 87, MTSU 62

2023-24: MTSU 73, Tennessee 62

2024-25: Tennessee 89, MYTSU 75

2025-26: Tennessee 85, MTSU 41

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