BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - T.J. Price scored 13 points and Western Kentucky snapped a five-game losing streak against Middle Tennessee with a 73-67 win on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Middle Tennessee led by three at halftime and game was tied 53-53 with 7:09 to play when the Hilltoppers went on an 11-0 run. Two free throws by Derrick Gordon with 4:43 remaining gave Western Kentucky a 64-53 lead.
The Blue Raiders cut the deficit to 69-67 with 22 seconds left before Western Kentucky got two free throws from Gordon and a basket by Khalil McDonald to seal it.
Teeng Akol added 12 points, Gordon had 11 and McDonald 10 for the Hilltoppers (11-18, 7-9 Sun Belt Conference), who have won two straight.
LaRon Dendy scored 18 points, Raymond Cintron added 15 and Marcos Knight had 13 for the Blue Raiders (25-5, 14-2), who saw a four-game winning streak end.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Middle Tennessee (25-5) | 33 | 34 | 67 |
| Western Kentucky (11-18) « | 30 | 43 | 73 |
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| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hammonds, F | 28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Sulton, F | 20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Dendy, C | 33 | 6-8 | 5-10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| B. Massey, G | 28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Knight, G | 25 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cintron | 22 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| J. Jones | 14 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| S. Jones | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Oden | 11 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Gallman | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Gibson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-50 | 9-18 | 29 | 16 | 25 | 67 | |
| 54% | 50% | ||||||
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Fant, F | 20 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Akol, C | 22 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Gordon, G | 33 | 1-6 | 9-10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Crook, G | 31 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| K. McDonald, G | 28 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Price | 29 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| O. Akamune | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| V. Zollo | 9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| N. Snipes | 8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Anyigbo | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 21-24 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 73 | |
| 44.2% | 87.5% | ||||||
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