MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Middle Tennessee' Raymond Cintron scored 13 points to lead four players with double figures in an 84-64 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Wednesday.
Shawn Jones had 12 points, and Marcos Knight and Jason Jones 10 each for the Blue Raiders (6-2) and in a testament to their depth, Neiko Hunter and Kerry Hammonds had nine apiece.
Jordan Swing had 13 points to lead the Blazers (4-5), and Fahro Alihodzic and Preston Purifoy scored 10 each.
The Blazers stayed close for much of the first half, trailing 34-27 with 5 minutes left. The Blue Raiders outscored the Blazers 9-2 the rest of the way to make it 43-29 at the break.
Hunter's jumper 3:03 into the second half boosted the Blue Raiders' lead to 51-33 to put the game out of reach.
The Blue Raiders shot 28 of 55 from the field to the Blazers' 19 of 51.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| UAB (4-5) | 29 | 35 | 64 |
| Middle Tennessee (6-2) « | 43 | 41 | 84 |
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| UAB Blazers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swing, F | 31 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| R. Rucker, F | 19 | 1-2 | 5-13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| F. Alihodzic, C | 15 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Jones, G | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Williams, G | 16 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Purifoy | 27 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Q. Taylor | 24 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| I. Jones | 20 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Scotland-Williamson | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| J. Tyler | 15 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| K. Moton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 20-33 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 64 | |
| 37.3% | 60.6% | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Jones, F | 24 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Jones, F | 19 | 2-4 | 6-8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Knight, G | 28 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Massey, G | 25 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| R. Cintron, G | 24 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hammonds | 17 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| N. Hunter | 16 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Knight | 15 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Rozier | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Gallman | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Sulton | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| G. Gibson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Z. Gibson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-55 | 24-33 | 33 | 13 | 21 | 84 | |
| 50.9% | 72.7% | ||||||
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