MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Raymond Cintron led four players in double figures with 15 points and Middle Tennessee routed in-state foe Tennessee State 77-48 Tuesday.
Marcos Knight tallied 14 points and a team-high six rebounds while Neiko Hunter and Shawn Jones added 13 apiece. Cintron made 5 of 6 shots from 3-point range - including four in the first half - for Middle Tennessee, which has won three of its last four games
Cintron's first 3-pointer gave Middle Tennessee a 14-5 lead 4:52 into the first half. Tennessee State (5-7) cut what was a 17-point deficit to 15, 30-15, but Cintron hit 3s on three straight possessions to give Middle Tennessee a commanding 39-15 lead.
The Blue Raiders (8-3) shot 48.3 percent (28 of 58) and held a 37-34 rebounding edge.
Robert Covington led Tennessee State with 17 points and Patrick Miller had 12 but the Tigers got just three points off the bench.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tennessee State (5-7) | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| Middle Tennessee (8-3) « | 43 | 34 | 77 |
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| Tennessee State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Covington, F | 37 | 4-17 | 8-10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| K. Thornton, F | 29 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| M. Green, F | 23 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| P. Miller, G | 39 | 4-12 | 4-8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| T. Fredrick, G | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Dockery | 24 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Rhett | 20 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Gaither | 11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. McClung | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Harris | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Butcher | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-47 | 19-29 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 48 | |
| 29.8% | 65.5% | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Hunter, F | 24 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| J. Sulton, F | 16 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Knight, G | 23 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| R. Cintron, G | 20 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| B. Massey, G | 19 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hammonds | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Knight | 17 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Gallman | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Jones | 13 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Rozier | 13 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Jones | 9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Z. Gibson | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Gibson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Perkins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-58 | 15-20 | 37 | 20 | 23 | 77 | |
| 48.3% | 75% | ||||||
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