MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Shawn Jones and Marcus Knight scored 15 points each to pace Middle Tennessee to a 69-52 victory over Florida International Saturday night in Sun Belt Conference action.
It was the seventh straight victory for the Blue Raiders (10-3, 2-0) over FIU (4-7, 1-3).
Middle Tennessee scored the game's first eight points. The Blue Raiders led 28-21 at halftime, then outscored FIU 41-31 in the second half to win comfortably.
Jones also took 13 rebounds for a double-double, and Knight just missed one with nine rebounds. Raymond Cintron came off the Middle Tennessee bench to score 12 points on four 3-pointers.
For the Golden Panthers, Tymell Murphy scored 13 points. Jerome Frink and Malik Smith had 10 each.
Middle Tennessee outrebounded FIU 41-21, 15-3 on the offensive glass. The Blue Raiders shot 43.4 percent from the field (23 of 53) to FIU's 38.8 percent (19 for 49).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida International (4-7) | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| Middle Tennessee (10-3) « | 28 | 41 | 69 |
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| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Frink, F | 39 | 3-10 | 3-5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Murphy, F | 31 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Akomolafe, F | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| M. Smith, G | 34 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| G. Belardo, G | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ferrales | 22 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Hill | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez | 14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. De La Rosa | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 9-15 | 27 | 9 | 25 | 52 | |
| 38.8% | 60% | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Jones, F | 29 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Hammonds, F | 26 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Sulton, F | 15 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Knight, G | 28 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Massey, G | 22 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cintron | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| N. Hunter | 21 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Knight | 18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Gallman | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Rozier | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Gibson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 17-24 | 43 | 18 | 19 | 69 | |
| 43.4% | 70.8% | ||||||
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