MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Marcos Knight notched 12 points as Middle Tennessee remained perfect in Sun Belt Conference action with a 75-57 win over North Texas Monday night.
Raymond Cintron added 11 points for the Blue Raiders (11-3, 3-0), who got points from 10 different players and shot 50 percent (31 of 62) from the field.
Middle Tennessee is now 8-0 at home this year and has won 19 straight at Murphy Center.
Tony Mitchell scored 13 points with 11 rebounds for his 14th career double-double for North Texas (5-9, 0-3).
The loss was the second straight for the Mean Green, who fall to 0-5 on the road.
Middle Tennessee jumped to a 21-6 lead over the first 12 minutes and cruised to a 37-24 halftime advantage. Mitchell scored four points on a 7-0 North Texas run to open the second half, but the Blue Raiders quickly rebuilt the lead and maintained it.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Texas (5-9) | 24 | 33 | 57 |
| Middle Tennessee (11-3) « | 37 | 38 | 75 |
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| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 32 | 4-12 | 4-5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| R. Franklin, F | 22 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Holmen, F | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Williams, G | 40 | 5-14 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Williams, G | 35 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 18 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| P. Hardwick | 17 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Overlander | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Patton | 8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Coleman | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-56 | 15-19 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 57 | |
| 33.9% | 78.9% | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Jones, F | 29 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| K. Hammonds, F | 22 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Sulton, F | 21 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Massey, G | 25 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Knight, G | 22 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cintron | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| N. Hunter | 14 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Knight | 13 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Rozier | 12 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Gallman | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Gibson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Gibson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-61 | 8-16 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 75 | |
| 50.8% | 50% | ||||||
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