JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Brandon Peterson had 15 points and nine rebounds as Arkansas State defeated Middle Tennessee 66-60 in overtime Thursday night.
Marcus Hooten added 14 points for the Red Wolves (9-5, 3-2 Sun Belt), including five straight in overtime that put them ahead for good.
Marcus Knight led Middle Tennessee (11-4, 3-1) with 23 points and nine rebounds. Tweety Knight added 12 points, including a 3-pointer with 1 second left in regulation that sent the game into overtime tied at 52-52.
After the Blue Raiders scored the first two points in the extra period, Hooten hit a 3-pointer and a layup to put Arkansas State ahead 57-54, and Peterson followed with a steal and a dunk to make it a five-point game with 2:45 remaining. Peterson added another dunk with 27 seconds left and the Red Wolves hit 5 of 8 free throws in the final two minutes to secure the win.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Middle Tennessee (11-4) | 25 | 27 | 8 | 60 |
| Arkansas State (9-5) « | 26 | 26 | 14 | 66 |
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| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hammonds, F | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Jones, F | 27 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| J. Sulton, F | 18 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| M. Knight, G | 37 | 9-23 | 4-7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| B. Massey, G | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Knight | 34 | 3-6 | 5-7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| R. Cintron | 26 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| N. Hunter | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Rozier | 18 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Gallman | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-59 | 19-27 | 42 | 8 | 28 | 60 | |
| 32.2% | 70.4% | ||||||
| Arkansas State Red Wolves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Peterson, F | 43 | 5-9 | 5-7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| E. Townsel, G | 32 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| T. Finn, G | 28 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| R. Dickerson, G | 25 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Worsham, G | 16 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hooten | 27 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| C. Golden | 19 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Washington | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Downs | 17 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 21-54 | 21-36 | 43 | 9 | 22 | 66 | |
| 38.9% | 58.3% | ||||||
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