MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Marcos Knight scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half as Middle Tennessee reeled off 26 straight points to defeat Florida Atlantic 62-52 Thursday night in Sun Belt Conference action.
The Blue Raiders (13-4, 5-1), who have won six of their last seven, are 9-0 at home this season.
Middle Tennessee trailed 24-19 at the 7:26 mark when Bruce Massey's layup sparked a 16-0 run to close the first half.
Coming out of the break, Raymond Cintron's 3-pointer capped a 10-0 run that gave the Blue Raiders a 21-point lead with 16:38 remaining.
The Owls (8-9, 3-3) could get no closer than eight as they saw their two-game winning streak end.
Neiko Hunter added 12 points and Massey 10 for Middle Tennessee, which shot 50 percent (24 of 48) despite making only 2 of 13 3-pointers.
Greg Gantt's 23 points led Florida Atlantic and Stefan Moody had 18.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Atlantic (8-9) | 24 | 28 | 52 |
| Middle Tennessee (13-4) « | 35 | 27 | 62 |
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| Florida Atlantic Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Penn, F | 33 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. McCoy, F | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| G. Gantt, G | 40 | 8-15 | 6-9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| S. Moody, G | 34 | 6-14 | 5-5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| P. Bertone, G | 24 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Baker | 13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Bryant | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Mattison | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Trapp | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Sekelja | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lacunza | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-42 | 14-20 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 52 | |
| 40.5% | 70% | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Hunter, F | 26 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| K. Hammonds, F | 24 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Jones, F | 18 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Massey, G | 25 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Knight, G | 22 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cintron | 24 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Knight | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Sulton | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Walker | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Gallman | 10 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Jones | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Rozier | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-48 | 12-19 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 62 | |
| 50% | 63.2% | ||||||
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