TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Lamont Middleton scored 18 points with seven rebounds as North Carolina A&T routed Florida A&M 68-40 Monday night to win its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game of the season.
The Aggies (8-10, 1-2) made 7 of 19 3-point attempts, with Middleton going 3 of 4 from long range, and shot 48 percent (24 of 50) from the field.
The 40 points marked the Rattlers' lowest output since losing to Alabama 76-37 on Nov. 12, 2010. Florida A&M shot only 22.8 percent from the field 13 of 57), 1 of 16 from beyond the arc, and 13 of 29 from the free-throw line.
North Carolina A&T led 23-13 at halftime.
Adrian Powell added 14 points, including 8 of 9 free throws, and Jean Louisme had eight rebounds as the Aggies dominated the glass 46-34.
Muhammad Abdul Aleem scored nine points to lead Florida A&M (4-13, 1-2), which has lost seven straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Carolina A&T (8-10) « | 23 | 45 | 68 |
| Florida A&M (4-13) | 13 | 27 | 40 |
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| North Carolina A&T Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Powell, F | 27 | 3-8 | 8-9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Beckford, F | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Middleton, G | 28 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| A. Witter, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Louisme, G | 17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Buck | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Siverand | 19 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Underwood | 18 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Stewart | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Upchurch | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| K. King | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Abdullah | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Behohn-Tolly | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Butler | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 13-18 | 46 | 13 | 22 | 68 | |
| 48% | 72.2% | ||||||
| Florida A&M Rattlers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bradshaw, F | 25 | 1-10 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Teal, F | 18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| T. Kellum, F | 15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| R. Lewis, G | 31 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Adams, G | 25 | 2-14 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Abdul-Aleem | 26 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Davis | 24 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Bullard | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| O. Odi | 16 | 0-1 | 2-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Badejo | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Fabiyi | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bush | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-57 | 13-29 | 34 | 6 | 16 | 40 | |
| 22.8% | 44.8% | ||||||
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