DENTON, Texas (AP) - Marcos Knight had 15 points and five assists and Middle Tennessee won its sixth straight game, defeating North Texas 72-64 Thursday night.
James Gallman added 13 points, JT Sulton had 11 and Neiko Hunter 10 for the Blue Raiders (17-4, 9-1 Sun Belt), who have won 10 of their last 11 games overall and are undefeated in 12 home games this season.
Jordan Williams led North Texas (8-13, 3-7) with 20 points. Roger Franklin added 14, Niko Stojiljkovic 12 and Tony Mitchell 10.
Middle Tennessee led 28-23 at halftime and stretched that advantage to as many as 15 points when Gallman hit a 3-pointer with 11:07 remaining.
The Blue Raiders shot 62 percent from the field in the second half, and 54 percent for the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Middle Tennessee (17-4) « | 28 | 44 | 72 |
| North Texas (8-13) | 23 | 41 | 64 |
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| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Sulton, F | 23 | 5-6 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| N. Hunter, F | 17 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Knight, G | 29 | 5-10 | 5-6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| B. Massey, G | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Hammonds, G | 23 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Jones | 28 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Gallman | 20 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| T. Knight | 15 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Jones | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Cintron | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-54 | 9-15 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 72 | |
| 53.7% | 60% | ||||||
| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 39 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| N. Stojiljkovic, F | 34 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| R. Franklin, F | 31 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 40 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Williams, G | 38 | 5-16 | 8-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Overlander | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Patton | 4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 22-49 | 15-21 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 64 | |
| 44.9% | 71.4% | ||||||
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