BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Ramon Cintron scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures as Middle Tennessee State beat Florida Atlantic 73-56 in a Sun Belt Conference game on Saturday night.
Marcos Knight had 13 points, and Bruce Massey and JT Sulton added 12 apiece for the Blue Raiders (20-4, 12-1), who have won nine in a row and 13 of their past 14.
Stephon Moody had 17 points and Greg Gantt 13 for the Owls (11-13, 6-7), who had won four of their past five at home.
Middle Tennessee State shot 55.3 percent from the field (26 of 47) to Florida Atlantic's 40.8 (20 of 49).
From a 45-41 advantage with 12:10 left in the game, the Blue Raiders pushed ahead 54-43 with 7:13 to go on two free throws by Knight, and the Owls never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Middle Tennessee (20-4) « | 31 | 42 | 73 |
| Florida Atlantic (11-13) | 25 | 31 | 56 |
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| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hammonds, F | 28 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Sulton, F | 26 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| S. Jones, F | 24 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Knight, G | 33 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| B. Massey, G | 22 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cintron | 24 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| T. Knight | 22 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| N. Hunter | 16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Gallman | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-47 | 15-19 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 73 | |
| 55.3% | 78.9% | ||||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Penn, F | 24 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| G. Gantt, G | 40 | 5-16 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| S. Moody, G | 34 | 6-12 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| R. Morrow, G | 30 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| P. Bertone, G | 18 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Trapp | 28 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| J. McCoy | 18 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Sekelja | 8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 20-49 | 11-17 | 28 | 10 | 19 | 56 | |
| 40.8% | 64.7% | ||||||
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