Scores

Final

Howard 51

(1-10, 1-0 MEAC)

Mid Tennessee 69

(5-6, 5-1 home)

8:00 PM ET, December 22, 2009

Murphy Athletic Center, Murfreesboro, TN

1 2 T
HOW 14 3751
MTU 34 3569

Top Performers

Howard: M. Phillips 12 Pts, 8 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Blk

Middle Tennessee: D. Yates 13 Pts, 8 Reb, 1 Ast

Middle Tennessee 69, Howard 51

Associated Press

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- James Gallman scored 14 points and Desmond Yates got seven of his 13 points in the opening 5:23 as Middle Tennessee started quickly and coasted to a 69-51 victory over Howard on Tuesday night.

The Blue Raiders (5-6) jumped out to a 17-3 lead en route to a 34-14 halftime bulge, as the Bison (1-10) posted their second-lowest point total in a half this season.

Turnovers hurt Howard. The Blue Raiders parlayed 20 turnovers into 29 points. Howard got 14 points off 11 Middle Tennessee turnovers.

Howard never got closer than 16 points in the second half, even though Middle Tennessee went scoreless for nearly 6 minutes at one stretch. All but one of the 12 Blue Raiders who got into the game scored as Middle Tennessee had 36 bench points to Howard's 11.

Calvin Thompson scored 15 points to pace Howard, and Mike Phillips had 12.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
HOW
MTU
Points 51 69
FG Made-Attempted 20-42 (.476) 26-56 (.464)
3P Made-Attempted 3-10 (.300) 4-14 (.286)
FT Made-Attempted 8-21 (.381) 13-19 (.684)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 12 (0/0) 18 (1/0)
Largest Lead 0 33

Game Leaders

 
HOW
MTU
PointsC. Thompson 15J. Gallman 14
ReboundsM. Phillips 8D. Yates 8
AssistsM. Phillips 1C. O'Neil 4
StealsC. White 1C. O'Neil 3
BlocksC. White 1T. Ottley 2
Team Stats: Howard | Middle Tennessee

2009-10 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
» Dec 22, 2009 @MTU 69, HOW 51Recap

Next 5 Games

HOW
MTU
12/29 @SFA 8:00pm
12/30 @SMC 10:35pm
01/02 @GW 2:30pm
01/04 NAVY 7:00pm
01/09 MORG 4:00pm
 12/31 @UNO 5:00pm
01/02 ULL 8:00pm
01/04 @VAN 9:00pm
01/07 @ARST 8:05pm
01/09 @UALR 8:00pm
Complete Schedule: Howard | Middle Tennessee