MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee's men's basketball scored the first bucket of the night 16 seconds into the game on a Jacob Johnson layup and never looked back on Wednesday night in the Murphy Center, never trailing visiting Jacksonville State in a 75-67 win in Conference USA play.
A pair of 10-0 runs bookended the first half for MTSU (7-13, 1-4 CUSA), who held a 35-23 at the break. The Blue Raiders were buoyed by a 6-for-10 half beyond the arc, led by Jestin Porter (2-for-2) and Elias King (4-for-5), while holding Jax State (10-10, 2-3 CUSA) to just nine field goals in the first half (9-for-27, 33.