Dominant second half sends Blue Raiders to CBI title game

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Every time Middle Tennessee came close to Abilene Christian in the first half, the Wildcats pulled away.

Facing an 11-point deficit at two different points in the opening period, however, the Blue Raiders kept battling. A 4-0 run to close the half led into a second-half explosion in an 85-69 Middle Tennessee win in the semifinal round of the 2022 Roman College Basketball Invitational.

"Everybody out there [for Abilene Christian] was doing what they like to do," McDevitt said of the first half. "The guys who like to deck it and drive it were doing that. The guys who like to catch it and shoot it were doing that, and that's the reason they had 46 [points] at halftime.…