MT responds with double-digit win over FIU

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee responded in a big way Saturday after a tough conference-opening loss to FIU Friday.

Despite only having nine active players for the second day in a row and playing for only the second time in 24 days, the Blue Raiders (3-5, 1-1) got out to a double-digit lead over the Panthers (8-4, 2-2) early and cruised to a 67-56 victory.

"It was a great team win," MT head coach Nick McDevitt said. "I thought we showed a little bit of maturity after yesterday's game, but also … they just haven't dropped their heads and their effort hasn't wavered over the last about 10 days as we've been in and out of quarantines and struggling to find enough bodies to even do small…