MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee men's basketball closed out 2019 with a disappointing performance against Rhode Island, dropping the contest against one of the Atlantic 10's best by a final score of 89-62.
Sloppy offense against an aggressive Ram defense hindered the Blue Raiders early as eight turnovers in the first eight minutes gave URI 12 points off turnovers and a 21-10 lead at the under 12 media timeout.
Coming off a career-high 26 points last time out, C.J. Jones kept his team in it early, connecting on 3 of his first 4 shots from the field to tally eight of MT's first 14 points.