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MIAMI – Middle Tennessee cut what had been a 13-point FIU lead to two with just under five minutes to play Saturday, but the host team finished strong in an 82-74 victory at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. FIU (11-11, 5-6 Conference USA) shot 50 percent from 3-point range in the second half to put the game away.
The Blue Raiders (13-9, 6-5 C-USA) scored 13 points off of nine second-half turnovers, and Elias King scored eight of his 11 points in the final two minutes to keep his squad in the game, but FIU fended off every MTSU run.