Middle Tennessee beats Evansville 73-68

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders beat Evansville Purple Aces 73-68 on Tuesday at Murphy Center.

The first half made the difference: Middle Tennessee outscored Evansville 27-20.

Middle Tennessee shot 51% to 35% and lost the boards 36-35.

For Middle Tennessee, Quintero Barnett (G): 18. For Evansville, Bryce Quinet (G): 19.

Middle Tennessee improves to 2-1. Evansville falls to 2-1.

Attendance: 2,112.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.