Men's College Basketball
BOXSCORE
Middle Tennessee St. 71, Florida International 66
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 4, 2018
Where: Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU), Miami, Florida
Officials: # James Luckie, # Ray Natili, # Olandis Poole
Attendance: 468
Where: Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU), Miami, Florida
Officials: # James Luckie, # Ray Natili, # Olandis Poole
Attendance: 468
Final Scoring Summary
| FinalOT | 1 | 2 | X | T |
| Middle Tennessee St. | 22 | 36 | 13 | 71 |
| Florida International | 26 | 32 | 8 | 66 |
Middle Tennessee St. Blue Raiders
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nick King | 42:00 | 5-16 | 0-1 | 7-11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Karl Gamble | 13:00 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Simpson | 26:00 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Giddy Potts | 43:00 | 9-15 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Tyrik Dixon | 31:00 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Walters | 31:00 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| James Hawthorne | 3:00 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Simmons | 28:00 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Therren Shelton-Szmidt | 3:00 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Sims | 2:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwain Johnson | 3:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 225 | 26-63 | 4-14 | 15-24 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 71 |
| 41.3% | 28.6% | 62.5% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 13 | |||||||||
Florida International Golden Panthers
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Hassan Hussein | 17:00 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Elhadji Dieng | 20:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Trejon Jacob | 42:00 | 6-15 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Brian Beard Jr. | 43:00 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 6-12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Eric Lockett | 43:00 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Michael Douglas | 28:00 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Ronald Whitaker | 6:00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jay Harvey | 22:00 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Osasumwen Osaghae | 2:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cordell Veira | 2:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 225 | 25-56 | 3-12 | 13-25 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 66 |
| 44.6% | 25.0% | 52.0% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 17 | |||||||||