National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Middle Tennessee St. 68, Mississippi 56
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Where: DeSoto Civic Center, Southhaven, Mississippi
Officials: # Pat Evans, # Tom Eades, # Brian Shey
Attendance: 2342

Raymond Cintron tied a career high with 18 points to lead Middle Tennessee to a 68-56 victory over Ole Miss in a neutral-site game in Southaven, Miss., on Wednesday.

Cintron, who was 5-of-8 shooting including 4-of-7 on 3-pointers, scored seven points in the final 8:26 as Middle Tennessee (11-2) pulled away.

Center LaRon Dendy added 13 points, including 12 in the second half, and Marcus Knight added 11 points for the Blue Raiders.

JT Sulton's dunk with 8:51 left gave Middle Tennessee the lead for good 45-44. Cintron scored the next five points and after Sulton's jumper with 6:12 left put the Blue Raiders ahead 54-45, Cintron's two free throws completed the 13-1 run.

The Blue Raiders, who entered the game second in field goal percentage at 53.2 percent, were held to 44.4 percent (24-for-54), but outscored Ole Miss 30-20 inside.

Middle Tennessee started strong and built an 18-9 lead before Ole Miss (9-3) took a 27-26 halftime lead.

Jarvis Summers led Ole Miss with nine points.
Top Game Performances
 
Mississippi   Middle Tennessee St.
Jarvis Summers 9 Scoring Raymond Cintron 18
Jelan Kendrick 3 Assists Bruce Massey 6
Murphy Holloway 11 Rebounds Bruce Massey 6
Dundrecous Nelson 4 Free Throws Made LaRon Dendy 6
Jelan Kendrick 4 Steals Raymond Cintron 3
Reginald Buckner 3 Blocks LaRon Dendy 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Mississippi 56 40.0 3-11 17-31 8 33 8 10 21
Middle Tennessee St. 68 45.3 5-14 15-27 17 27 3 9 14