Birmingham, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – Dennis Mavin’s half-court heave as time expired lifted the FIU Panthers over the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners in first-round action of the Conference-USA Tournament at Legacy Arena on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Mavin ended with 15 points and nine rebounds and Ray Rodriguez had 14 points, as the 10th-seeded Panthers get second-seeded UTEP in the quarterfinal round on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Ryan Bowie led all scorers with 25 points and added seven rebounds for the seventh-seeded Roadrunners, whose season comes to an end.<\/p>\n
Bowie led all first half scorers with 16 points, as the Roadrunners held a slim 26-25 edge after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
The game remained close throughout the second half with Keon Lewis hitting a three-pointer to tie the game for the Roadrunners at 54 with four seconds left. However, Mavin’s last-second heroics were enough to escape a potential overtime and lift the Panthers to the win.<\/p>\n
Lewis ended with 13 points.<\/p>\n
Final Score: Middle Tennessee 63, Charlotte 60<\/p>\n
Birmingham, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – Perrin Buford had 14 points and five rebounds as Middle Tennessee defeated Charlotte 63-60 in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament.<\/p>\n
D.J. Jones was the only other double-digit scorer for the sixth-seeded Blue Raiders (17-15), finishing with 10 points.<\/p>\n
MTSU will play Old Dominion Thursday in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Mike Thorne Jr. posted 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Torin Dorn added 17 points to lead the 11th-seeded 49ers (14-18).<\/p>\n
Thorne sunk a pair of free throws to stake Charlotte, which led 30-29 at halftime, to a 60-58 edge with 1:23 left, but MTSU scored the final five points of the game. Buford made a jumper to tie it and after Pierria Henry missed a layup, Reggie Upshaw’s dunk with 30 seconds to play put the Blue Raiders in front.<\/p>\n
Thorne was off the mark on a 3-pointer, but Terrence Williams came down with an offensive rebound, Henry then turned the ball over and Giddy Potts split a pair of foul shots to make it 63-60 with nine ticks on the clock.<\/p>\n
Williams’ 3 was off the mark with a second left to seal the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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