BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Tommy Gunn scored 19 points and John Humphrey added 15 as Middle Tennessee defeated Denver 83-59 Monday night in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.
Middle Tennessee (16-13) advanced to play Western Kentucky, a 78-59 semifinal winner over New Mexico State Monday night, in the conference championship Tuesday night. The winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.