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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Louisiana Tech committed a season-high 27 turnovers and Middle Tennessee's Brea Edwards scored 31 points to lead the Blue Raiders to a 68-57 win over the Lady Techsters before 3,316 fans at the Murphy Center Thursday night.

With the loss, LA Tech (12-10, 7-4 C-USA) fell into a two-way tie for fourth place in the Conference USA standings with Old Dominion. The Lady Techsters own the tie-breaker over the Monarchs with their 69-51 win in Norfolk a few weeks ago.

"I'm not sure how many of these types of losses it is going to take for us to realize how important every single possession is," said Tech head coach Tyler Summitt. "Middle Tennessee is very well-coached and they didn't do anything we didn't expect. They were physical and they got after us. We didn't handle the pressure like we needed to in order to win."

Middle Tennessee (16-7, 10-2 C-USA) won its seventh straight game and continued its success inside the Murphy Center, where it has won 94 percent of its league games under head coach Rick Insell. The Blue Raiders recorded 14 steals and turned the 27 turnovers into 23 points.

Edwards scored the first nine points of the game for MT and ended the night hitting 9-of-19 field goals, including 6-of-12 from the three-point line and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. She also added 11 rebounds in the effort.

Ty Petty added 12 points, five assists and six steals while Abby Sissom scored 10 points.

"A lot of our turnovers led to transition layups or open three-pointers," Summitt said. "Those were the ones that hurt. Our two point guards combined to commit 14 turnovers. We simply have to get better."

The bright spot for the Lady Techsters was the play of junior Kevione Moten, who scored a season-high 12 points and added eight rebounds -- seven offensive -- in 18 minutes of action. Moten entered the game averaging 3.0 points and 3.0 rebounds but hit 4-of-7 field goals and 4-of-6 free throws.

"I thought Kevione really battled on the boards for us," Summitt said. "She had a very productive game. Maybe I should have played her more. We need this type of effort and performance from her moving forward."

Tech trailed 32-28 at halftime but saw MT outscore them 22-11 in the third quarter, building a 15-point lead heading into the fourth quarter. Tech would get no closer than 10.

Senior Brandi Wingate recorded her sixth double double of the season with 11 points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds, but she was limited to only three points after halftime. Brooke Pumroy added 10 points.

For the game, Tech shot 37 percent (20-53) from the field and outrebounded MT 44-31.

The Lady Techsters will return to action Saturday at 2 p.m. at UAB.