The Blue Raiders were HOT from long range…

TEAM STATS:#FAU 43% FG, 41% 3PT, 62% FT

MTSU 45% FG, 56% 3PT, 67% FT

Rebounds 39-38 FAU

PIP 36-32 MT

Assists 13-8 MT

Shots 65-56 MT

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) February 5, 2016

On a bright note, Delph is coming into his own as of late…Botley made it a bit interesting in the 2nd, but not enough…

#FAU LEADERS:

Delph 18 PT (CH), 10 RB 💥

Filer 11 PT, 9 RB 👍

Botley 14 PT (all 2nd) ✨

Poole 11 PT, 4 RB

Owls next face UAB Sat @ 8:00 PM

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) February 5, 2016

Rough night for FAU, as they post the worst loss of the season to a Red Hot Blazer squad…

FINAL: #FAU 67 #UAB 104

Blazers hand Owls (6-18, 4-7 C-USA) worst loss (37 PT) of the season.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) February 7, 2016

As expected, some key stats were lopsided…

TEAM STATS:#FAU 34% FG, 25% 3PT, 91% FT#UAB 60% FG, 60% 3PT, 86% FT

Rebounds: 48-21 UAB

2nd Chance: 25-5 UAB

Bench: 54-21 UAB

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) February 7, 2016

Best showings by Owl roster members…

#FAU LEADERS:

Botley 16 PT (9-9 FT), 5 A

Cylla 13 PT (5-11)

Rutherford 11 PT (7-7 FT), 4 A

Poole 10 PT (4-11)

Owls next face UTSA 2/11.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) February 7, 2016

UPDATED SCHEDULE:  2015-2016 FAU Men's Basketball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest

Rick said

Rough night for FAU, as they post the worst loss of the season to a Red Hot Blazer squad…

FINAL: #FAU 67
#UAB 104

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Just when it looks like we aren't that bad, we play a good team and realize how far this program is behind the leaders. Wow. Well, baseball is right around the corner.

What an a__whopping. C'mon, how can we be THAT FAR BEHIND the top teams in our own conference? At least football competes vs. the top teams in CUSA.

Get it fixed Coaches and players, get it fixed and start playin ball!

We were warned when we entered this conference that it was a basketball conference, not a football conference.  That really seems to be the case.  I think it is going to be a lot tougher getting competitive in basketball than football.  My personal feeling is that we are already there in football in everything except the final score.  My hope is that that will fall in place this next year, or else I am just terribly wrong.  Basketball is going to be a longer haul.

bb said

We were warned when we entered this conference that it was a basketball conference, not a football conference.  That really seems to be the case.  I think it is going to be a lot tougher getting competitive in basketball than football.  My personal feeling is that we are already there in football in everything except the final score.  My hope is that that will fall in place this next year, or else I am just terribly wrong.  Basketball is going to be a longer haul.

Posted On: Feb 7th 2016, 3:56 PM #354486

Very true! But being only 5 on the court ya think we could close the gap sooner than we have!