Owls shoot 2-of-25 from long range; White impressive despite loss

Two coaching legends - Mike Jarvis and Rollie Massimino - met at FAU Arena tonight, but the elder came away the winner as Northwood slid past Florida Atlantic 85-81 in overtime exhibition action before an announced crowd of 1,032.

Neither team played particularly good defense, with 53 personal fouls being whistled on the evening. But in the end, it comes down to making baskets.

FAU struggled to find consistency in many facets in its first action of 2010-11, but most noticeable was a dismal 2-of-25 from long range performance.

“The game was really lost from the net up, too many threes”, said Coach Mike Jarvis. “The guys that weren’t making threes, mainly Greg Gantt and Shavar Richardson kept shooting threes, and at some point in time you have to make adjustments.”

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