At any moment, I'm thinking we will pull away…then we allow another basket on the defensive side which should never happen and the expectation clock resets.

 

Division II's Palm Beach Atlantic is doing more than hanging around with the Owls, the Sailfish are straight up beating the Owls.

The Sailfish (yes, that's #PBA's actual team name) storm out of the half to take a 36-35 lead at the 16:00 mark of the second half.

Owls made their first bucket of the half, but turned the ball over four times after that.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) November 22, 2018

Well allrighty then…15-0 run.

That's what I was waiting for!

     

NOW this is the team we've seen all season! Time to put these guys away for good!

Now we're playin' ball! #FAU takes a 15-0 run into a #PBA timeout as the Owls own the first double digit lead of the night!

Ingram has finally hit his stride as 12 of those 15 points come from the Junior from Madison, Georgia.

56-41 Owls with 11:26 remaining.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) November 22, 2018

It is still a double-digit lead, but not with PBA threatening. Owls could use one more solid run to but the D2 visitors away for good.

Owls will need just one more run to put the pesky Sailfish away for good.

Forrest will go to the line as #FAU leads 67-56 with 3:45 to play.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) November 22, 2018

Not the resounding win we were looking for but still a W and moving in the right direction.

OWLS WIN!

FAU shows plenty of grit in scraping out a 73-62 victory over PBA on the back of another Ingram double-double. On to FGCU!

OWLS WIN! #FAU 73 - #PBA 62.@CoachDustyMay's boys had to fight hard to avoid the upset bid by the D2 Sailfish from West Palm Beach. Jailyn Ingram (GH 23 pts &11 rebs) leads the way for an Owls victory, improving FAU to 5-1.

Next: FGCU (2-5) @ The Burrow, Sun 11/25, 3:00 PM. pic.twitter.com/fpgadv5mQM

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) November 22, 2018

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dusky256fc said

Not the resounding win we were looking for but still a W and moving in the right direction.

Posted On: Nov 21st 2018, 8:57 PM #383687

Shocked that PBA was able to stick around of as long as they did. Paxton Wilson's 5 three-pointers certainly helped the Sailfish's upset bid, but you can't turn the ball over 21 times and hope to beat a D1 team.

Dusty May knows CUSA basketball more than most. When he says that CUSA is going to be legit this year, you better take notice.

@ NCAA Tournament Selection Committee

.@CoachDustyMay on @KLV1063's post game show following #FAU MBB win over #PBA: "The talent level (in C-USA) has gone up... the conference has improved top-to-bottom with only a few teams rebuilding."

Sounds like May is on board with #2BidCUSA, @CUSAbbs!#GoOwls & #GoCUSA

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) November 22, 2018

They shot 46.4% from three point (28 attempts), which was nearly double their average on the season, and is insane.

Regardless, exposed a weakness, and we will have to get better at defending the perimeter…the good news is that most teams we will play won't shoot that well - at all.