Former Owl Mavin has 18 points for FIU tonight.

Poole makes a nice shot in the lane. FAU is now fouling. 63-49, FIU.

Botley hits a three and the Owls trail by 11, 63-52 with :42 to play.

Look at the bright side. Baseball is that much closer.

Massey and Mavin are not getting along. The Owls had a chance to come within single digits, but lost the ball. Second left now as FIU missed both FTs.

Raffington hits two FTs and the Owls are the closest they have come to FIU since the early first half, 63-54. FIU hits 1-of-2 FTs. Botley and Poole both miss shots and Diaz fouls out for FIU.

Lacunza hits 2 FTs; Owls trail 64-56. That's the game. #FAU falls to 1-7 in C-USA.

FAU got it to an 8-point game, but ran out of time.

Quick Stats

Justin Massey, 16 pts, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
Justin Raffington, 14 pts, 10 rebounds
Marquan Botley, 11 pts, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
Solomon Poole, 8 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
Javier Lacunza, 4 pts, 1 rebound, 1 assist
C.J. Turman, 2 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks

Kelson Penn had 11 rebounds and a block but did not score.

The Owls were outshot 48 to 31.8 percent.

FAU hit 5-of-23 three-point attempts (21.7 percent). FIU hit 4-of-10 three-pointers (40 percent).

FAU was out-rebounded 45-36.

FAU made half of its FTs (9-of-17) and FIU was 9-of-17 (52.9 percent).

FAU led from the paint, 30-28 and played much better in the second half, cutting a game-high 28-point FIU lead to just 8 as the final buzzer sounded.

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