BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Dec. 14, 2019) – Jailyn Ingram was one of four players in double figures as the Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team beat High Point 81-64 on Saturday. The Owls improved to 6-4 on the year.
How It Happened
High Point (2-8) got out to a 9-3 lead early on in the contest, but FAU hit four 3-pointers as part of a 16-0 run to pull ahead 19-9. The Panthers refused to go away and trimmed the margin to four points, 24-20, with six minutes to play in the frame. The Owls closed the half with a modest run to take a 35-25 cushion into the break.
The Panthers hit a pair of free throws to make the score 50-43 with just over 12 minutes to play in the second half. FAU scored five in a row to go back up by a dozen.
HPU once again got the deficit down to single digits, but Karlis Silins made a layup, giving the Owls a 57-46 lead with 9:35 on the clock and the Owls’ lead remained in double-digits for the rest of the game.
A pair of alley-oop dunks helped punctuate the victory, first with Cornelius Taylor finding Ingram, then Silins slamming home a feed from Kenan Blackshear.
Notables
- Jailyn Ingram’s 19 points led all scorers. It was the most points in a game for Ingram since scoring 22 against Mercer on Dec. 5, 2018. He also tied his season-high with six rebounds
- Karlis Silins posted 17 points, the fifth time this season he has scored in double-digits. He added five rebounds
- Michael Forrest came off the bench to collect 16 points, making four of his six attempts from behind the arc and all four of his free throws
- Richardson Maitre tallied 12 points, dished out two assists and nabbed two steals
- Cornelius Taylor registered seven points and six assists without committing a turnover
- FAU shot 53.8 percent from the floor, tying their best performance under Dusty May and committed just seven turnovers, the fewest ever under May.
Quotable
FAU Head Coach Dusty May
“We knew we were going to play hard. We didn’t play great, but I thought we played with great spirit.”
What’s Next
The Owls conclude their six-game homestand against Tampa on Thursday, Dec. 19. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Live video and live stats will be available at fausports.com. The game can be heard onFOX Sports 640AM. Live updates will be posted to the team’s official Twitter account, @FAU_Hoops.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
