NORFOLK, Va. – (Jan. 25, 2020) – A 17-6 run early in the second half was the deciding factor in the Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team’s 65-55 loss to Old Dominion on Saturday.
The game shifted momentum several times in the early going, as the Monarchs (8-13, 4-4 Conference USA) scored the first five points, followed by Jailyn Ingram scoring five in a row to tie the score, 5-5. ODU responded with six unanswered points to go ahead 11-5.
Michael Forrest made back-to-back 3-pointers and Ingram made a jumper in the paint to give FAU (12-9, 4-4) its first lead of the night, 13-11. There were four more ties and three lead changes over the next 10 and a half minutes of game action, with neither squad managing more than a three-point lead.
A 9-0 Monarch run gave ODU a 31-24 lead with just under three minutes to go in the first half, but Cornelius Taylor scored the final four points of the frame, cutting the Owls’ deficit to three at the half, 31-28.
The score was 34-31 when the Monarchs began their run, resulting in a 51-37 ODU lead with 13:49 on the clock. The Owls’ defense kept them in contention and Forrest’s third 3-pointer of the night pulled them to within seven, 59-52, with just under three minutes to play, but they couldn’t get any closer.
Notables
- Ingram finished with 16 points to lead FAU. He added seven rebounds, tying for the team-high in that category
- Forrest had nine points and six rebounds in his first C-USA start of the season
- Richardson Maitre registered nine points, seven rebounds and four assists
- Taylor scored nine points off the bench for the Owls
Quotable
FAU Head Coach Dusty May
“Everybody’s got to play a little bit better and everybody’s got to pull together.”
What’s Next
FAU returns home to host WKU on Thursday, Jan. 30. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on Stadium. Live stats will be available at fausports.com. The game can be heard on FOX 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.
