BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team continued to flex its muscle on Wednesday night. The Owls blew out South Alabama, 84-59, to win their fifth straight game and improve to 6-1 on the season. The 6-1 start matches the best in FAU’s history, which came in head coach Dusty May‘s first season in 2018-19.
FAU continued its dominant home court advantage that it has built. Since the start of the 2018-19 season, the Owls are an impressive 39-9 at home. The Owls are an unblemished 4-0 in Paradise this season.
Tonight, FAU started the game with a 15-0 run after South Alabama recorded the first bucket. The Owls played lockdown defense, forcing five turnovers during that stretch in the first 10 minutes. The defense led to instant offense, and Brandon Weatherspoon knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, with the latter giving the Owls the 13-point advantage.
The Jaguars were able to battle back and make it a 29-20 game at halftime, however it was all FAU after that. Nick Boyd recorded the first five points of the half with a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer, then Michael Forrest buried a triple off a Giancarlo Rosado assist to put FAU ahead, 41-24. FAU kept its foot on the gas pedal and did not look back, building its lead to as much as 27 by the end of the game.
STATS & NOTES
- Weatherspoon ties his career-high with 16 points, and did so on impressive shooting numbers of 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range
- Forrest led the Owls with 17 points off the bench and hit 3-of-5 from 3-point range
- Boyd recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 boards
- Vladislav Goldin tallied 12 points and five rebounds on an efficient 5-of-8 shooting. Entering tonight’s game, Goldin ranked ninth in the nation in shooting percentage at a 73.2% clip
- Rosado tallied eight points and three rebounds coming off the bench on 4-of-7 from the floor
- FAU was red hot from 3-point range, shooting 62.5% as a team (10-of-16)
NEXT UP
The Owls will head to the mitten state to face Eastern Michigan this Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2:30 p.m.
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