FAU guard Shavar Richardson is 25 points away from scoring 1,000 points in his career.
Another All-Star
FAU faces another to player in the Sun Belt Conference on Thursday when South Alabama and the their big man, Augustine Rubit, come to town
Originally published on
2/22/2012
by
Marcus Nelson
BOCA RATON – Florida Atlantic will continue a recent stretch of playing some of the top players in the Sun Belt Conference on Thursday when it faces South Alabama at The Burrow.
In their last four games, the Owls have gone against three of the four players (Denver's Chris Udofia, North Texas' Tony Mitchell and MTSU's LeRon Dendy) nominated for the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Year.
When FAU plays host to South Alabama on Thursday, it will face the fourth player- forward Augustine Rubit.
Rubit averages 14.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game and had 11 points and nine rebounds in the Owls' 65-56 loss to the Jaguars this season.
Rubit wasn't the difference in the game, Jarvis said.
“He didn't beat us, we beat ourselves,” Jarvis said. “We didn't make shots, they did and that was the difference.”
And making shots, which the Owls struggled to do last week in losses against Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee will be important vs. the Jaguars
“We have to make shots and we need (Greg Gantt, Shavar Richardson, Alex Tucker and Ray Taylor) to make some jump shots when they are open,” Jarvis said.
FAU and South Alabama are tied for fifth in the Sun Belt Conference, but for the moment the Jags' hold the tiebreaker because of their victory in the earlier meeting.
Need to Knows: Jaguars at Owls
South Alabama (15-10, 7-7 Sun Belt)
at FAU (11-16, 7-7 Sun Belt)
- When: 7 p.m., Thursday
- Where: The Burrow
- Tickets: 1-866-FAUOwls
- Radio: ESPN760
- Internet audio: ESPN760
- Scouting the Jaguars: USA coach Ronnie Arrow is three SBC victories away from setting a new league record for career conference wins. He can tie Gene Bartow with 111 wins with a sweep of FAU and FIU to end the season. ...The Jaguars are on a three-game winning streak, the first time they have won three consecutive Sun Belt games since the 2000-10 season. ...Javier Carter leads the Sun Belt in blocked shots with 2.9 per game.
- Scouting the Owls: FAU trails the all-time series 8-4. ...FAU G Shavar Richardson, who scored 13 points in the Owls' 65-56 loss to the Jags in Mobile, Ala. earlier this season, has 975 points in his career. ...Owls coach Mike Jarvis will be earing a blue bowtie as part of "Statement Week", a joint effort between the Black Coaches and Adminstrators (BCA) and On The Line, which supports prostate cancer awareness.