Monday's result: Florida Atlantic 66, New Orleans 48
Big win in Big Easy
>FAU 66, UNO 48: FAU wins first Sun Belt road game under coach Mike Jarvis as the Owls defeat New Orleans.
Originally published on
12/14/2009
by
Marcus Nelson
> Audio: ESPN760 post-game with Jarvis
> Boxscore: Team, individual stats
On a night where the shot clocks were off at Lakefront Arena because of a malfunction, FAU was lights out as the Owls defeated UNO 66-48 on Monday.
The victory was the first Sun Belt road victory under Mike Jarvis for the Owls, who lost at Louisiana-Lafayette 81-74 on Saurday.
“Anytime you win on the road you better to be happy,” Jarvis said on ESPN 760’s post-game radio show. “I’ll take the split even though I thought we should have had two.”
The victory was also the first conference victory this season for the Owls, who were led by Ray Taylor's 20 points and Sanchez Hughley's 11 points.
The Owls (5-4, 1-1) led the Privateers (3-4, 1-0) 34-28 at halftim, but lost the lead in the second half before forward Brett Royster keyed a 16-0 FAU run to put the Owls in charge for good. Royster finished with 11 points.
‘It was a very good team effort,” Jarvis said. “We started out strong, we had a little bit of a lull and then we finished strong.”
It was FAU’s first Sun Belt road victory since Rex Walters was the Owls’ coach.
GameBrowser: Florida Atlantic 66, New Orleans 48
Moving forward: Sanchez Hughley had 10 of his 11 points in the first half…DeMonte Simpson led the Owls with six rebounds…Alex Tucker and Ray Taylor each had three steals
Moving backwards: Taylor had 5 turnovers to go with his 5 assists…FAU was outrebounded 33-31…Shavar Richardson was 0-3 from the field and didn’t score in 7 minutes
Stat download: 0 – Number of threes UNO made in second half (0-for-6)
Up Next: FAU faces Miami on Saturday in the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise