Men's Basketball Gunned Down By Troy State

Saturday, February 10

Boca Raton, Fla.

7:00 PM ET

Florida Atlantic

Troy

2/10/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 10, 2001

Box Score

BOCA RATON, FL -

A game that featured 68 attempts from three-point range and a season-high 62-percent shooting by Troy State University ended in a 96-76 victory for visiting TSU over Florida Atlantic University. The Trojans also finished with a season-high 16 treys after 16-of-30 (53-percent) shooting from beyond the arc. FAU (6-19, 5-9 Trans America Athletic Conference) was led by Jeff Hamilton, who finished with a career-high 17 points. TSU's Lemayn Wilson led all scorers with 23.

TSU (13-11, 9-6 TAAC) maintained their blistering pace from start to finish as they jumped out to a 54-40 halftime lead behind 66-percent accuracy in the first half, which included 9-of-15 from beyond the arc.

A three-pointer by Wilson with 13:12 left in the game gave TSU a commanding 75-52 lead. Wilson finished the night 5-of-7 from three-point range. FAU went on an 8-3 run that was capped off by a John Smart trey to cut the deficit to 15 points with 10:49 to play. That was as close as the Owls would get as TSU eventually regained the 23-point advantage with 4:29 to play.

"It's very hard to defend a team like that when they're in that kind of a zone," said FAU head coach Sidney Green on TSU's shooting. "You have to give them credit because they came in here as one of the hottest teams in our conference."

For FAU, Earnest Crumbley had 15 points, Jeff Cowans 12, and Smart 11. The Owls' Daryl Dingle led all rebounders with 10. The loss overshadowed Hamilton's performance as the freshman connected five times from long range.

In addition to Wilson, TSU's Matt Holman finished with 20 points, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc. Derrick Davis had three treys and 14 points while Jacova Jenkins, Robert Rushing, and Brian O'Mara had 10.

FAU shot 42-percent for the game and outrebounded TSU 35-33. FAU connected on 14 of 38 three-point attempts. Both teams combined for more three-point field goal attempts (68) than two-point attempts (56).