Owls Finish Historic Regular Season With 74-64 Win

Sunday, February 27

Mobile, Ala.

5:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

21-9 (13-3SBC)

South Alabama

12-15 (6-10SBC)

Florida Atlantic

South Alabama

2/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Feb. 27, 2011

Box Score

MOBILE, AL - Having already achieved a long list of notable accomplishments this season, the Florida Atlantic men's basketball team added another with a 74-64 win over South Alabama on Sunday.

The win is the 21st for the Owls this season, matching the best single season total in school history and is the most at the Division I level. FAU (21-9, 13-3 Sun Belt) led from the beginning and never surrended the lead, despite a fast start by Martino Brock. Brock had USA's first seven points and had the Jaguars within one early, 8-7.

FAU lead by as many as 10 in the first period, but USA (12-15, 6-10) scored two baskets in a row to go into the locker room down just six at half. A quick Owls run pushed the lead to a dozen. FAU still led by 10 with 10:36 left in the game when USA scored the next nine points to cut the lead to a point, 51-42.

At that point, FAU went on an 8-0 run of its own and was never seriously threatened again. Brett Royster scored 13 points and seven rebounds to lead the team in both categories while Alex Tucker scored all 12 of his points in the second half.

The Owls now move on to the Sun Belt Conference tournament, where they will be the no. 1 overall seed. They will play Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. eastern. Live audio of the game will be available at www.fausports.com and live stats will be available at sunbeltsports.org.