Owls Fall to Hurricanes in NIT

Wednesday, March 16

Coral Gables, Fla.

7:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

21-11

Miami (NIT)

20-14

Florida Atlantic

University of Miami

3/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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March 16, 2011

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CORAL GABLES, FL - The Florida Atlantic men's basketball team's winningest season at the Division I level came to end with a 85-62 loss to the University of Miami on Wednesday night.

The Owls (21-11) trailed by 12 at the half as the Hurricanes (20-14) shot 63 percent in the first half. Miami continued its hot shooting early in the second half but FAU refused to surrender. The Owls pulled to within six on two occasions in the second half, but a 15-1 UM run sealed the game.

Greg Gantt had a team-high 17 points and Brett Royster had two blocks on the night to end up with 301 for his career. Dennis Mavin scored 15 in his first start since the early portion of the season.

FAU set school records for wins (21) and longest winning streak (eight) at the Division I level. The Owls are expected to return at least eight players from this year's squad and will have three players (Shavar Richardson, Greg Gantt and Raymond Taylor) within reach of 1,000 career points next season.