Men's Basketball Defeats Stetson 79-69

Tuesday, December 16

Boca Raton, Fla.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

5-3

Stetson

3-8

STET

Florida Atlantic

12/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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Dec. 16, 2014

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BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team had to withstand a furious second half rally to hold off Stetson 79-69.

FAU (5-3) leapt out to a 21-4 lead, helped out by three made three-pointers. "It definitely got us off to a good start," said FAU head men's basketball coach Michael Curry.

After a modest 5-0 run by Stetson (3-8), the Owls pushed the lead out to a 32-11 advantage. FAU still led by 20, 45-25, at the half.

A Marquan Botley triple put the Owls ahead 48-26 early in the second half. From that point, the Hatters went on a 20-4 run, trimming the lead to six with just under 13 minutes left. FAU counterpunched its way back out to a to a 60-46 margin less than four minutes later.

Stetson wouldn't go away and scored 14 of the next 19 points to cut the Owls' lead to 65-60 with just under three and a half minutes to go. FAU sealed the win with a 5-0 run, followed by making seven of its eight free throws.

Solomon Poole, who was cleared shortly before tipoff, scored 23 points in his first game as an Owl.

"(Solomon) adds another dimension to our team," said Curry.

Justin Raffington notched his 11th career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. The four game winning streak is FAU's longest since the 2010-11 season.

FAU will travel to St. Francis (NY) for a game on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. Live audio of the game can be heard on fausports.com.

All FAU games will be carried on ESPN West Palm 106.3, which has an APP for the Smart Phone platform.