Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Men's Hoops Travels to EKU, Tennessee, Face Florida State in Orange Bowl Classic
12/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team resumes its schedule in full swing with games at Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee before facing Florida State in the Orange Bowl Classic.
Last week: FAU defeated Ave Maria 72-59 on Thursday, but fell to in-state rival UCF 75-61 on Saturday. Freshman Jesse Hill had the best week of his young career, scoring 11 versus Ave Maria before tallying a career high 22 points against UCF.
History: The Owls won last year's game against EKU 69-66 in the first ever meeting between the two schools. Wednesday's game against Tennessee will be the first with the Volunteers. Florida State has won all four previous meetings, but Saturday's meeting will be the first game between the two since December of 1997.
Coverage: ESPN 106.3 will broadcast all three games. A link to a free live stream of Tuesday's game will be available at fausports.com. Wednesday's game will air on ESPN3.com and Saturday's game against FSU will air on Fox Sports Florida. Live stats for the EKU and Tennessee games will be available at fausports.com. In-game updates will be posted at twitter.com/FAU_Hoops.
Upcoming: FAU will wrap up its five game road trip with a game at Hofstra on Tuesday, Dec. 22 before taking some time off for the holidays.
