Men's Basketball Bested by UTEP 71-56

Thursday, January 21

El Paso, Texas

9:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

-415, 24 CUSA

UTEP

-118, 33 CUSA

Florida Atlantic

UTEP

1/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Jan. 21, 2016

Box Score

FAU-UTEP Box Score

EL PASO, TEXAS - (Jan. 21, 2016) - A 15-0 run to start the game was too much to overcome for the Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team, as they lost to UTEP 71-56 on Thursday night. Jeantal Cylla scored 25 points to lead all scorers.

The Turning Point

After FAU cut what had been a 22-point lead to nine just five and a half minutes into the second half, UTEP (11-8, 3-3 Conference USA) went on a 21-2 run to put the game away.

Notables
Cylla's 25 points were a career high, surpassing his previous career high of 18, which came against Warner.

Adonis Filer scored eight points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out four assists.

FAU (4-15, 2-4) committed a season high 18 turnovers in the game.

Hooper Vint and Omega Harris led the Miners with 19 points each.

Connor Shorten saw his first collegiate action, grabbing an offensive rebound in four minutes of action.

Quotables

Head Coach Michael Curry

On the game - "The difference between the first half of this game and the Louisiana Tech game is that I thought we played good defense against Louisiana Tech. We have to figure out how to come away with a split on this trip."

Up Next

The Owls travel to UTSA on Saturday, Jan. 23. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. eastern. The game will be broadcast on ESPN 106.3 FM. In-game updates will be available at twitter.com/FAU_Hoops.