Men's Hoops Overrun by Marshall 90-67

Thursday, January 7

Huntington, W.V.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

2-13, 0-2

Marshall

6-9, 2-0

Florida Atlantic

Marshall

1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Jan. 7, 2016

Box Score

FAU-Marshall Box Score

HUNTINGTON, W. V. - (Jan. 7, 2016) - The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team fell to Marshall 90-67 on Thursday night. The Owls stand at 2-13 overall and 0-2 in Conference USA play, while Marshall is now 6-9 and 2-0.

The Turning Point
Jeantal Cylla hit a three-pointer to cut what had been a 17-point Marshall lead to 10 with 4:41 to go in the first half. The Thundering Herd answered with a 10-2 run to push the margin back to 18, 42-24, and the advantage remained at least 14 for the rest of the night.

Notables
Adonis Filer's 17 points led FAU. Cylla (13) and Solomon Poole (11) joined him in double-figures. Poole's 11 points came in just 17 minutes.

Ronald Delph grabbed 11 rebounds and added nine points, just missing his first career double-double.

Ryan Taylor (21 points, 11 rebounds) and James Kelly (18 points, 15 rebounds) both had double-doubles for the Herd.

The Owls were outrebounded 49-34 on the evening, which translated into a 19-5 edge in second chance points.

Up Next
The Owls wrap up their three game road trip on Saturday, Jan. 9 at WKU. The game will start at 3 p.m. eastern. It will air on Fox College Sports and will be broadcast on ESPN 106.3 FM. Live stats can be found at fausports.com and in-game updates will be available at twitter.com/FAU_Hoops.