Men's Hoops Downed by Middle Tennessee 85-73

Thursday, February 4

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

7:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

-0617,46 CUSA

Middle Tennessee

-166, 82 CUSA

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee

2/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Feb. 4, 2016

Final Stats

Season Stats

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - (Feb. 4, 2016) - Despite Ronald Delph's second career double-double, the Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team lost to Middle Tennessee 85-73 on Thursday night.

The Turning Point

Marquan Botley hit a three-pointer to pull the Owls (6-17, 4-6 Conference USA) within nine, 75-66, with 4:25 left in the game. Middle Tennessee (16-6, 8-2) scored six of the next eight points to secure the win.

Notables
Delph scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second career double-double. Adonis Filer just missed a double-double with 11 points and career-high tying nine rebounds.

Marquan Botley made four three-pointers as part of his 14-point night. Botley has now made 142 triples in his FAU career, good for eighth all-time in school history.

Solomon Poole had 11 points, giving FAU four players in double-figures.

The Owls have now lost eight in a row to Middle Tennessee, dating back to Jan. 27, 2011.

FAU overcame a 23-13 rebound margin at the half to outrebound the Blue Raiders by one, 39-38. MT had a 21-5 points off turnovers edge.

Quotables

Head Coach Michael Curry

On the game -"Middle Tennessee played the way we thought they would. They're a tough team, but we can't allow them to get 21 points off of our turnovers."

Up Next

The Owls travel to UAB on Saturday, Feb. 6. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. eastern. The game will be broadcast on ESPN 106.3 FM. In-game updates will be available at twitter.com/FAU_Hoops.