Marshall Outruns Owls 89-72

Monday, January 2

Boca Raton, Fla.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

-49, 02 CUSA

Marshall

-96, 20 CUSA

MARSHALL

FAU

1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Jan. 2, 2017

Final Stats

Marshall-FAU Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Devorious Brown had career highs of 12 points and seven rebounds, but it was not enough as the Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team lost to Marshall 89-72 on Monday night. FAU now stands at 4-9 on the season and 0-2 in Conference USA play.

The Turning Point

Adonis Filer made a basket to cut FAU's deficit to 53-44 with 15:03 to go in the game. The Thundering Herd answered with a 17-9 run to push the margin to 17 and the lead remained at least that much the rest of the way.

Notables

Justin Massey led the Owls with 16 points to go along with five rebounds.
Adonis Filer had seven points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Marshall's Ryan Taylor led all players with 31 points and 13 rebounds.
The Thundering Herd went 12-of-26 (46.2%) from behind the three-point line, while the Owls made only three of their 17 attempts (17.6%).

Looking Ahead

The Owls wrap up their five game homestand on Saturday, Jan. 7 against FIU. The game starts at 2 p.m. and will air on ASN. Live stats will be available at fausports.com. The game also will be broadcast on ESPN 106.3 FM. Live updates will be available at the team's official Twitter account, @FAU_Hoops.