Owls Prepare For Louisiana Tech in First Round of C-USA Tournament

No. 9 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 8 Louisiana Tech
Game Details	March 13 \| Frisco, Texas \| The Star \| 7 p.m.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team is in Frisco, Texas, for this week's Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship. FAU is the tournament's No. 9 seed and will face ninth-seeded Louisiana Tech in the first round at 7 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, March 13. If the Owls win, they will move on to face regular season champion Old Dominion on Thursday.
The game will air on ESPN+. Live audio can be heard on ESPNWestPalm.com, ESPN 106.3 FM on via smartphone using the free ESPN app. In-game updates will also be available at twitter.com/FAU_Hoops.

ABOUT THE OWLS

FAU is looking for its first win in a proper (non play-in) conference tournament game since 2008.
The win would be the first non play-in game, neutral site conference tournament win since the 2002 Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game that sent the Owls to their only NCAA Tournament appearance.

LAST TIME OUT

The Owls (17-14) lost their final regular season game at Marshall 76-61 on Saturday.
Michael Forrest scored a team-high 15 points.
Anthony Adger had 12 points and five rebounds.
Xavian Stapleton posted 13 points and five rebounds.

SERIES HISTORY

Wednesday's game will be the eighth time the Owls and Bulldogs have faced off.
Louisiana Tech leads the all-time 5-2, but the two teams split a pair of meetings during the regular season.
FAU won the first meeting this year, 69-61 in Boca Raton on Jan. 31.
La Tech evened the score with a 72-69 win in the rematch on March 6.
Wednesday night's encounter will be the first time the two squads have played in the postseason.

SCOUTING LOUISIANA TECH

LA Tech (19-12) is a team that has been almost unbeatable at home, going 15-1 at home, but holds just a 4-11 record away from Ruston.
Junior guard Daquan Bracey is the Bulldogs' leading scorer at 15.6 per game. Bracey averaged 17.5 points in the two meetings with the Owls this season.
Anthony Duruji is leads the team in rebounding (6.3) and second in scoring (12.3).

UP NEXT

The winner will advance to the quarterfinals to face regular season champion Old Dominion on Thursday.

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