Men’s Basketball Falls to North Texas

Saturday, January 11

Denton, Texas

4 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

-116,31 CUSA

North Texas

-98,31 CUSA

Fla. Atlantic

North Texas

1/11/2020 8:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DENTON, Texas – The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team suffered its first setback in Conference USA play, falling to North Texas 81-58 on Saturday. The Owls are now 3-1 in C-USA play and 11-6 overall.

How It Happened
The contest went back and forth in the early going, as the two teams exchanged the lead four times in the game's first six minutes. A Dardan Kapiti bucket put the Owls ahead 17-12 at the midway point of the first half.

A 24-9 run allowed the Mean Green (9-8, 3-1 C-USA) to take a 36-26 advantage late in the first half. Michael Forrest hit a triple to account for the 36-29 halftime score.

Richardson Maitre made a jumper to cut the deficit to five, 36-31, early in the second half.

UNT's Javion Hamlet was the catalyst for a 34-13 run, as the Mean Green's lead reached 26, 70-44 with 4:18 left.

The Owls kept fighting, but North Texas maintained a significant advantage the rest of the way.

Notables

Forrest had 11 points to lead the Owls
Kapiti scored eight points and pulled down three rebounds
Maitre tallied seven points and five rebounds
Freshman D.J. Robertson scored six points and dished out three assists
The Owls' bench outscored the North Texas reserves 35-17

Quotable
FAU Head Coach Dusty May
"(North Texas) got in a rhythm and got going. We had a bunch of shots bounce out on us. We didn't shoot it well and I thought that affected our energy level."

What's Next
FAU returns home to host Middle Tennessee on Thursday, Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+, live stats will be available at fausports.com, and the game can be heard on FOX Sports 640AM. Live updates will be posted to the team's official Twitter account, @FAU_Hoops.