Men’s Basketball Rallies Past UAB, 65-58

Saturday, February 22

Boca Raton, Fla.

7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

-1513, 78 CUSA

UAB

-1612, 78 CUSA

Team	1	2	F
UAB	35	23	58
Florida Atlantic	33	32	65

Photo by: Robson Lopes

2/22/2020 10:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team outscored UAB 16-2 over the final six minutes of the game to earn a 65-58 win on Saturday night. The game was close the entire way, with seven points being the biggest lead either team managed all night.

UAB (16-12, 7-8 Conference USA) took a seven-point lead when Jalen Benjamin hit a 3-pointer with 6:01 left in the contest. The Owls' (15-13, 7-8) comeback began with five straight points from Jailyn Ingram before a Kenan Blackshear layup knotted the score, 56-56, with just under four minutes to play. Another Blackshear bucket gave FAU a 58-56 lead at the 2:45 mark.

A UAB free throw cut the lead in half before Richardson Maitre beat a Blazer defender to a loose ball, then drilled a 3-pointer to stretch the cushion to four with a minute and a half remaining.
The lead was still four with 25 seconds left when UAB stole an inbound pass, but Ingram blocked the shot attempt and Cornelius Taylor gathered the rebound to effectively seal the win for the Owls.
Defensively, FAU held UAB to 0-of-6 shooting from the floor and forced four Blazer turnovers in the game's final six minutes.

Notables

Maitre led the Owls with 15 points. He also had three rebounds and an assist
Ingram scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists
Blackshear made all seven of his shot attempts, four from the field and three from the free throw line as part of a career-high 11-point effort. He added four rebounds and was singled out by Coach May for his defense
Taylor posted 10 points and three assists and contributed to a defensive effort that held the Blazers to 28 percent shooting in the second half
The FAU bench outscored UAB's 34-7

Quotable
FAU Head Coach Dusty May
"I thought our defensive intensity, effort, communication and cohesiveness was the difference in us winning that basketball game."

Junior Richardson Maitre
"We're starting to find ourselves as a team. Like Coach May says, 'it's moments like (the losing streak) to recognize what type of person you are.'"

What's Next
FAU hosts UTSA on Thursday, Feb. 27 in its final home game of the regular season. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on CUSA.TV, 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.