Owls Advance to C-USA Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 11

Frisco, Texas

7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

-1715,810 CUSA

Old Dominion

-1319,99 CUSA

Team	1	2	F
FAU	32	34	66
Old Dominion	32	24	56

3/11/2020 11:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

FRISCO, Texas – The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team used a 10-0 second half run to defeat Old Dominion 66-56 in the first round of the 2020 Air Force Reserve C-USA Basketball Championships presented by Baylor Scott & White Sports Performance Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Wednesday night.

The Owls (17-15) came out shooting well from the perimeter, making seven of their first eight attempts from 3-point range, building a 23-15 lead at the midway point of the first half. ODU (13-19) eventually managed to take the lead before a Cornelius Taylor layup sent the teams to the locker room tied 32-32 at the half.

ODU, who swept last season's C-USA regular season and tournament championships, got out to a quick start in the second half, needing just five minutes to build a 42-37 advantage. The Owls, as they did every time the Monarchs built a modest lead, rallied to level the sides.

Jaylin Hunter scored to give ODU a 50-48 edge with 8:31 to play when the Owls began their decisive rally. D.J. Robertson made a running scoop layup to knot the score. Taylor found Jailyn Ingram in the corner for a triple to give FAU a lead it never relinquished. Ingram made a layup of his own, before Richardson Maitre capped the scoring spurt with five straight points to put the Owls up 60-50 at the 3:23 mark. ODU didn't get within eight points the rest of the way, sending FAU through to the C-USA quarterfinals.

Notables

The win is FAU's first in an in-bracket conference tournament game since a 91-64 win over FIU on March 5, 2008
It is the first in-bracket, neutral site conference tournament win since a 76-75 win over Georgia State in the title game of the Atlantic Sun tournament on March 2, 2002
Ingram scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Owls, his third 20-point game of the season. He also tied for the team high with seven rebounds
Richardson Maitre posted a career-best 21 points, bolstered by five made threes, his most as an Owl
Defensively, the Owls forced 22 ODU turnovers, the second highest total by an opponent this season

Quotables

FAU Head Coach Dusty May
"I'm very proud of our guys' resilience. We had bad foul trouble the entire first half. We kind of hung in there and in the second half, I thought our defense was great and (Jailyn and Richardson) stepped up and made big shots. For 40 minutes, our guys battled, competed and I'm very, very proud of their effort."

Junior forward Jailyn Ingram
"Obviously, we wanted to have a better regular season, but we knew that once we got to the conference tournament, it was a fresh start for us, so we just wanted to come out and get a 'W.'"

What's Next

FAU will face C-USA regular season champion North Texas on Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Eastern. The game will be streamed on Stadium, 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.