Owls Drop Road Matchup Against Wright State - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Friday, November 6

Dayton, Ohio

7:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

1-1,0-0American

Wright State

2-0,0-0Horizon

Team	1	2	F
Fla. Atlantic	28	43	71
Wright St.	47	50	97

MBB Game Notes - Wright State

11/6/2026 11:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAYTON, Ohio – Florida Atlantic men's basketball fell to Wright State on the road Friday night at the Nutter Center, 97-71, dropping the Owls' record to 1-1 on the early season.

THE BEGINNING
The Raiders (2-0) held a three-point lead a little more than two minutes in, but scored the next 12 to move out to a 19-4 advantage. Back-to-back baskets by Felipe Quinones nearly got it to single digits, but the home team responded with a 12-4 run.

THE TURNING POINT
The Owls scored nine of the last 13 points of the first half to make it a 47-28 game at the break. Two Kanaan Carlyle free throws started the second half scoring, but again, WSU had a run in them, this time seven straight.

THE FINISH
The FAU offense began to click after the first second half media timeout. Carlyle hit his second 3-pointer of the half and then Mason Porter-Brown scored eight of the team's next nine points (on an old-fashioned three-point play, a 3-pointer of his own and a steal and breakaway dunk). That last basket cut the deficit back down to 17, 65-48, at 12:18.

Another Carlyle make from distance soon thereafter trimmed it to 16, but the Owls were unable to get any closer.

NOTABLES

Carlyle had his second 20-point effort in as many games, with a game-high 25. He went 6-of-12 from the field, 4-for-6 from long range and a perfect 9-for-9 from the line.
Porter-Brown joined him in double digits with 13, 11 of which came in the second half. He also had four of FAU's six steals.
Quinones had nine points and six rebounds, both team highs, at the half before finishing with 11 and nine, along with four assists.
David Musis and Matthew "Matas" Puodziukaitis each made their FAU debut, and each scored. Fawaz "Tacko" Ifaola also scored his first points as an Owl.
The first nine Owls that saw the floor all got their name into the scoring column.

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Gallery: (11-6-2026) MBB at Wright State

WHAT'S NEXT
The Owls return home for the first of five straight home games spanning the remainder of November, the first of which is this upcoming Wednesday. At 7 p.m. on Abessinio Court at the Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena, the squad hosts William & Mary.

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