GAME 29: FIU at FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 | 2 p.m.
FAU Arena | Boca Raton, Fla. | American Sports Network
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record: 12-16, 6-9 C-USA
Last Game: L, 86-70 at Rice, February 20, 2016
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 142-143/ninth season
Record at FIU: 43-49/third season
 
FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS
Record: 7-21, 5-10 C-USA
Last Game: L, 70-62 at North Texas, February 20, 2016
Head Coach: Michael Curry
Alma Mater: Georgia Southern, 1990
Career Record: 16-41/second season
Record at school: Same
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: American Sports Network
Dave Armstrong (Play-by-play)
Chris Walker (Color analyst)
Radio/Audio: None
Live Stats: FAUSports.com
Series: FIU leads 21-15 (1 FIU W vacated)
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: For ticket information for the FIU at Florida Atlantic game, contact the FAU athletics ticket office at 866-FAU-OWLS.
 
UP NEXT FOR FIU
- Following its game with Florida Atlantic, the Panthers will return home on Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. when they meet UAB on Lime Court at FIU Arena, before welcoming Middle Tennessee to Miami on Saturday, March 5, at 6 p.m. to close out the regular season.
 
SCOUTING THE OWLS
- Florida Atlantic comes into Saturday's game with a 7-21 record and a 5-10 ledger in Conference USA ... The Owls have dropped their last three-straight and five of their last six games.
 
- Adonis Filer and Ronald Delph are FAU's two lone double-figure scorers, averaging 10.4 and 10.2 points per game, respectively ... C.J. Turman paces the Owls on the glass, grabbing 7.0 rebounds per contest, while Delph is second pulling down 6.5 rebounds per outing.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST FAU
- FIU comes into its matchup with Florida Atlantic leading the all-time series against the Owls, 21-15 ... The actual on-court record is 22-15, however, the Panthers had to vacate one win due to NCAA sanctions.
 
- The Panthers have won five-straight games, and seven of their last eight dating back to the 2011-12 season.
 
- There have been two overtime games between the two schools, with FAU winning both, 91-88 on Feb. 28, 2007 and 80-78 on Feb. 19, 2011.
 
EARLIER THIS SEASON AGAINST THE OWLS
- FIU tipped of its Conference USA slate with an impressive 76-59 win over Florida Atlantic on Jan. 3 on Lime Court at FIU Arena ... The win was its third-straight after losing five in-a-row prior to that.
 
- Adrian Diaz led the way for the Panthers with 23 points and 15 rebounds, marking his sixth double-double of the season, and the 12th of his career ... FIU led by just four points at the break (30-26), and Diaz had just three points ... Diaz, however, came out in the second half and scored the team's first 12 points, and 18-of-its first 20 of the second stanza.
 
- Donte McGill also chipped in with 22 points in the win ... Daviyon Draper also posted a double-double - his third of the season, and third in the last four games - with a 15-point, 15-rebound performance ... Draper's 15 boards marked a career-high.
 
- FIU shot 50.0 percent (26-of-52) from the field on the day, and 56.0 percent (14-of-25) in the second half ... The Panthers also outrebounded the Owls, 46-25, and 13-7 on the offensive boards ... The 13 offensive rebounds would lead to 18 second chance points.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- The Panthers are coming off a tough 86-70 loss at Rice on Feb. 20 in Houston, a game that saw the Owls lead wire-to-wire ... It was FIU's second consecutive loss in the Lone Star State (77-75 loss at North Texas, Feb. 18) after sweeping UTSA (72-56) on Jan. 21 and UTEP (79-69) on Jan. 23, during its previous two-game trip to Texas.
 
- Daviyon Draper poured in a career-high 26 points, and Adrian Diaz and Donte McGill added 12 points apiece in the loss ... Diaz' first basket of the game lifted the senior to the 1,000 career-pint plateau (at both Kansas State and FIU) ... He also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the year.
 
- FIU shot 45.6 percent (26-of-57) from the field, including 50.0 percent (8-of-16) from behind the three-point arc ... Rice, however, hit 52.4 percent (33-of-63) from the field.
 
- The Owls took advantage of 13 FIU turnovers, scoring 17 points off the miscues.
 
- Rice also led in the specialty stats: points in the paint (42-26), second chance points (20-10) fast break points (8-0) and bench points (14-8).