ESTERO, Fla. -- Ronald Delph scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Florida Atlantic used a late scoring burst to beat Northern Illinois 77-67 in the Gulf Coast Showcase on Tuesday.
Delph posted his second straight double-double while Anthony Adger scored 15 points with five assists, Gerdarius Troutman made 4 of 6 3-point tries and scored 14 points, and Justin Massey added 13 points for the Owls (2-2), who shot 47.5 percent and made 7 of 13 from the arc.
Neither team led by double figures until Massey scored seven points in a 14-4 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Troutman, that gave the Owls a 74-64 lead with 1 1/2 minutes left.