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Men’s basketball: FAU’s Gerdarious Troutman’s 20 points not enough in second straight loss

The Owls have lost two games in their Hawaii trip with one left to go.

Sophomore guard Nick Rutherford made all eight of his foul shots in the Owls loss to SIU Edwardsville on Sunday night. Mohammed Emran | Staff Photographer

Florida Atlantic junior Gerdarious Troutman had his coming-out game in the Owls 77-68 loss to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Sunday night in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Cougars (2-0) threatened to pull away early on multiple occasions, jumping out to a 21-9 lead with 11:37 in the first half and re-extending it to seven after the Owls (0-2) shortened the deficit.