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Men’s basketball: Owls lose two games to FIU during Rivalry Week

University Press | February 10, 2020

Related Topics: FIU Panthers, Florida Atlantic Owls, Rivalry Week, FIU Panthers football, University Park, Rice Owls football, Aleksandar Zecevic, Games played

FAU shot poorly in both games against FIU while blowing a 14-point lead.

Karlis Silins and Jailyn Ingram combined for 21 points in the second loss to the Panthers in the season series. Photo by: Alex Liscio.

It was Rivalry Week across men’s college basketball, and in South Florida this week, the Florida Atlantic Owls and the Florida International Panthers battled twice, with both games ending poorly for FAU.

The first game, played Wednesday at University Park in Miami, was all Panthers. FAU led once in a 69-50 Panthers rout. Aleksandar Zecevic led all Owls in scoring with 13 points and added on five rebounds, but the Owls couldn’t get hot from beyond the arc, making only one of their 16 three-point attempts, which totaled 6.

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