COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Owls have survived, and advanced.
FAU men’s basketball’s (31-4, 18-2 C-USA) historic season will live to see another day, after they defeated the #24 University of Memphis Tigers 66-65 in the Round of 64 Friday night at Nationwide Arena.
Sophomore center Giancarlo Rosado headed the scoring charge with 15 points and 3 rebounds, leading the Owls on the 2-point upset over the 8-seed Tigers, which marks their first NCAA Tournament victory in program history.
As they live to see another day, the stakes only continue to get raised. Their Friday night victory books them for a meeting on Sunday with the 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights (21-15, 10-6 NEC).