David Drucker/ Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team (12-16, 6-9 in Conference USA) was handled by the Rice University Owls on Saturday, Feb. 20, in an 86-70 rout of the Panthers. The blowout loss marks FIU’s seventh in their last eight games and underlines their struggles since beginning conference play 5-2.
Senior forward Daviyon Draper scored a career-high 29 points in the game on 9-14 shooting. He was just edged for the game-high by Rice’s Marcus Evans, who finished with 30 points on 11-17 shooting. Senior center Adrian Diaz recorded his 1,000th career point in the game.