From Marshall Sports Information, Edited for HI by Woody Woodrum
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida Atlantic hit a season-high 17 3-pointers and made a blistering 58.6 percent of those long-range attempts to down visiting Marshall, wire-to-wire, 84-73, Thursday evening at FAU Arena.
The 17 3-pointers made is the second-highest total in Conference USA history, behind the 20 the Owls made against UTEP back on March 5, 2014. It is five more than any team has made against Marshall this year as St. Francis hit 12 3-pointers in a Marshall home win and the Herd also allowed a high of 12 threes twice last year, by Middle Tennessee (Feb.