FAU entered game two of their conference series at Memphis looking to get their bats back on track and tie the series. The Owls bats would come alive early, and Memphis would never be able to catch up. Led by the long ball, the Owls took game two over the Tigers 13-5, to even up the series.
FAU welcomes in Charlotte for their first ever conference series as part of the American Athletic Conference. FAU’s record sits at 12-7 after their initial non-conference schedule
emple is slowly becoming the darlings of College Basketball, as they knocked off FAU 74-73 in the Semi Finals of the AAC tournament, making it 4 post-season wins in a row, and moving one game away from the NCAA Tournament
FAU jumped out to a big lead early in this ball game, but UNT was quick to battle back and turn it into a classic Owls Vs Mean Green tussle
The season finale matchup between FAU (24-7 14-4 AAC) and Memphis (22-9 11-7 AAC) was built up with immense anticipation since it was placed on the docket, and it lived up to every ounce of the hype.
It took a Johnell Davis scoring 28 and points and an off-balance deep Left-Wing triple from him during the last seconds for FAU to defeat UNT, 66-63, in the teams first go-around on January 28th
FAU comes in losing 2 of their last 3, while Tulane is on a 5-game skid. Tulane has the potential to right their ship in this one, as a win could do mountains momentum wise, while a loss for FAU would raise serious concerns about the team’s ability to gain an at-large bid.
Sunday afternoon’s matchup between FAU and Memphis was a thriller that saw both sides exchanging leads and playing hard nosed basketball. In the end, however, it was the Memphis Tigers who defended their home court and used big moments in the second half to power through FAU, 78-74.
USF defended home court, and took firm control of the AAC, defeating state rival FAU in front of a hyped fanbase, 90-86. USF led for over 37 minutes of this game and held on to win despite a ferocious 2nd half comeback effort from FAU and 23 points from Vlad Goldin and 20 from Johnell Davis.