Sophomore forwards Jeantal Cylla, Jesse Hill and guard Nick Rutherford, will be transferring out of the Florida Atlantic men’s basketball program, according to a source close to the program. FAU Owl Access first reported the news.
After forcing overtime with a Gerdarius Troutman 3-pointer with two seconds remaining, Florida Atlantic men’s basketball was unable take advantage in the extra period, resulting in a 66-65 loss to UTEP Saturday night in El Paso, Texas.
After the University of Texas at San Antonio erased what was once an 11-point lead in favor of Florida Atlantic men’s basketball, neither of the two teams were able to put more than three points between them. The Roadrunners then closed the game by making their last four baskets to clinch a 68-63 win.
Coming off its first conference win of the season last Saturday, Florida Atlantic men’s basketball will be looking to capture its first three-game winning streak since December 2014, when it faces two conference foes in Texas later in the week.
Using strong defense and feeding off the energy from its bench, Florida Atlantic men’s basketball defeated Florida International University 73-64 Saturday afternoon in Boca Raton.
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Owls redshirt junior center Ronald Delph (33) tries to block Miami junior guard Ja’Quan Newton’s (0) attempt at a layup.
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With 21.6 seconds remaining in overtime and the score tied at 77, Florida Atlantic head coach Michael Curry called upon his sophomore point guard Nick Rutherford to lead the team’s last possession. Rutherford drained the clock and isolated his defender.
After three lead changes on three consecutive possessions in the games final 10 seconds, Florida Atlantic men’s basketball lost a crushing one-point battle on the road at the University of Tennessee at Martin 82-81 on Tuesday night.
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FAU redshirt junior guard Frank Booker (11) drives past two USF defenders to attempt a layup.
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Florida Atlantic junior Gerdarious Troutman had his coming-out game in the Owls 77-68 loss to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Sunday night in Honolulu, Hawaii.
