Jan. 16, 2013
FAU Game Notes
BOCA RATON, FL - The Florida Atlantic men's basketball team hosts division rival Troy on Thursday night.
FAU (9-9, 4-3 Sun Belt) split its road trip last week, losing to Middle Tennessee 62-52 and then defeating Western Kentucky 65-62. FAU defeated the Trojans (7-10, 2-4) 61-54 on December 27 in Troy. Greg Gantt scored 26 points and became FAU's all-time leading scorer in that contest. He will be honored in a pregame ceremony on Thursday. Pablo Bertone had 21 points in that game as well.
Gantt enters the game 4th in the nation at 22.4 points per game. A win would also tie Gantt, Jordan McCoy and Andre Mattison for the winningest senior class since FAU joined Division I.
The Last Meeting
| Florida Atlantic | 61 |
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| Troy | 54 |
December 27, 2012
Troy, AL
Gantt Makes History in 61-54 Win Over Troy
Senior Greg Gantt became Florida Atlantic University's all-time leading scorer in a 61-54 win over Troy on Thursday night.
The history bucket came less than five minutes into the game, when Gantt banked in a runner to pass Earnest Crumbley as the school's alltime leading scorer.
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Sophomore forward Kelvin Penn's 2.83 blocks per game are 15th in the country. A limited number of "Destroy Troy" t-shirts will be given away to students. FAU will finish the weekend by facing North Texas on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Live stats and live audio of both games can be found here. Single-game and mini-plan tickets for all home games are available by contacting the FAU Ticket Office at 1-866-FAU-OWLS.
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