No. 20 Florida Atlantic defated Wichita State in overtime in American Athletic Conference men's basketball action on Sunday, February 11.
No. 20 Florida Atlantic 95, Wichita State 82 (OT) - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Vladislav Goldin had 20 points and Brandon Weatherspoon scored 19 to lead No. 20 Florida Atlantic to a 95-82 overtime win against Wichita State on Sunday.
Florida Atlantic (19-5, 9-2 American Athletic Conference) dominated the overtime period, outscoring Wichita State 21-8. The Owls shot 47.2% for the game.
“We made two hustle plays to start and that set the tone in overtime,” Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May said. “Without a doubt the hustle plays helped give us the separation we needed.”
Xavier Bell finished with 25 points off the bench for Wichita State (10-14, 2-9). Colby Rogers had 21 for his fifth straight double-figure game. The Shockers shot 50.8% from the field.
“I thought early in the game we were thinking pass way too much. We have to think shot quality,” Wichita State coach Paul Mills said. “Just knowing the nature of the defense you have to get quality looks. I thought Rogers did that and obviously Bell did a great job of it.”
Bell hit a 3 with 42 seconds left in the second half to take a 73-72 lead. Late free throws for both teams sent the game to overtime tied at 74-74.
Florida Athletic went 0 for 6 from the floor to start the game, but managed to limit Wichita State to just nine points in that stretch. Weatherspoon was vital in getting the Owls some early momentum with eight points in the opening six minutes.
“I knew it was an early morning game and I am a big energy guy so I just tried to get the juices flowing,” Weatherspoon said. “We just needed to stay positive, just working on getting stops and everything will be alright.”
May said Weatherspoon “doesn’t get a lot of accolades,” but the team's success wouldn't be what it is without him.
“Obviously his stat line is easy to talk about today, but his impact goes so much beyond that,” May said.
Turnovers plagued Wichita State and Florida Atlantic capitalized on it with 16 points off 17 Shocker turnovers. It was the 11th time the Shockers have had 14 or more turnovers this season.
Memphis 90, Tulane 78 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) David Jones scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Memphis beat Tulane 90-78 on Sunday.
Jahvon Quinerly scored 18 points and added five rebounds, six assists, and three steals for the Tigers (18-6, 7-4 American Athletic Conference). JNae'Qwan Tomlin had 16 points.
Collin Holloway led the Green Wave (13-10, 4-7) in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Sion James added 12 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals for Tulane. In addition, Tre' Williams had 12 points.
Memphis took the lead with 17:13 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 46-29 at halftime, with Jones racking up 13 points. Memphis pulled away with a 10-0 run in the second half to extend a 15-point lead to 25 points. They were outscored by Tulane in the second half by a five-point margin, but still wound up on top, as Jones led the way with a team-high 10 second-half points.
SMU 71, North Texas 68 - Box Score
DALLAS (AP) Ja'Heim Hudson helped lead SMU past North Texas on Sunday with 14 points off of the bench in a 71-68 win.
Jalen Smith also scored 14 points for SMU (17-7, 8-3 American Athletic Conference). Chuck Harris finished with 13 points.
Jason Edwards scored 18 points for the Mean Green (13-10, 6-5). North Texas got 16 points from Robert Allen and 15 points from John Buggs III.
Smith scored 12 points in the first half and SMU went into the break trailing 34-30. After trailing by 10 points in the second half, SMU went on a 7-0 run to narrow the score to 58-55 with 10:37 remaining in the half before finishing off the victory. Hudson scored 11 second-half points.
Charlotte 73, Temple 70 - Box Score
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Lu'Cye Patterson scored 22 points, Dishon Jackson had a double-double and Charlotte beat Temple 73-70 on Sunday.
Patterson shot 6 for 12 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 7 of 7 from the free throw line for the 49ers (15-8, 9-2 American Athletic Conference). Jackson added 15 points and 11 rebounds. Igor Milicic Jr. had 11 points.
The Owls (8-16, 1-10) were led by Hysier Miller, who recorded 14 points. Temple also got 13 points and four assists from Quante Berry. The loss was the Owls' ninth in a row.
Charlotte went into the half leading Temple 33-29 after Patterson scored 13 points in the half. Charlotte turned a three-point second-half lead into a 14-point advantage with an 11-0 run to make it a 63-49 lead with 5:34 remaining. Milicic scored all 11 of his points in the second half.
UAB 70, Tulsa 63 - Box Score
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Yaxel Lendeborg had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Gaines also scored 17 points and UAB defeated Tulsa 70-63 on Sunday.
Gaines added seven assists and Javian Davis added 14 points for the Blazers (16-8, 8-3 American Athletic Conference).
The Golden Hurricane (12-11, 3-8) were led in scoring by PJ Haggerty, who finished with 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals. Isaiah Barnes added 12 points and seven rebounds for Tulsa.
Tony Toney scored seven points in the first half and UAB went into the break trailing 32-30. Lendeborg scored 15 points in the second half to lead UAB to the seven-point victory.