MIAMI (AP) - Tymell Murphy finished with a huge double-double, career-highs with 24 points and 20 rebounds as Florida International pulled away in the second half to beat Florida A&M 88-72 Wednesday night in nonconference play.
Malik Smith added 23 points and Jerome Frink scored six points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for FIU (5-7).
Ahead by two, 61-59 with 7:59 to play, Smith's 3-pointer capped a 20-6 run that pushed FIU's lead to 16, 81-65 with just 1:53 remaining. Smith led FIU with 13 points in the second half.
The Panthers dominated inside, outscoring the Rattlers 43-24 in the paint.
FIU also scored 34 points on 25 Florida A&M turnovers.
Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the first period as FIU led at halftime 44-37.
Reggie Lewis and Jomari Bradshaw scored 15 points apiece to lead the Rattlers (4-10).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida A&M (4-10) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Florida International (5-7) « | 44 | 44 | 88 |
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| Florida A&M Rattlers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bradshaw, F | 25 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Teal, F | 18 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| R. Lewis, G | 36 | 5-15 | 2-2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Adams, G | 35 | 4-17 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| W. Davis, G | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Abdul-Aleem | 21 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Kellum | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Bullard | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| O. Odi | 9 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| M. Badejo | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Fabiyi | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-69 | 11-18 | 48 | 17 | 17 | 72 | |
| 36.2% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Murphy, F | 31 | 10-18 | 3-5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| T. Akomolafe, F | 28 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Frink, F | 23 | 2-10 | 2-4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Smith, G | 33 | 8-17 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| G. Belardo, G | 19 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hill | 20 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez | 17 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Ferrales | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| I. Jurkovic | 11 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| J. De La Rosa | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Nunez | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-77 | 16-21 | 51 | 17 | 19 | 88 | |
| 40.3% | 76.2% | ||||||
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