BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Greg Gantt scored 22 points and Florida Atlantic saw its 13-point lead nearly disappear before holding off late-charging Western Kentucky for a 65-62 Sun Belt Conference win Saturday night.
Ahead 62-49 with 2:42 left, the Owls (9-9, 4-3) went cold as the Hilltoppers closed the gap to 63-62 with 13 seconds left on T.J. Price's 3-pointer.
Jackson Trapp hit two free throws with 10 seconds remaining for a three-point cushion. After timeouts by each team, Price missed a 3-point attempt with 2 seconds to go. He finished 4 of 12 from long range, with his teammates going 0 of 8.
Pablo Bertone and Stefan Moody added 15 points apiece for the Owls, who have won three of their last four games. Florida Atlantic dominated the boards 44-28, but committed 24 turnovers, twice as many as Western Kentucky (10-8, 4-3).
Price's 20 points led the Hilltoppers, who have lost three straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Atlantic (9-9) « | 32 | 33 | 65 |
| Western Kentucky (10-8) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
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| Florida Atlantic Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Penn, F | 30 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| J. McCoy, F | 20 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| G. Gantt, G | 39 | 8-19 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| S. Moody, G | 32 | 4-10 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| P. Bertone, G | 28 | 7-8 | 1-4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Trapp | 19 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Bryant | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Sekelja | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Mattison | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Baker | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-49 | 11-18 | 44 | 9 | 23 | 65 | |
| 49% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Fant, F | 30 | 6-14 | 7-11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| T. Akol, C | 12 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Harris, G | 37 | 1-11 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Price, G | 36 | 5-16 | 6-7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| K. Kaspar, G | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| O. Akamune | 22 | 2-2 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| P. Blade | 13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Anyigbo | 10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Vasquez | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Alcantara | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Rostov | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-54 | 22-31 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 62 | |
| 33.3% | 71% | ||||||
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