MIAMI (AP) - Malik Smith scored in double figures for the fifth straight game and Florida International topped Troy 61-55 Saturday night in Sun Belt Conference action.
Smith netted 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including 5 of 11 from 3-point range for the Panthers (10-8, 5-4). Tymell Murphy added 15 points and eight rebounds and Cameron Bell had 12 points.
Emil Jones paced Troy (7-12, 2-6) with 18 points, making 8 of 11 free-throw attempts.
The Trojans committed 12 turnovers to FIU's four, with five different players finishing with two giveaways.
Troy led 28-27 at halftime, backed mostly by 41.7 percent shooting (5 of 12) from 3-point range in the first half. The long-range magic dried up in the second half, though, as the Trojans made just 1 of 9 3-point attempts.
FIU used the intermission to fix its shooting woes, improving from 2 of 10 from 3 before intermission to 5 of 13 after.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Troy (7-12) | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Florida International (10-8) « | 27 | 34 | 61 |
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| Troy Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Hinton, F | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Warren, C | 15 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| H. Williams, G | 37 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| R. Scott, G | 36 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| E. Jones, G | 35 | 5-10 | 8-11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jethroe | 25 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| R. Chambers | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Myers | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mullahey | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Calhoun | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 11-17 | 35 | 11 | 14 | 55 | |
| 38.8% | 64.7% | ||||||
| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Murphy, F | 38 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Frink, F | 35 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Akomolafe, F | 17 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| M. Smith, G | 36 | 7-13 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| C. Bell, G | 22 | 3-7 | 6-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hill | 19 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez | 19 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Ferrales | 6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Belardo | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Jurkovic | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. De La Rosa | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 14-20 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 61 | |
| 37% | 70% | ||||||
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