BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Greg Gantt scored 19 points and Richard Morrow had a double-double, 11 points and 13 rebounds, to lead Florida Atlantic past Louisiana-Monroe 76-71 Wednesday night in Sun Belt Conference play.
Stefan Moody scored 16 points and Pablo Bertone added 13 for FAU (11-12, 6-6).
Trailing at halftime 45-36, FAU opened the second half on a 15-4 run to take a 51-49 lead on Gantt's jumper with 12:46 left to play.
The teams traded leads for most of the second half until Bertone's 3-pointer with 1:55 left made it 70-67.
Amos Olatayo answered with a layup to make it 70-69, but the Warhawks failed to score another field goal the rest of the way. FAU made four free throws in the final minute to seal the victory.
Louisiana-Monroe shot just 21.1 percent (8 of 38) in the second half.
Olatayo scored a season-high 25 points for the Warhawks (3-14, 2-9).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana-Monroe (3-14) | 45 | 26 | 71 |
| Florida Atlantic (11-12) « | 36 | 40 | 76 |
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| Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. James, F | 36 | 2-8 | 3-9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| M. Hansberry, G | 37 | 3-9 | 3-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Olatayo, G | 30 | 11-18 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| R. McCray, G | 26 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Mackey, G | 24 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 22 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Koszuta | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Lindsey | 10 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 25-64 | 16-26 | 43 | 17 | 22 | 71 | |
| 39.1% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Penn, F | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| G. Gantt, G | 37 | 8-19 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| R. Morrow, G | 34 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| S. Moody, G | 32 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| P. Bertone, G | 28 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Trapp | 27 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Sekelja | 13 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| J. McCoy | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Mattison | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-62 | 13-23 | 42 | 8 | 18 | 76 | |
| 45.2% | 56.5% | ||||||
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