MIAMI (AP) - Cameron Bell came off the bench for 17 points to lead four players in double figures in Florida Atlantic's 65-52 win over Arkansas-Little Rock on Thursday night.
Bell made 5 of 8 shots, sank all six free-throw attempts and grabbed eight boards in just 23 minutes of action. Jerome Fink added 13 points, Deric Hill 12 and Tymell Murphy 11 for the Panthers.
FIU (15-12, 10-8 Sun Belt Conference) shot 48 percent (13 of 27) in the first half but Arkansas-Little Rock answered with a 47.6-percent (10 of 21) clip to keep it close at the break, 29-25.
The Panthers fell to 45 percent (9 of 20) after intermission but held the Trojans to 12-of-35 shooting and made 15 of 16 free throws to pull away.
Michael Javes and John Gillon scored 12 apiece for the Trojans (15-13, 9-10), whose 22 turnovers led to 25 points for FIU.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Arkansas-Little Rock (15-13) | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| Florida International (15-12) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
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| Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Javes, F | 27 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| W. Neighbour, F | 26 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| L. Isler, G | 36 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Hagins, G | 26 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Dillard, G | 19 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gillon | 25 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| K. Osse | 15 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| J. White | 15 | 3-4 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| G. Leeper | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Billings | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-56 | 6-15 | 31 | 14 | 23 | 52 | |
| 39.3% | 40% | ||||||
| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Murphy, F | 32 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Frink, F | 26 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| I. Jurkovic, C | 17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Smith, G | 36 | 0-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Hill, G | 33 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Bell | 23 | 5-8 | 6-6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| T. Akomolafe | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Ferrales | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Nunez | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-47 | 16-18 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 65 | |
| 46.8% | 88.9% | ||||||
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