Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Southeastern Louisiana's Patrick Sullivan posted a double-double with a season-high 19 points with 10 rebounds, but a poor second half on both ends of the floor helped Florida Atlantic pull away and post a 72-58 win Saturday night at FAU Arena.

Paul Graham scored 19 points for FAU (4-5), which snapped a four-game losing streak, while Shavar Richardson added 13. Southeastern, which had its three-game win streak snapped, fell to 4-4 overall.

Southeastern shot 54 percent (13-for-24) from the floor in the first half, but went 10-for-31 (32.3 percent) in the second half to finish at 42 percent for the game. Defensively, Southeastern was unable to stop FAU as the Owls were 14-for-19 (73.7 percent) in the second half and finished 29-for-49 (59.2 percent) for the game.

FAU snapped a 38-38 deadlock in the second half as it went on a 12-0 run to take a 50-38 lead with 12:55 remaining in the game. Carderro Nwoji's layup at the 16:04 mark put the Owls ahead for good, 40-38, before Alex Tucker converted on a three-point play, Graham scored on a jumper and 3-pointer before Nwoji ended the decisive run with two free throws.

The Owls extended their lead to 56-40 on a pair of free throws by Tucker before Southeastern chipped away at the lead, closing to 61-52 on a putback by Kevyn Green.

Sullivan, playing in his home state for the first time in two years, recorded his eighth career double-double and blocked two shots to increase his Southeastern career total to 130 – one shy of Thelander Tillman's school record.

Green added 15 points for the Lions while Warrell Span added 10. The Lions went 1-for-11 from behind the 3-point line, including 0-for-8 in the second half.

Southeastern will return to action on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. when it faces Millsaps College in the nightcap of a doubleheader. The Lady Lions open the twinbill at 5:30 as they host Southern University.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (4-4)
Sullivan 8-15 3-4 19; Green 6-14 2-4 15; Span 5-8 0-0 10; Forest 1-6 5-6 7; Pope 2-2 0-2 4; Fortenberry 1-5 0-0 2; Ndoumba 0-0 1-2 1; Patterson 0-0 0-0 0; Tibbs 0-2 0-0 0; Cyprian 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-55 11-18 58.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC (4-5)
Graham 9-16 0-2 19; Richardson 5-8 2-4 13; Hernandez 5-6 0-0 10; Watson 4-6 1-2 9; Nwoji 3-7 3-4 9; Tucker 1-4 6-7 8; Royster 2-2 0-1 4; Coleman 0-0 0-0 0; Gagel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-49 12-20 72.

Halftime – FAU 32, SLU 30. 3-point goals – SLU 1-11 (Green 1-5; Forest 0-2; Fortenberry 0-2; Tibbs 0-1; Cyprian 0-1), FAU 2-8 (Graham 1-4; Richardson 1-2; Tucker 0-2). Fouled out - Royster. Rebounds – SLU 32 (Sullivan 10), FAU 31 (Graham 8). Assists – SLU 7 (Cyprian, Green 2), FAU 16 (Tucker 6). Total fouls – SLU 19, FAU 17. Technical fouls - None. A – 873.