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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida Atlantic 112, Texas-San Antonio 103
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 21, 2024
Where: Convocation Center, San Antonio, Texas
Officials: # Keith Kimble, # Jason Baker, # Jeb Hartness
Attendance: 1929

Alijah Martin scored six points during a crucial 36-second span of overtime as No. 23 Florida Atlantic edged past pesky UTSA 112-103 on Sunday afternoon in San Antonio.

With the score at 96-all during the extra session, Martin stole the ball and made a layup and a free throw. He then hit the first of his two 3-pointers in overtime, where he scored nine of his points.

Martin finished with 26 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals. Johnell Davis -- who forced overtime with three free throws after being fouled with 16 seconds left -- had 34 points and seven rebounds.

Brandon Weatherspoon had 21 points and six boards and Nick Boyd recorded 12 points and six assists for the Owls (15-4, 5-1 American Athletic Conference), who routed UTSA 106-66 on Feb. 23, 2023, last time the teams met.

The Owls shot 38-for-73 (52.1 percent) overall and hit 17 of 35 attempts (48.6 percent) from behind the arc.

A 16-point favorite, FAU won its fourth straight game against the Roadrunners and moved to 11-6 in the all-time series' history.

UTSA's Jordan Ivy-Curry netted a career-high 38 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Christian Tucker produced a double-double with 19 points and 12 assists.

Isaiah Wyatt had 14 points and six rebounds and Massal Diouf added 10 points and five rebounds for the Roadrunners (7-12, 1-5), who lost their fourth straight and fell to 2-8 in the past 10 games.

UTSA went 25 of 32 (78.1 percent) from the foul line.

In the game's first 1:25 of play, UTSA let the nationally-ranked visitors know that it would not be an easy day of AAC play.

Wyatt canned a pair of treys while Dre Fuller Jr. added one in a 9-0 start. The Roadrunners made five of their first six shots to lead 13-8 at the first media timeout.

Aided by a Class A technical foul against Weatherspoon at 10:17, UTSA built its advantage to 36-20 as Wyatt and Carlton Linguard Jr. each hit a trey.

The Owls made seven of eight shots to cut their deficit to 42-38, but Tucker sank four free throws to leave UTSA with a 53-49 halftime lead.

UTSA led by seven early in the second half, and after FAU rallied down the stretch, the Roadrunners needed five straight points to move ahead 91-88 in the final minute, setting up Davis' game-tying free throws.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Florida Atlantic   Texas-San Antonio
Johnell Davis 34 Scoring Jordan Ivy-Curry 38
Nick Boyd 6 Assists Christian Tucker 12
Johnell Davis 7 Rebounds Jordan Ivy-Curry 7
Johnell Davis 9 Free Throws Made Jordan Ivy-Curry 14
Tre Carroll 2 Steals Massal Diouf 2
Vladislav Goldin 2 Blocks Dre Fuller Jr. 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Florida Atlantic 112 52.1 17-35 19-29 21 35 4 7 7
Texas-San Antonio 103 49.3 12-27 25-32 18 37 1 3 13