Panthers miss two straight shots but get rebound after rebound to regain possession.

Tweets will be coming quick now, so prepare yourselves.

FAU leads 68-61 with 2:24 left. Panthers to inbound.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017

GRAB THE REBOUND!!!

Man we are TERRIBLE on the boards.

Three, four, five tries for FIU.

Give me a break.

FAU loses a big man when they're getting MANHANDLED on the boards.

Pfister fouls out trying to block another Kessens put back. Owls still up 68-62 with 1:10 left.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017

FAU responds to FIU's layup with a turnover on the inbound.

Massey converts one FT, FIU responds with a difficult layup. Owls lead 69-64 with 44.6 left.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017

Untimely foul for the Kitties there. We'll take it.

Filer then makes two FT to extend the lead by 7.

The man who pulled FIU back, Micheal Kessens, commits an offensive foul with :31 left in the game. Owls still lead by 5.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017

Owls decided to make the last 5 minutes fun with inept offensive possessions, but the good guys pull it out.

OWLS WIN! OWLS WIN! OWLS WIN!#FAU pulls away late for their first conference win of 2017 over #FIU, 73-64 pic.twitter.com/5oi9ifCdnB

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017

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Rutherford leads FAU in scoring with 14 points. Followed by Filler, Massey, and Ingram with 13, 12, and 10 respectively. Delph lead the Owls in rebounds with 7.

FIU's Kessens had a second half performance to remember. After his dismal start, he ends the game with a double double from 21 points and 11 rebounds.

We'll take this win heading into a long trip to Texas next week.

Final individual stats for #FAU, and team comparisons stats vs. #FIU. pic.twitter.com/Qgjdror9dj

— FAU Owl's Nest (@TheOwlsNest_ITB) January 7, 2017