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He was then fouled by Johnson going for a rebound - committing his fifth foul of the game - before going to the line to make two free throws, giving FAU an eight-point lead. Goldin’s dunk sparked a 13-3 for the Owls that helped them take a 67-63 lead with less than four minutes left.Īlijah Martin stepped up to hit a big 3-pointer, his third of the game and it gave the Owls a 70-64 lead with just over three minutes left. The dunk was the 14th point for Goldin, who entered the game averaging just over 10 points per game this season. Goldin put FAU back on top 64-63 when he violently slammed a dunk through the rim with his right hand after Sills fell to the ground. Tomlin recorded a 3-point play to score his 12th point of the game before he had a nasty block on the defensive side while playing help defense against Goldin who was looking to post up Massoud in the paint. His play sparked a 13-3 run for K-State, which helped them take a 57-50 lead at the under-12 media timeout of the second half. Nowell stepped up and hit another 3-pointer - putting him over 20 points for the third straight game - Nowell then recorded his 11th assist on back-to-back possessions before forcing a turnover on the defensive side and later deflecting a pass out of bounds. But he wasn’t set - or square - to the ballhandler and was given a blocking foul.īut K-State didn’t let the call hurt them. Johnson was given his fourth foul of the game when he tried to take a charge under the FAU rim. On the next possession, he stepped into a 3-pointer on the right wing, giving K-State a 49-47 lead while also recording his 18th point of the game. Nowell recorded his ninth assist of the game when he drove and spun through the paint before finding David N’Guessan for a layup to make it a 47-46 game. Johnson had a pair of buckets and athletic big Nae’Qwan Tomlin scored his seventh point of the game with a layup.

K-State scored on their first three possessions of the second half to take a 44-42 lead. Tang, though, called a timeout to help K-State get an open layup for guard Desi Sills, who was on the receiving end of Nowell’s seventh assist of the first half. But he also assisted teammates on a couple of layups.ĭespite tying the game at 34, K-State allowed FAU to close the half with an 8-2 advantage, which included a second-chance bucket for Goldin coming out of a Dusty May timeout. The Owl center scored eight points and had eight rebounds in the first half. The Owls found success near the mid-way point of the half by feeding 7-foot center Vladislav Goldin. The Wildcats were forced to dig out of a hole, though, because of defensive struggles. He would then score or assist on K-State’s next 10 points, including five free throws, to help K-State tie the game at 34 with 4:15 left in the first half. He got it started by hitting a jumper in the paint to make it a 28-24 game. But in the final 7:00, he started to dominate for K-State.

Star point guard - and darling of the NCAA Tournament - Markquis Nowell also struggled early in the first half.

He was called for his second personal foul with just over 12 minutes left on the clock and Jerome Tang opted to keep one of his two All-Americans on the bench for much of the remainder of the game. , hit a turnaround jumper in the paint to make it a 3-2 game after Florida Atlantic hit a 3-pointer on the opening possession of the game.īut Johnson wasn’t able to assert himself much in the first half.
