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Harvard 71, Florida Atlantic 49
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Taking the floor for the first time since a 58-57 loss to Holy Cross knocked it out of this week’s AP Top 25, the Harvard Crimson bounced back in a big way Thursday, defeating the Florida Atlantic Owls 71-49 at the Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Mass.
FAU took advantage of Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker’s decision to begin the game with his five starters on the bench by jumping out to an early 11-4 lead. But from that point on, it was all Crimson.
Harvard proceeded to go on a 26-2 run sparked by regular senior starters Wesley Saunders and Steve Moundou-Missi. Meanwhile, FAU had a scoring drought of 7:12 in the first half and after making five of their first six shots of the contest, the Owls shot just 4-of-21 from the floor to end the half and ended the game shooting 21-of-57, including 4-of-18 from 3-point range.
Saunders led the Crimson in scoring with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while Moundou-Missi had 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting and junior forward Evan Cummins finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Owls’ starting backcourt of freshman guard Justin Massey and sophomore guard Marquan Botley led the way for FAU in defeat. Massey finished with a team-high 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, while Botley ended up with 12 points on the night.
FAU returns to action Nov. 23 when it plays at Georgia.
