Florida Atlantic hosts Jones and Florida International

Published Dec. 16, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

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Florida International Panthers (4-5) at Florida Atlantic Owls (9-1)

Boca Raton, Florida; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Florida International takes on the Florida Atlantic Owls after Denver Jones scored 21 points in Florida International's 71-59 loss to the Howard Bison.

The Owls are 6-0 in home games. Florida Atlantic is 1-0 in one-possession games.

The Panthers have gone 0-3 away from home. Florida International ranks sixth in C-USA with 24.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Nick Guadarrama averaging 3.5.

The Owls and Panthers meet Saturday for the first time in C-USA play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alijah Martin is scoring 14.6 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Owls. Vladislav Goldin is averaging 10.7 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 65.7% for Florida Atlantic.

Jones is scoring 18.1 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Panthers. Arturo Dean is averaging 12.4 points for Florida International.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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