Feb. 4, 2004

BOCA RATON, FL - Florida Atlantic University takes to the road to begin a two-game swing in Nashville this week. The Owls' first stop will be Lipscomb University Thursday night. The game is scheduled to tip at 8:00pm EST at Allen Arena. It can be heard live on WLVJ 1040-AM and www.fausports.com.

FAU enters the game 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Owls are in seventh place in the A-Sun and will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak. Their last outing, without leading scorer and rebounder Mike Bell, resulted in a 73-68 loss to Troy State at home on Monday. In that game, Earnest Crumbley led all scorers with 20 points to give him 1,401 for his career. He is 100 points behind FAU's all-time scoring leader, Craig Buchanan.

Lipscomb enters the game 6-14 overall and 3-9 in the A-Sun. The Bisons are coming off a 63-61 victory at Gardner-Webb on February 2. Lipscomb's other conference wins have come against Stetson and Campbell. Freshman guard Brian Fisk leads the team with 12.6 points per game while sophomore guard James Poindexter adds 11.1ppg. Lipscomb is in its first year as a member of the A-Sun and is not eligible for the A-Sun Tournament.

This is the second meeting between the two teams. FAU defeated the Bisons, 90-69, January 19 at FAU Gymnasium. In that game, Bell scored an FAU A-Sun record 35 points.

Florida Atlantic concludes its road swing Saturday afternoon at Belmont in the second game of a doubleheader that features the Lady Owls and Lady Bruins.