Florida International Falls 72-68 to Louisiana-Lafayette - Recap

Florida International Falls 72-68 to Louisiana-Lafayette - Recap

Louisiana-Lafayette grabbed a 72-68 win over Florida International on Thursday, behind an 18-point effort from Travis Bureau at U.S. Century Bank Arena.

Louisiana-Lafayette won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the 2-point spread as underdogs.

Josh Brown had 13 points for Louisiana-Lafayette and La'Ryan Gary chipped in with 12 points. Raymone Andrews had 6 assists for them, while Josh Brown was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 8 boards.

Florida International got 23 points from DeJuan Wright in a losing cause and another 16 points from Dominique Ferguson. Jeremy Allen contributed 2 assists for them, while DeJuan Wright had 11 rebounds.

First-half bettors who backed Florida International were victorious, as the score was 29-28 at the break.

Louisiana-Lafayette had a 38-32 advantage in the rebounding department as they won the battle in the paint.