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FMU player
Charles Bethel Jr.
68
Florida Memorial University FMU 6-14, 6-11 TSC
83
Winner Warner Univ. WU 15-3, 13-3 TSC
Florida Memorial University FMU
6-14, 6-11 TSC
68
Final
83
Warner Univ. WU
15-3, 13-3 TSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida Memorial University FMU 30 38 68
Warner Univ. WU 37 46 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | J.T. Wilcox, Sports Information Director

Turnovers & Cold Shooting Sting FMU, Lions Fall To Warner Saturday

LAKE WALES, Fla. – A mixture of negatives – cold shooting and turnovers – acted as an anchor to Florida Memorial University's men's basketball team as the Lions fell 83-68 to host Warner University Saturday afternoon in WU's Turner Athletic Center.
 
FMU shot 42 percent from the field and a scant 17 percent from three-point range while committing 20 turnovers, as it fell behind by as many as 24 points late in the second half before chipping away a small portion of its deficit in the waning minutes to create the final 15-point deficit.
 
Florida Memorial, which will have a few days of rest before it takes a trip to Georgia to face College of Coastal Georgia on February 11, was led by senior Mubashar Ali's 14-point, 10-rebound double-double. Ali secured his 11th double-double of the season in just 19 minutes of action, as he was hampered by foul trouble throughout and fouled out with just over six minutes to play in the second half.
 
7-foot-2 freshman center Nicodemo Majuec also fouled out Saturday, finishing with 5 points and 7 boards in 20 minutes on the floor before he picked up his fifth foul. 
 
Graduate transfer Jethro Tshisumpa tied Ali for the team-high point total – playing in second game with the team – while also totaling 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.
 
Ali and Tshisumpa were the only Lions (6-14, 6-11 The Sun Conference) to cross the 10-point threshold. Terence Clayton finished with 9 points, Muhammad Gilchrist and Cheikh Kebe each had 7, and Muhammad Gilchrist chipped in with 6 points off the bench.
 
The Lions did appear ready to stand toe-to-toe with the Royals – similar to how it did in their January 26th meeting that went into overtime – with how they played early Saturday. Florida Memorial's length in the frontcourt seemed to stymie Warner through the first half and the Lions even took a 24-17 lead – after a Tshisupma jumper – over the Royals with 7:28 left before halftime.
 
Warner University, however, would close the first half outscoring FMU 20-6 – including a 12-0 run over the final three-and-a-half minutes – to take a 35-30 lead into halftime. The Royals (15-3, 13-3), the current No. 1 seed in the Sun Conference, kept its momentum going after halftime; extending its lead to double digits five minutes in and never allowed the Lions to draw closer than 10 the rest of the way.
 
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