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Niccolo Moretti scores 19 as Florida Atlantic downs Indiana State 97-64 in season opener

AP
Nov 04, 2024

XENIA, Ohio (AP) Niccolo Moretti helped lead Florida Atlantic past Indiana State on Monday night with 19 points off the bench in a 97-64 season-opening victory.

Moretti had five rebounds for the Owls. Baba Miller scored 13 points and added nine rebounds and four steals. Leland Walker shot 5 of 8 from the field and 3 of 5 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points.

Samage Teel finished with 21 points and two steals for the Sycamores. Kmani Doughty added eight points.

Florida Atlantic took the lead with 11:07 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 53-28 at halftime.

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

1st Half
FAU
Owls
53
INST
Sycamores
28

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Matas Vokietaitis (Matas Vokietaitis gains possession)
20:00		Ken Evans Jr. misses two point jump shot
19:58		Ken Evans Jr. offensive rebound
19:36		Ken Evans Jr. misses two point jump shot
19:34		Aaron Gray defensive rebound
19:20	+3	Aaron Gray makes three point jump shot (Tyran Cook assists)	0-3
19:03	+3	KyKy Tandy makes three point jump shot (Ken Evans Jr. assists)	3-3
18:52		Matas Vokietaitis personal foul
18:26		Tyran Cook turnover (traveling)
18:26	+2	Leland Walker makes two point layup	5-3
18:08		Baba Miller blocks Samage Teel's two point layup
17:44		Baba Miller defensive rebound
17:44		Ken Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:44		Markus Harding defensive rebound
17:44	+3	Markus Harding makes three point jump shot (Jahni Summers assists)	5-6
17:31	+2	Matas Vokietaitis makes two point layup (Leland Walker assists)	7-6
17:30		Tyran Cook misses two point layup
17:28		Markus Harding offensive rebound
16:43		Markus Harding turnover (KyKy Tandy steals)
16:43		Jahni Summers personal foul
16:43	+2	Matas Vokietaitis makes two point dunk (Leland Walker assists)	9-6
16:29		Markus Harding turnover (Leland Walker steals)
16:12	+3	Kaleb Glenn makes three point jump shot (Leland Walker assists)	12-6
16:00		TV timeout
15:44		Jahni Summers misses two point jump shot
15:42		Ken Evans Jr. defensive rebound
15:32		Tre Carroll offensive foul
15:32		Tre Carroll turnover (offensive foul)
15:26		Aaron Gray misses two point layup
15:24		Baba Miller defensive rebound
15:01		Leland Walker misses two point layup
14:59		Derek Vorst defensive rebound
14:48	+3	Samage Teel makes three point jump shot	12-9
14:42		Leland Walker turnover (Samage Teel steals)
14:21	+3	Jahni Summers makes three point jump shot (Samage Teel assists)	12-12
13:43		Ken Evans Jr. misses two point layup
13:43		Derek Vorst defensive rebound
13:43		Samage Teel misses three point jump shot
13:43		Aaron Gray offensive rebound
13:43	+3	Samage Teel makes three point jump shot (Derek Vorst assists)	12-15
13:43		Owls 30 second timeout
13:36		K'mani Doughty shooting foul
13:36	+1	Niccolo Moretti makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-15
13:36	+1	Niccolo Moretti makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-15
13:23		Jahni Summers turnover (Kaleb Glenn steals)
13:14	+2	Kaleb Glenn makes two point dunk	16-15
13:06		Samage Teel turnover (bad pass)
12:51		Kaleb Glenn misses three point jump shot
12:49		Niccolo Moretti offensive rebound
12:39		KyKy Tandy misses three point jump shot
12:37		Aaron Gray defensive rebound
12:25		Matas Vokietaitis personal foul
12:17		Aaron Gray misses two point jump shot
12:15		KyKy Tandy defensive rebound
12:02		K'mani Doughty personal foul (Niccolo Moretti draws the foul)
11:58		KyKy Tandy misses two point jump shot
11:56		Bruno Alocen defensive rebound
11:34		Aaron Gray misses three point jump shot
11:32		KyKy Tandy defensive rebound
11:23	+2	Niccolo Moretti makes two point layup	18-15
11:09	+3	Camp Wagner makes three point jump shot (Derek Vorst assists)	18-18
11:07		TV timeout
11:07		Derek Vorst technical foul
11:07		KyKy Tandy misses technical free throw 1 of 2
11:07	+1	KyKy Tandy makes technical free throw 2 of 2	19-18
10:54	+2	Devin Vanterpool makes two point layup	21-18
10:36		Bruno Alocen turnover (traveling)
10:18	+3	Niccolo Moretti makes three point jump shot (Devin Vanterpool assists)	24-18
10:01		Aaron Gray misses three point jump shot
9:59		Kaleb Glenn defensive rebound
9:50		Devin Vanterpool offensive foul
9:50		Devin Vanterpool turnover (offensive foul)
9:41		Aaron Gray turnover (Ken Evans Jr. steals)
9:35		Aaron Gray personal foul
9:29		Niccolo Moretti misses three point jump shot
9:27		Bruno Alocen defensive rebound
9:20		Bruno Alocen turnover (traveling)
9:10	+2	Leland Walker makes two point jump shot	26-18
8:49		Aaron Gray turnover (Baba Miller steals)
8:41		Leland Walker misses three point jump shot
8:39		Sycamores defensive rebound
8:39		Baba Miller personal foul
8:28		Tyran Cook misses two point jump shot
8:26		Baba Miller defensive rebound
8:16		Ken Evans Jr. turnover (Jahni Summers steals)
8:03		Samage Teel misses three point jump shot
8:01		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
7:45		Tre Carroll misses two point jump shot
7:43		Jahni Summers defensive rebound
7:34		Markus Harding misses three point jump shot
7:32		Leland Walker defensive rebound
7:08	+2	Niccolo Moretti makes two point jump shot	28-18
6:56		Ken Evans Jr. blocks Tyran Cook's two point layup
6:54		Sycamores offensive rebound
6:56		TV timeout
6:38		K'mani Doughty turnover (Leland Walker steals)
6:33	+2	Leland Walker makes two point layup (Niccolo Moretti assists)	30-18
6:30		Kaleb Glenn blocks K'mani Doughty's two point layup
6:20		Ken Evans Jr. personal foul
6:20		Jahni Summers misses three point jump shot
6:18		Owls defensive rebound
5:55	+3	Niccolo Moretti makes three point jump shot (Ken Evans Jr. assists)	33-18
5:39	+3	Samage Teel makes three point jump shot	33-21
5:31		Samage Teel personal foul
5:22	+3	Ken Evans Jr. makes three point jump shot	36-21
5:10		Samage Teel misses three point jump shot
5:08		Niccolo Moretti defensive rebound
5:02		Baba Miller turnover (traveling)
5:01		Samage Teel turnover (Ken Evans Jr. steals)
4:49	+2	Kaleb Glenn makes two point alley-oop dunk (Ken Evans Jr. assists)	38-21
4:52		Sycamores 30 second timeout
4:44		Derek Vorst misses two point jump shot
4:42		Baba Miller defensive rebound
4:36		Jaden Daughtry personal foul
4:36	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-21
4:36	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-21
4:10		Jaden Daughtry misses two point layup
4:08		Ken Evans Jr. defensive rebound
4:03	+2	Ken Evans Jr. makes two point layup	42-21
3:55		Jahni Summers misses three point jump shot
3:53		Derek Vorst offensive rebound
3:46		Derek Vorst misses two point jump shot
3:44		Baba Miller defensive rebound
3:33	+3	Baba Miller makes three point jump shot (Ken Evans Jr. assists)	45-21
3:24		TV timeout
3:16		Markus Harding misses two point layup
3:16		Baba Miller defensive rebound
3:16		Jaden Daughtry personal foul
3:12	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-21
3:12		Baba Miller misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:12		Aaron Gray defensive rebound
3:05	+2	Camp Wagner makes two point jump shot (Samage Teel assists)	46-23
2:42		Devin Vanterpool misses two point layup
2:40		Jaden Daughtry defensive rebound
2:28		Camp Wagner misses three point jump shot
2:26		Baba Miller defensive rebound
2:04	+2	Leland Walker makes two point layup	48-23
2:03		Samage Teel shooting foul
1:56		Leland Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:56		Kaleb Glenn offensive rebound
1:56		Devin Vanterpool misses three point jump shot
1:54		Jayan Walker defensive rebound
1:54		Kaleb Glenn personal foul
1:48		Jayan Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:48		Kaleb Glenn defensive rebound
1:44	+3	KyKy Tandy makes three point jump shot (Niccolo Moretti assists)	51-23
1:22		Markus Harding misses three point jump shot
1:20		Devin Vanterpool defensive rebound
1:12		KyKy Tandy misses three point jump shot
1:10		Aaron Gray defensive rebound
1:05	+2	Samage Teel makes two point layup	51-25
0:36		Tre Carroll misses two point layup
0:34		Jayan Walker defensive rebound
0:26	+3	Samage Teel makes three point jump shot	51-28
0:00	+2	Niccolo Moretti makes two point layup	53-28
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
FAU
Owls
44
INST
Sycamores
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Markus Harding turnover (lost ball) (Baba Miller steals)
20:00	+2	Baba Miller makes two point dunk (Ken Evans Jr. assists)	55-28
19:24		Matas Vokietaitis personal foul
19:53		Markus Harding turnover (Baba Miller steals)
18:51	+3	Aaron Gray makes three point jump shot (Jahni Summers assists)	55-31
18:37		Baba Miller turnover (Aaron Gray steals)
18:37		Jahni Summers misses three point jump shot
18:37		Leland Walker defensive rebound
18:37		Samage Teel personal foul
18:37		KyKy Tandy misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:37	+1	KyKy Tandy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-31
18:21	+3	Markus Harding makes three point jump shot (Tyran Cook assists)	56-34
18:09	+2	Leland Walker makes two point layup	58-34
18:00	+3	Samage Teel makes three point jump shot (Markus Harding assists)	58-37
17:42	+3	Baba Miller makes three point jump shot	61-37
17:18		Markus Harding misses three point jump shot
17:16		Owls defensive rebound
16:57		Ken Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:55		Tyran Cook defensive rebound
16:47		Samage Teel misses three point jump shot
16:45		Baba Miller defensive rebound
16:40		Baba Miller turnover (traveling)
16:17		Tyran Cook turnover (Baba Miller steals)
16:10		Jahni Summers personal foul
16:05	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point layup (Niccolo Moretti assists)	63-37
16:05		Markus Harding shooting foul
16:05		Tre Carroll misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:05		Sycamores defensive rebound
15:51		Derek Vorst misses three point jump shot
15:49		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
15:40		Tre Carroll turnover (Samage Teel steals)
15:35		K'mani Doughty misses three point jump shot
15:33		Niccolo Moretti defensive rebound
15:33		Derek Vorst personal foul
15:33		TV timeout
15:20	+2	Mantas Kocanas makes two point layup (Niccolo Moretti assists)	65-37
15:10		Mantas Kocanas personal foul
14:51		K'mani Doughty misses three point jump shot
14:49		Niccolo Moretti defensive rebound
14:39		Kaleb Glenn turnover (Derek Vorst steals)
14:27		Devin Vanterpool personal foul
14:20	+2	Samage Teel makes two point layup (Derek Vorst assists)	65-39
14:08	+3	Niccolo Moretti makes three point jump shot	68-39
13:41	+2	Samage Teel makes two point jump shot (Derek Vorst assists)	68-41
13:17		Jaden Daughtry blocks Kaleb Glenn's two point layup
13:15		Jaden Daughtry defensive rebound
12:59	+2	K'mani Doughty makes two point jump shot (Jaden Daughtry assists)	68-43
12:59		Devin Vanterpool shooting foul
12:59		K'mani Doughty misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:59		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
12:59		K'mani Doughty personal foul
12:52		K'mani Doughty shooting foul
12:52	+1	Matas Vokietaitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-43
12:52	+1	Matas Vokietaitis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-43
12:28		KyKy Tandy shooting foul (Bruno Alocen draws the foul)
12:28	+1	Bruno Alocen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-44
12:28	+1	Bruno Alocen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-45
12:15		KyKy Tandy misses two point jump shot
12:13		Matas Vokietaitis offensive rebound
12:07		Matas Vokietaitis turnover (Jaden Daughtry steals)
11:57	+2	Jaden Daughtry makes two point jump shot (Bruno Alocen assists)	70-47
11:48	+2	Niccolo Moretti makes two point jump shot	72-47
11:48		TV timeout
11:38		Matas Vokietaitis blocks Jaden Daughtry's two point layup
11:36		Niccolo Moretti defensive rebound
11:26		Niccolo Moretti turnover (Jaden Daughtry steals)
11:14	+3	K'mani Doughty makes three point jump shot (Jaden Daughtry assists)	72-50
11:08		Niccolo Moretti misses two point jump shot
11:06		Matas Vokietaitis offensive rebound
11:06		Derek Vorst personal foul
11:06		Matas Vokietaitis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:04		Jaden Daughtry defensive rebound
11:00		Jaden Daughtry misses three point jump shot
10:58		Ken Evans Jr. defensive rebound
10:47		Ken Evans Jr. turnover (K'mani Doughty steals)
10:37		Bruno Alocen misses three point jump shot
10:35		Leland Walker defensive rebound
10:26	+2	Baba Miller makes two point alley-oop dunk (Leland Walker assists)	74-50
10:09		Derek Vorst turnover (Baba Miller steals)
9:58	+2	Matas Vokietaitis makes two point dunk (Baba Miller assists)	76-50
9:49		K'mani Doughty misses three point jump shot
9:47		Bruno Alocen offensive rebound
9:39	+2	Jaden Daughtry makes two point layup	76-52
9:39		Baba Miller shooting foul
9:39	+1	Jaden Daughtry makes regular free throw 1 of 1	76-53
9:24		Kaleb Glenn misses three point jump shot
9:22		Bruno Alocen defensive rebound
8:52		Jayan Walker misses two point jump shot
8:52		Baba Miller defensive rebound
8:52		Jahni Summers misses two point jump shot
8:50		Baba Miller defensive rebound
8:42		Baba Miller turnover (Merritt Alderink steals)
8:35		Samage Teel turnover (Kaleb Glenn steals)
8:22		Merritt Alderink shooting foul
8:22	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-53
8:22	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-53
8:10		Samage Teel turnover (Ken Evans Jr. steals)
7:55		Ken Evans Jr. misses two point jump shot
7:53		Bruno Alocen defensive rebound
7:43		Merritt Alderink turnover (Leland Walker steals)
7:43	+3	KyKy Tandy makes three point jump shot (Leland Walker assists)	81-53
7:37		TV timeout
7:26		Devin Vanterpool shooting foul
7:26		Bruno Alocen misses regular free throw 1 of 3
7:26	+1	Bruno Alocen makes regular free throw 2 of 3	81-54
7:26		Bruno Alocen misses regular free throw 3 of 3
7:26		Kaleb Glenn defensive rebound
7:14		KyKy Tandy misses three point jump shot
7:12		Kaleb Glenn offensive rebound
7:12		Aaron Gray personal foul (Kaleb Glenn draws the foul)
7:12	+1	Kaleb Glenn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-54
7:12	+1	Kaleb Glenn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-54
6:59		Markus Harding turnover (Tre Carroll steals)
6:51	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point layup	85-54
6:39		Samage Teel misses three point jump shot
6:37		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
6:27	+3	Ken Evans Jr. makes three point jump shot (KyKy Tandy assists)	88-54
6:07		Jayan Walker offensive foul
6:07		Jayan Walker turnover (offensive foul)
5:54		Aaron Gray personal foul
5:54	+1	Tre Carroll makes regular free throw 1 of 2	89-54
5:54	+1	Tre Carroll makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-54
5:36		Aaron Gray misses two point jump shot
5:34		Matas Vokietaitis defensive rebound
5:23		Ken Evans Jr. turnover
5:12		Matas Vokietaitis personal foul
5:12		Markus Harding misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:12		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
5:12		Tre Carroll misses two point jump shot
5:10		Tre Carroll offensive rebound
5:08	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point jump shot	92-54
4:59		Samage Teel turnover (Tre Carroll steals)
4:59	+2	Matas Vokietaitis makes two point dunk (KyKy Tandy assists)	94-54
4:44		Sycamores 30 second timeout
4:44		TV timeout
4:27	+3	K'mani Doughty makes three point jump shot (Jaden Daughtry assists)	94-57
4:11		Josiah LeGree personal foul
4:11		Niccolo Moretti misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:11		Niccolo Moretti misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:11		Sycamores defensive rebound
3:57		Jahni Summers misses two point jump shot
3:55		Jahni Summers offensive rebound
3:51	+2	Jahni Summers makes two point jump shot	94-59
3:50		Devin Vanterpool shooting foul (Jahni Summers draws the foul)
3:50		TV timeout
3:50	+1	Jahni Summers makes regular free throw 1 of 1	94-60
3:36		Mantas Kocanas turnover (Jaden Daughtry steals)
3:29		Josiah LeGree turnover
3:22		Tre Carroll misses two point jump shot
3:20		Jaden Daughtry defensive rebound
3:15		Tre Carroll blocks Jaden Daughtry's two point jump shot
3:13		Leland Walker defensive rebound
3:03		Leland Walker turnover (Josiah LeGree steals)
2:55		Mantas Kocanas blocks Jaden Daughtry's two point layup
2:53		Sycamores offensive rebound
2:35		Jaden Daughtry misses three point jump shot
2:33		Ken Evans Jr. defensive rebound
2:23		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
2:21		Jaden Daughtry defensive rebound
2:20		K'mani Doughty misses three point jump shot
2:18		Ken Evans Jr. defensive rebound
2:17		Josiah LeGree personal foul
2:17	+1	Ken Evans Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	95-60
2:17	+1	Ken Evans Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	96-60
2:03		Mantas Kocanas personal foul
2:03	+1	Merritt Alderink makes regular free throw 1 of 2	96-61
2:03	+1	Merritt Alderink makes regular free throw 2 of 2	96-62
1:55		Leland Walker misses two point jump shot
1:53		Bruno Alocen defensive rebound
1:45		Merritt Alderink misses three point jump shot
1:43		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
1:28		Ken Evans Jr. misses three point jump shot
1:26		Sycamores defensive rebound
1:09		Tre Carroll personal foul
1:09	+1	Jayan Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	96-63
1:09	+1	Jayan Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	96-64
0:52		Merritt Alderink personal foul
0:52	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	97-64
0:52		Leland Walker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:52		Sycamores defensive rebound
0:41		Jayan Walker misses two point jump shot
0:39		Bruno Alocen offensive rebound
0:26		Bruno Alocen misses three point jump shot
0:24		Mantas Kocanas defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Mantas Kocanas defensive rebound