National Basketball Association
Indiana 88, Florida Atlantic 52
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 21, 2012
Where: Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Paul Janssen, # Kelly Self
Attendance:
17472
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 6 Indiana 88, Florida Atlantic 52: Cody Zeller scored 24 points to lead four players in double figures as the Hoosiers rolled to another dominating home win over the visiting Owls.
Zeller scored 15 points in the first half as Indiana (11-1) raced to a 55-25 halftime advantage. The Hoosiers shot 61.9 percent in the opening 20 minutes, going 21-for-34 from the field.
Christian Watford tallied 17 points while Victor Oladipo added 16 and Jordan Hulls 10 for the Hoosiers, who broke the game open early with a 18-2 run to take a 24-8 lead midway through the first half and were never threatened.
Greg Gantt, who came into the game as the nation's seventh leading scorer (21.5), had a game-high 25 points to lead Florida Atlantic (5-7).
GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana made 26-of-27 free throws (96.3 percent). ... Hanner Mosquera-Perea, who had to sit out the first nine games of the year for the Hoosiers because of NCAA eligibility issues, had his best game. He scored four points, blocked two shots and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. ... Gantt needs four points to become the school's all-time leading scorer.
Top Game Performances
| Florida Atlantic |
|
Indiana |
|
Greg Gantt 25 |
Scoring |
Cody Zeller 24 |
|
Dragan Sekelja 4 |
Assists |
Kevin Ferrell 5 |
|
Kelvin Penn 6 |
Rebounds |
Hanner Mosquera-Perea 10 |
|
Greg Gantt 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Cody Zeller 12 |
|
Jordan McCoy 2 |
Steals |
Will Sheehey 2 |
|
Kelvin Penn 3 |
Blocks |
Hanner Mosquera-Perea 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Florida Atlantic
|
52 |
33.9 |
3-15 |
11-18 |
7 |
22 |
6 |
7 |
16 |
| Indiana
|
88 |
50.9 |
6-12 |
26-27 |
11 |
39 |
5 |
6 |
15 |