The Gators made an inspired effort at the end of the game to give themselves a chance but ultimately they dug themselves too deep a whole and the road Florida Atlantic Owls came away with a 76-74 victory. While it was close between the two teams for much of the game Florida Atlantic generally held a slight edge and they ballooned their lead to as much as 71-57 in the second half. Florida made an inspired effort to fight back into the game but they couldn’t conjure any magic and the Gators suffer their first loss of the season to go to 2-1.