The Miami basketball team will host Florida Atlantic on Friday night at the Watsco Center following an 87-74 loss to Louisville in the season opener on Tuesday night. FAU won it’s season opener 92-81 over Division II Flagler College. Miami defeated Flagler last month in an exhibition game.
The Hurricanes’ loss to Louisville was not as close as the score indicated. Miami needed to score the final 14 points of the game against the Cardinals to make the final margin semi-respectable. Miami was led by their two best returning players in the loss to Louisville, Learning returning scorer Chris Lykes scored 18.