Florida Atlantic held off Fairleigh Dickinson in the second half in a 78-70 win to prevent the Knights from becoming the first No. 16 seed to reach the Sweet 16.
FDU became just the second No. 16 team to beat a No. 1 seed in 152 attempts on Friday when it upset Purdue. And after trailing by seven at halftime against Florida Atlantic, the Knights went on a 12-1 run to start the second half and take a four-point lead.
The Knights got the lead to five shortly after that, but Florida Atlantic didn’t wither.