# 2012–13 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fifth year head coach Mike Jarvis, played their home games at the FAU Arena, and were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 9–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Troy.
This was the Owls final season as a member of the Sun Belt. In July, 2013, they will join Conference USA.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Cavon Baker | Guard | 6–1 | 170 | Freshman | Miami, Florida |
| 2 | DeVonte Thornton | Forward | 6–8 | 185 | Freshman | Marietta, Georgia |
| 3 | Dragan Sekelja | Center | 7–0 | 255 | Junior | Zagreb, Croatia |
| 4 | Andre Mattison | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | Senior | Washington, D.C. |
| 5 | Javier Lacunza | Forward | 6–8 | 205 | Freshman | Pamplona, Spain |
| 11 | Justin Raffington | Center | 6–9 | 245 | Junior | Freiburg, Germany |
| 12 | Jackson Trapp | Guard | 6–4 | 195 | Freshman | Orlando, Florida |
| 20 | Austin Hunt | Guard | 6–2 | 162 | Freshman | Miami, Florida |
| 21 | Jordan McCoy | Forward | 6–6 | 185 | Senior | Orlando, Florida |
| 22 | Greg Gantt | Guard | 6–2 | 205 | Senior | Gainesville, Florida |
| 24 | Chris Bryant | Forward | 6–8 | 210 | Freshman | Tallahassee, Florida |
| 25 | Pablo Bertone | Guard | 6–4 | 198 | Junior | Arroyito, Argentina |
| 42 | Stefan Moody | Guard | 5–10 | 170 | Freshman | Kissimmee, Florida |
| 44 | Kelvin Penn | Forward | 6–6 | 225 | Sophomore | Steilacoom, Washington |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/05/2012* 7:00 pm | Lynn | W 87–80 | | FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/11/2012* 2:30 pm, ESPNU | at No. 11 North Carolina Maui Invitational | L 56–80 | 0–1 | Dean Smith Center (15,403) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/13/2012* 8:00 pm | at Mississippi State Maui Invitational | L 58–78 | 0–2 | The Hump (6,140) Starkville, MS |
| 11/17/2012* 4:30 pm | vs. Coppin State Maui Invitational | W 64–61 | 1–2 | Alumni Gym (1,107) Elon, NC |
| 11/18/2012* 4:30 P; | vs. Elon Maui Invitational | L 59–62 $^{OT}$ | 1–3 | Alumni Gym (908) Elon, NC |
| 11/24/2012* 1:00 pm | American | W 56–55 | 2–3 | FAU Arena (1,257) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 11/29/2012 7:00 pm | South Alabama | L 66–77 | 2–4 (0–1) | FAU Arena (1,337) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 12/01/2012 8:00 pm | Arkansas State | W 72–65 | 3–4 (1–1) | FAU Arena (1,321) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 12/06/2012* 7:00 pm | at Stetson | W 88–78 | 4–4 | Edmunds Center (917) DeLand, FL |
| 12/09/2012* 3:00 pm | Warner | W 83–50 | 5–4 | FAU Arena (1,109) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 12/15/2012* 7:00 pm, WHIO | at Dayton | L 56–81 | 5–5 | UD Arena (11,553) Dayton, OH |
| 12/18/2012* 7:00 pm | Stetson | L 68–69 | 5–6 | FAU Arena (1,027) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 12/21/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 6 Indiana | L 52–88 | 5–7 | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN |
| 12/27/2012 8:00 pm | at Troy | W 61–54 | 6–7 (2–1) | Trojan Arena (1,139) Troy, AL |
| 12/29/2012 5:35 pm | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 64–65 | 6–8 (2–2) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (923) Monroe, LA |
| 01/01/2013* 2:00 pm | Hofstra | W 61–57 | 7–8 | FAU Arena (1,349) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 01/03/2013 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 75–70 | 8–8 (3–2) | FAU Arena (1,063) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 01/10/2013 8:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee | L 52–62 | 8–9 (3–3) | Murphy Center (3,806) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/12/2013 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at WKU | W 65–62 | 9–9 (4–3) | E. A. Diddle Arena (4,823) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/17/2013 7:00 pm | Troy | W 80–59 | 10–9 (5–3) | FAU Arena (1,543) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm | North Texas | L 59–61 $^{OT}$ | 10–10 (5–4) | FAU Arena (1,797) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 01/24/2013 8:00 pm | at Arkansas–Little Rock | L 62–65 | 10–11 (5–5) | Jack Stephens Center (3,347) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/26/2013 8:30 pm, CSS/ESPN3 | at Arkansas State | L 38–63 | 10–12 (5–6) | Convocation Center (5,631) Jonesboro, AR |
| 01/31/2013 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe | W 76–71 | 11–12 (6–6) | FAU Arena (1,376) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 02/02/2013 7:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | L 56–73 | 11–13 (6–7) | FAU Arena (2,786) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 02/07/2013 7:00 pm | at FIU | L 65–84 | 11–14 (6–8) | U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,532) Miami, Florida |
| 02/09/2013 8:30 pm, CSS/ESPN3 | at South Alabama | L 71–72 | 11–15 (6–9) | Mitchell Center (4,271) Mobile, AL |
| 02/14/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | WKU | W 84–78 | 12–15 (7–9) | FAU Arena (1,331) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 02/16/2013 8:15 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette | L 57–58 | 12–16 (7–10) | Cajundome (2,370) Lafayette, LA |
| 02/21/2013 8:00 pm | at North Texas | L 57–66 $^{OT}$ | 12–17 (7–11) | The Super Pit (2,532) Denton, TX |
| 02/23/2013 7:00 pm | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 73–59 | 13–17 (8–11) | FAU Arena (1,248) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 03/02/2013 7:00 pm | FIU | W 77–60 | 14–17 (9–11) | FAU Arena (2,118) Boca Raton, Florida |
| 2013 Sun Belt tournament |||||
| 03/08/2013 9:30 pm | vs. Troy First Round | L 79–81 $^{OT}$ | 14–18 | Summit Arena (N/A) Hot Springs, AR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||