HOUSTON (AP)  Cornelius Taylor had a season-high 34 points as Florida Atlantic narrowly beat Rice...

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<p>HOUSTON (AP)  Cornelius Taylor had a season-high 34 points as Florida Atlantic narrowly beat Rice 81-76 on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Taylor shot 7 for 9 on 3-pointers.</p>
<p>Michael Forrest had 12 points for Florida Atlantic (11-5, 3-0 Conference USA). Dardan Kapiti and Aleksandar Zecevic had 10 points apiece.</p>
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<p>Drew Peterson had 15 points and seven rebounds for Rice (8-8, 0-3), whose losing streak reached four games. Ako Adams added 14 points and Josh Parrish had 13 points and eight rebounds.</p>
<p>Florida Atlantic plays North Texas on the road on Saturday. Rice plays Florida International at home on Saturday.</p>
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<p>This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com</p>
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C. Taylor (FAU): 34 PTS, 2 STL, 3 REB
D. Peterson (RICE): 15 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

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HOUSTON (AP)  Cornelius Taylor had a season-high 34 points as Florida Atlantic narrowly beat Rice 81-76 on Thursday night.
Taylor shot 7 for 9 on 3-pointers.

Taylor scores 34 to lift FAU over Rice 81-76

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