{"id":147589,"date":"2026-02-07T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:44:10","slug":"newell-scores-23-as-western-kentucky-knocks-off-florida-international-80-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147589\/","title":{"rendered":"Newell scores 23 as Western Kentucky knocks off Florida International 80-70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/grant-newell-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Newell&#8217;s<\/a> 23 points helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/western-kentucky-hilltoppers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western Kentucky<\/a> defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/fiu-golden-panthers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida International<\/a> 80-70 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Newell shot 8 for 15, including 5 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Hilltoppers (13-11, 6-7 Conference USA). Cameron Haffner scored 16 points while going 5 of 12 (4 for 9 from 3-point range). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/blaise-keita-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blaise Keita<\/a> finished 5 of 5 from the floor to finish with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/zawdie-jackson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zawdie Jackson<\/a> finished with 17 points and two steals for the Panthers (11-12, 4-8). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/eric-dibami-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Dibami<\/a> added 14 points and six rebounds for Florida International. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/corey-stephenson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Stephenson<\/a> also had 14 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Newell scored 13 points in the first half and Western Kentucky went into halftime trailing 38-30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/ryan-myers-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Myers<\/a> led Western Kentucky with 11 points in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOWLING GREEN, Ky. 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