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Florida International dumps Binghamton 66-49

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VESTAL, N.Y. (AP) Donte McGill scored 22 and Adrian Diaz had 16 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks to help Florida International beat Binghamton 66-49 Tuesday night.

The win snapped the Panthers' five-game losing streak, their longest since the 2013-14 season.

Florida International (5-7) led 34-27 at the half and used a 14-2 run that was capped by a 3-point play by Adrian Diaz to open up a 53-37 lead with eight minutes to play. Binghamton trailed by double figures the rest of the way. McGill's layup with 4:35 left gave FIU its biggest lead, 63-44.

Daviyon Draper scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Florida International.

Willie Rodriguez and Everson Davis each scored 11 points for Binghamton (2-9).

Binghamton committed a single-game, school-record three turnovers but shot just 26.3 percent from the field.

Florida International made 27 of 52 (52 percent) field goals attempts and outrebounded the Bearcats 45-26.