1/28/2025 | Women’s Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic women’s basketball heads to New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 29 to face off against the Tulane Green Wave, before returning to Paradise on Saturday, Feb. 1 for its national girls and women in sports day game against Rice.
Wednesday’s tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET in New Orleans, while Saturday’s tipoff is set for 1 p.m. ET inside Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena.
| Florida Atlantic (9-12, 1-7 AAC) at Tulane (12-7, 5-3 AAC) vs. Rice (0-0, 0-0 AAC) | |
| Location | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| Matchup Details | Wednesday, Jan. 29 | 7:30 p.m. ET at Tulane | ESPN+ | Live Stats Saturday, Feb. 1 | 1 p.m. ET vs. Rice | ESPN+ | Live Stats |
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC: AT A GLANCE
- The Florida Atlantic Owls enter Wednesday’s contest at 9-12 on the season and 1-7 in AAC play.
- The Owls rank in the top 5 in the AAC in a few statistical categories as a team, leading the AAC in rebounds per game (40.7) and fewest fouls per game (13.7), in addition to ranking fourth in offensive rebounds per game (13.5), 3-point attempts per game (20.3), and 3-pointers per game (6.5), and fifth in defensive rebounds per game (27.2) and 3-point percentage (.319).
- Mya Perry ranks third in the AAC in points scored and fifth in points per game and paces the Owls’ offense with 324 points, averaging 15.4 points per game this season. Jada Moore ranks second on the team with 244 points, averaging 11.6 points per game.
- Stefanie Ingram leads the AAC in assists with 105 and ranks second in the league in assists per game, dishing out a team-best 5.0 assists per game.
- Defensively, the Owls’ rebounding leader is Ta’Ziah Jenks, collecting a team-leading 6.3 rebounds per game.
- The Owls’ steals leader is Perry, averaging 1.6 steals per game, and Alana Rouser leads the team in blocks, collecting 0.6 blocks per game.
SCOUTING TULANE
- Tulane enters Wednesday’s midweek matchup at 12-7 overall and 5-3 in league play. The Green Wave won their last contest on the road at Temple, 62-60.
- As a team, the Green Wave lead the AAC in field goal percentage defense (.365) and 3-point percentage defense (.276), in addition to ranking third in field goal percentage (.423), defensive rebounds per game (28.5), rebounds per game (40.4), and scoring margin (5.3), fourth in blocks per game (3.8), free throw attempts per game (18.2), scoring offense (69.7), and winning percentage (.632), and fifth in assists per game (14.5), fewest fouls per game (16.0), and turnovers forced per game (17.3).
- The Green Wave offense features five double figure scorers, paced by Sherese Pittman, averaging a team-best 12.8 points per game. Amira Mabry, Kyren Whittington, Kendall Sneed, and Victoria Keenan round out Tulane’s double-figure scorers, averaging 12.7, 11.6, 10.5, and 10.5 points per game, respectively.
- Sneed and Whittington are Tulane’s assists leaders, dishing out 4.1 and 3.2 assists per game, respectively.
- The Green Wave are led on the glass by Pittman, grabbing a team-leading 7.1 rebounds per game.
- Keenan leads Tulane in steals, collecting 1.7 steals per contest, while Dyllan Hanna leads the Green Wave in blocks, tallying 1.8 blocks per game this season.
SERIES HISTORY
- Tulane leads the all-time series between the Owls and the Green Wave, 3-1. Tulane won the only meeting between the two teams in New Orleans, 88-45, on Nov. 28, 2018. Last season, Florida Atlantic picked up its first win, 80-67, over the Green Wave on Feb. 28, 2024. However, Tulane won the last meeting between the two teams earlier this season, 91-71, on Dec. 29, 2024.
SCOUTING RICE
- The Rice Owls enter this week at 11-9 on the season and 4-4 in AAC play. The Owls won their last outing, earning an 84-60 contest over Charlotte.
- As a team, Rice ranks second in the AAC in free throw percentage (.716), defensive rebounds per game (28.6), third in assist/turnover ratio (0.89), assists per game (14.6), bench points per game (21.6), rebounding margin (3.8), 3-point attempts per game (20.4), and 3-point percentage defense (.290), fourth in rebounds per game (40.3), and fifth in field goal percentage defense (38.7) and scoring defense (63.6).
- Malia Fisher and Dominique Ennis lead Rice offensively, averaging 12.6 and 11.8 points per game this season.
- Victoria Flores is Rice’s assists leader, boasting a team-leading 2.7 assists per game.
- The Owls are led on the glass by Hailey Adams, who has collected a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game.
- Ennis is the team’s steals leader, recording 1.4 steals per contest, while Adams leads Rice in blocked shots, tallying 0.9 blocks per game this season.
SERIES HISTORY
- Rice holds a 7-3 all-time series lead against the Owls, including a 4-2 advantage when playing in Boca Raton. However, Florida Atlantic won the last meeting between the two teams, 68-63 on Feb. 3, 2024, last season, snapping a seven-game skid against Rice.
LAST TIME OUT: VS. NORTH TEXAS
- Another big third-quarter rally fell short for the Owls on Saturday, falling 73-61 against the North Texas Mean Green.
- Ta’Ziah Jenks and Stefanie Ingram led the Owls against the Mean Green. Jenks finished with a game-high 23 points, tying her career-best, shooting 43 percent (9-of-21) from the field, and going 2-of-8 from beyond the arc, and 3-of-5 from the line, in addition to tying for a team-high five boards, an assist, a steal, and a block.
- Ingram finished second on the Owls with 12 points, shooting 40 percent (4-of-10) from the field, 1-of-4 from 3-point range, and going a perfect 100 percent (3-of-3) from the charity stripe. She also added three rebounds, two assists, and a pair of steals.
- Florida Atlantic dominated in the third quarter, outscoring the Mean Green 27-13 following the halftime break.
UP NEXT
- Following this week’s matches, the Owls will hit the road for a two-game road stretch against the Wichita State Shockers on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and the Memphis Tigers on Saturday, Feb. 8.
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