Owls Open First AAC Road Trip at SMU Thursday

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic women’s basketball (5-7, 0-0 AAC) will kick off its first AAC road trip of the season on Thursday, Jan. 4 as the Owls head to Dallas to take on the SMU Mustangs (6-6, 0-1 AAC) at Moody Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Fans can also catch the game live on ESPN+.

Florida Atlantic (5-7, 0-1 AAC) vs. SMU (6-6, 0-1 AAC)
Date \| Time	Thursday, Jan. 4 \| 8 p.m. ET
Location	Moody Coliseum \| Dallas, Texas
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Streaming	ESPN+
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC: AT A GLANCE

The Owls enter Thursday’s matchup at 5-7 overall and 0-1 in AAC play and look to snap a two-game skid.
As a team, the Owls lead the AAC in fewest fouls per game (11.0), while also ranking second in defensive rebounds per game (29.0), fourth in total rebounds per game (40.0), fifth in turnovers per game (13.0), sixth in rebounding margin (0.0), field goal percentage defense (.406), and three point percentage defense (.308), and seventh in free throw percentage (.538) and free throw attempts per game (13.0)
The Owls offense is paced by Aniya Hubbard, Mya Perry, Jada Moore, and Janeta Rozentale. Hubbard boasts a team-leading 18.2 points per game, while Perry, Moore, and Rozentale have turned in 12.5, 11.6, and 10.3 points per game, respectively.
Rozentale also leads the Owls on the glass, collecting a team-best 8.4 rebounds per game, while also tallying three double-doubles so far this season. Moore ranks second on the Owls with 6.7 rebounds per game this season.
Devyn Scott and Rose Caverly are the Owls’ leading point guards, dishing out a team-leading 2.3 and 2.0 assists per game, respectively.
Dyllan Hanna is Florida Atlantic’s blocks leader, tallying 1.1 blocks per game this season.

LAST TIME OUT

Florida Atlantic fell in its AAC opener on Saturday, dropping a 65-53 battle against the UAB Blazers.
Jada Moore and Dyllan Hanna led the Owls against the Blazers.
Moore tied a career-best 17 points, shooting 35 percent from the field (8-of-23), while also tallying five rebounds, collecting a team-leading two steals, and dishing out an assist.
Hanna recorded her first career double-double, scoring 11 points, shooting a perfect 100 percent (5-of-5) from the field, and pulling down 11 boards, in addition to blocking a shot.
The Owls outscored the Blazers 16-13 in the third.
Florida Atlantic also outscored UAB 36-30 off points in the paint, in addition to taking advantage of second-chance opportunities with an 8-2 advantage in second-chance points.

SCOUTING SMU

SMU enters Thursday’s contest at 6-6 overall and 0-1 in AAC play. The Mustangs fell in their AAC opener, 70-61, against South Florida on Saturday.
As a team, SMU ranks second in the AAC in 3-point percentage (.417), turnover margin (7.0), and turnovers per game (11.0), third in steals per game (8.0) and turnovers forced per game (18.0), fourth in free throws made per game (12.0) and free throw attempts per game (19.0), and fifth in 3-pointers per game (5.0) and fewest fouls per game (15.0).
The Mustangs feature four double-figure scorers so far this season led by Tiara Young, who is averaging 18.0 points per game.
Amirah Abdur-Rahim, Tamia Jones, and Ella Brow round out the Mustangs’ double-digit scorers with 10.7, 10.4, and 10.0 points per game.
Jones is SMU’s assists and steals leader this season, dishing out 4.1 assists per game, and collecting 2.6 steals per game.
On the glass, the Mustangs are led by Abdur-Rahim, who has pulled down a team-leading 6.6 rebounds per contest this season.

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