Tough Second Quarter Does in Owls

BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Jan. 25, 2020) – The Florida Atlantic University women’s basketball team (9-10, 3-5 C-USA) fell short of Old Dominion (16-3, 6-1 C-USA) Saturday afternoon, 75-63. The game was tied at 23 after one quarter of play, but the Monarchs outscored the Owls 28-9 in the second quarter. Although the Owls would put up more points in the second half, FAU fell short of delivering a big comeback after trailing by 19 at halftime.

How It Was Decided:

Astou Gaye began the game with back-to-back layups to help the Owls claim an early 4-0 lead. The Monarchs would not go away, as they pulled ahead 17-14 halfway through the first with a 3-pointer. Crystal Primm responded with a layup and jumper and Juliette Gauthier followed that up with a 3-pointer to pull the Owls ahead by four. The Monarchs would finish out the quarter on a 6-2 run to knot up the game, 23-23.

The Owls had a tough time getting anything done offensively in the second quarter, shooting 8.3 percent from the field, as opposed to ODU’s 80 percent. FAU was outscored 28-9 in the second, which made things difficult for the Owls who went into the locker room trailing, 51-32.

Primm put up the Owls’ first basket with 7:28 to go in the third quarter with a layup, which got a 6-0 scoring drive started for FAU. Glenisha Harkless and Gauthier both knocked down a pair of free throws in the final minute of the frame. The Owls outscored the Monarchs 17-15 in the third, but still trailed, 66-49.

The Owls opened up the fourth quarter on a 5-1 run capped off by a three-point play by Gauthier to cut the Monarchs’ lead to 12 early in the frame. FAU would keep fighting until the end in hopes of putting up a comeback despite trailing by 24 points at one time in the game, but dropped the tilt, 75-63.

Game Notes:

  • Gauthier led the Owls in scoring with 17 points and six rebounds along with matching a season-high four assists
  • Primm logged her seventh career double-double behind 13 points and 11 rebounds
  • Lotta Vehka-Aho tallied 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals
  • Astou Gaye put up 10 points and four rebounds, as well as a block and steal
  • Eight of the 10 Owls who saw time on the court scored

Up Next:

The Owls will head to Western Kentucky to face the Hilltoppers next Thursday at 7 p.m. FAU will be back at Abessinio Court at RoofClaim.com Arena on Thursday, Feb. 13 to face Southern Miss at 7 p.m. For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visit fausports.com.
 

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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:

FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 4-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 52-28 victory over SMU in the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.  

About Florida Atlantic University:

Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visitwww.fau.edu.