Women's Basketball Downed By Samford

Saturday, December 2

Birmingham, Ala.

4:15 PM CT

Florida Atlantic

(2-4, 0-2TAAC)

Samford

(2-4, 1-1TAAC)

Florida Atlantic

Samford

12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Dec. 2, 2000

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, AL -

Florida Atlantic University was defeated by Samford University, 83-62, Saturday night in a Trans America Athletic Conference contest in Birmingham, AL. Ruta Griniute was the only Lady Owl in double figures as she scored 13. Kristy Halvorsen had nine points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the losing effort. Samford was led by Wendi Wilcox's game-high 21 points.

FAU (2-4, 0-2 TAAC) never led as the Bulldogs opened the game on a 12-4 run in the first 4:16 of the first half. The Bulldogs (2-4, 1-1 TAAC) led by as many as 15 points twice in the first half, including 30-15 with 6:15 left. That's when FAU went on a 9-0 run to close the gap to 30-24 with 2:28 left in the half. Samford closed with the half's final four points to take a 34-24 lead at the intermission.

The Lady Owls got as close as seven points in the second half when a 5-0 run made the score 38-31 with 16:44 to play. FAU trailed 48-40 with 12:14 to play but could not get any closer. Samford's largest lead was the final margin of 21 points.

Yolette McPhee had nine points for FAU while Julie Goad and Shayla Thompson each had eight.

FAU committed 32 turnovers against Samford's 18. The Bulldogs outshot FAU 46-percent to 32-percent.

"This team is going to be fine," said FAU head coach Chancellor Dugan referring to her squad that includes eight freshmen. "When you start out 0-2 on the road, it's bad, but it's not the end of the world. We've got a long way to go, and these kids have plenty of time to get better. They will grow up and get better, and you'll see that toward the end of the basketball season."

FAU next hosts the University of South Florida December 5 at 7:00pm.