Women's Basketball Falls Short Against Stetson

Thursday, January 18

DeLand, Fla.

7:00 PM ET

Florida Atlantic

4-11, 1-5TAAC

Stetson

13-2, 5-1TAAC

Florida Atlantic

Stetson

1/18/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Jan. 18, 2001

Box Score

DeLAND, FL -

Despite leading for nearly three-fourths of the game, Florida Atlantic University was defeated by Stetson University 78-72 Thursday night in DeLand, FL. Two separate 8-0 runs by Stetson late in the game capped off the comeback effort. FAU (4-11, 1-5 Trans America Athletic Conference) was led by Tamala Vaughn who scored a game-high 21 points. Stetson's Cher Dyson tossed in 20. Stetson improved to 13-2 overall and 5-1 in the TAAC.

"I felt like we let this one slip away," said FAU head coach Chancellor Dugan. "It was the kind of game that came down to a couple of possessions, and unfortunately, we couldn't hang on to the ball in those possessions."

While the Lady Owls outshot Stetson 41-percent to 38-percent and outrebounded the Hatters 48-44, they committed 30 turnovers.

In the first half, both teams battled back-and-forth to a 34-34 tie at the intermission. FAU led most of the first half as they held their largest lead of seven points on two separate occasions. A 13-6 run by Stetson to close out the half evened the game.

With the game tied at 41 with 18:04 left, FAU went on a 9-2 run to regain their seven-point cushion with 14:10 left in the game. With Florida Atlantic leading 59-54 with 8:18 remaining, Stetson then went on the 8-0 run to take a 62-59 lead with 6:04 left. A layup by LaTorria Matthews capped a 5-0 run by FAU to give the Lady Owls a short-lived two-point lead with 4:06 left.

The Hatters then went on another 8-0 run to take a 70-64 lead, their largest, with 2:00 remaining. FAU could not get closer than four points the remainder of the game.

LaTorria Matthews scored 12 for FAU which ties her with Kim Hicks for fifth all-time in scoring at FAU. She needs 13 points to reach 1,000 for her career. Ruta Griniute scored 11 for FAU. Vaugh and Kristy Halvorsen each lead FAU with eight rebounds.