Owls Upended at UTSA 68-45

Feb. 8, 2015

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team dropped a 68-45 Conference USA matchup at UTSA on Sunday after falling behind early.

With the loss, the Owls (11-10, 5-5 C-USA) slip to a tie for ninth in the C-USA standings with eight games remaining on the schedule.

UTSA (11-12, 6-5 C-USA) grabbed more rebounds than the Owls had points and did not allow an FAU player to reach double-digit scoring.

The Roadrunners started the game on a 16-2 run and held FAU without a field goal for the first 8:12 before freshman Melinda Myers hit a jumper and Malia Kency made a three-pointer to cut into the lead.

FAU trimmed the UTSA advantage to 16-9 before the Roadrunners went on another run of 10-2 and led by as many as 15 in the first half. Kat Wright would hit a three-pointer to make it a ten point game before UTSA tacked on a pair of free throws to go back up 34-22 just before the half.

An 8-0 run, extended to a 16-2 run to start the second half put the game on cruise control for the Roadrunners with a 50-26 lead at the second media timeout of the second half.

The Owls would get no closer than 18 points for the rest of the contest and UTSA's 11 second-half free throws helped the Roadrunners earn the largest lead of the game at 25 points with just over two minutes left. FAU did not make a field goal over the final 5:06 of the game.

Myers ended the day with eight points and a team-high six rebounds while Kency and Shaneese Bailey led the team with nine points each. FAU was out-rebounded 48-34, leading to 25 second-chance points and 38 points in the paint for UTSA.

UTSA's Mannasha Bell recorded a career-high 17 points and had 11 rebounds while Tesha Smith contributed 14 points.

The Owls return home to host Louisiana Tech on Thursday, Feb. 12 and Southern Miss on Saturday, Feb. 14 at FAU Arena. For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visit FAUSports.com.

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Shaneese Bailey

Malia Kency

Melinda Myers

Kat Wright

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