Slow First Half Dooms Women's Basketball at Furman

Wednesday, December 12

Greenville, S.C.

7 PM

Florida Atlantic

3-6

Furman

6-4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Florida Atlantic	5	7	24	21	57
Furman	18	14	23	18	73

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

12/12/2018 9:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (3-6) were led by double-digit scorers Glenisha Harkless and Juliette Gauthier on Wednesday night in a 73-57 loss at Furman (6-4).

HOW IT WAS DECIDED

Furman scored the first 11 points of the game before Myka Johnson Matthews put the Owls on the board with a pair of free throws. The Paladins outscored FAU 18-5 in the first quarter
The Owls saw a similar fate in the second quarter, where Furman held them to seven points
The Paladins held an 8-4 scoring advantage to open the second half and posted their largest lead of the night at the 7:22 mark in the third quarter, ahead by 24 points. Following, Harkless connected on the first 3-pointer of the night for FAU to start chipping into the Furman lead. At the 4:09 mark, Gauthier hit a three and then made a layup in transition while being fouled on the very next possession. That six-point swing by Gauthier led the Owls to an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 12. Furman responded by outscoring FAU 9-2 to end the quarter
FAU ended the game on a 7-0 run and outscored the Paladins 21-18 in the final quarter

COACH JABIR'S TAKE
"I was really proud of our second half. We outscored them. We did some really good things defensively. It's hard to win games on the road when you start out 1-of-17 from the field. We have to be consistent. I'm asking a lot of freshmen to do a lot of really hard things that they're not used to doing, but we'll get there. We have to keep working hard and we'll be ok."

GAME NOTES

Harkless scored in double digits for the second-straight game, leading the Owls with a career high 13 points, five rebounds and three assists. The freshman hit three 3-pointers, all coming in the second half
Gauthier has also scored double digits in back-to-back games, ending the night with 11 points
Ra'Kyra Gabriel led on the rebounding front, pulling down eight boards
Abby Voss had five points, six rebounds and three assists
The Owls outrebounded Furman, 45-40. That marked the third time this season that FAU has outrebounded its opponent
FAU had a season-low 16 turnovers in the contest

UP NEXT
The Owls will return to FAU Arena on Sunday, Dec. 16 against Western Michigan at 2 p.m. It will be the first home game for FAU in 22 days after going on the road for three-straight games.

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