Women's Basketball Continues C-USA Play Against Marshall

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (3-14, 0-4 C-USA) will host Marshall (8-8, 2-1 C-USA) on Thursday at 7 p.m.

For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visit FAUSports.com. For fans who can't make the trip out to FAU Arena this weekend, the game will be streamed online and live stats will be provided throughout the game.

About the Owls

FAU will be home this week after going on the road to Old Dominion and Charlotte last week. The Owls will be looking to skid a nine-game losing streak and six-game losing streak at home
Through 17 games, Juliette Gauthier is the leading Owl scorer with 9.9 points per game. Myka Johnson Matthews is close behind, averaging 9.1 points. Abby Voss leads on the rebounding front, pulling down 6.3 boards per game. Jayla Adams has 35 assists on the season to lead the team

Last Time Out

The Owls hit the road for the first time in 2019 last week at Old Dominion and Charlotte
The Monarchs raced out to an early lead against the Owls and held on to it for the remainder of the game for the win. FAU played Charlotte close in the first quarter, down only three heading to the second but the 49ers dominated in the second quarter to build to build a lead
Johnson Matthews led the Owls with 10 points against Old Dominion. Ra'Kyra Gabriel and Amber Gaston each pulled down five boards, but the Owls were outrebounded, 54-31
An Achilles heel for the Owls this season has been turnovers, but FAU was able to take care of the ball against the Monarchs with a season-low 11 miscues
Gaston was the leading scorer against Charlotte, tying her career high with 15 points. She also had seven rebounds, three blocks and an assist
The Owls had six blocks in the game, which tied their season high

Series History

Thursday's meeting will be the eighth meeting between FAU and Marshall in series history
The Owls own a 5-3 record over the Thundering Herd and have won two straight in the series after sweeping Marshall last season
FAU is 3-0 against Marshall in Boca Raton

Scouting Marshall

The Thundering Herd raced out to a 2-0 start in Conference USA play with wins against
Old Dominion and Charlotte in the first week, but fell to WKU last week, 85-55
Marshall is led in scoring by Shayna Gore, who is averaging 17.8 points per game. That mark is fourth in C-USA
Khadaijia Brooks is leading on the rebounding front, pulling down 6.4 boards per game

Game Promotions

The first 200 students will get free FAU women's basketball 'Red Out' t-shirts
The first 150 students will also get two free slices of pizza upon entry
Fans are encouraged to wear red in efforts to achieve a 'Red Out'

Chalk Talk

Head Coach Jim will be talking everything basketball with fans before the game during 'Chalk Talk'
Jabir will talk with fans 55 minutes prior to tip-off on the second floor of the Burrow and the event is open to the public

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Calendar

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Players Mentioned

Jayla Adams

Ra'Kyra Gabriel

Amber Gaston

Juliette Gauthier

Myka Johnson Matthews

Abby Voss

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