Women's Basketball Defeated by WKU

Saturday, January 19

Boca Raton, Fla.

2 PM

Florida Atlantic

WKU

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

1/19/2019 4:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (3-16, 0-6 C-USA) fell to Western Kentucky (11-8, 5-0 C-USA) on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Toppers are one-of-three remaining undefeated teams during Conference USA play.

HOW IT WAS DECIDED

Ra'Kyra Gabriel put the Owls on the board first with a pair of free throws just 20 seconds into the game. After WKU scored, Gabriel once again put FAU ahead with a layup. The Lady Toppers went on an 8-0 run to reclaim the advantage and they held on to that lead for the remainder of the game. The Owls did draw within two late in the first with a 7-0 run of their own and went into the second quarter down, 17-13
Neither team scored for the first 1:36 of the second quarter, but WKU broke through first. Gabriel scored five points in back-to-back possessions a few moments later to cut it to one. From that point, WKU outscored the Owls 20-4 through the rest of the period
The Owls struggled offensively coming out of halftime. Amber Gaston scored four points in the frame
FAU had its highest scoring quarter in the fourth, putting up 21 points

COACH JABIR POSTGAME

GAME NOTES

Gabriel led the Owls with 14 points, her second highest point total of the season. She also had five rebounds, two blocks and two steals. With the two blocks, Gabriel moves to 61 in her career which is four away from eighth all-time at FAU. She is also approaching the all-time career rebounding list at FAU with 447, 17 boards away from entering the top 10
Gaston was the second leading scorer for FAU with eight points. She also had five rebounds, one block and an assist
Myka Johnson Matthews had a career-high six rebounds to lead the Owls on the glass. She also finished with three points, two assists and two steals
Addison Ryan came into the game and logged a season-high 11 minutes and scored five points on a three and 2-of-2 shooting from the free throw line
Ten different FAU players scored in the game

UP NEXT
FAU will stay at home for the third-straight week, hosting FIU on Saturday at 2 p.m. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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