Tough Second Quarter Does in Owls

Saturday, January 25

Boca Raton, Fla.

2 PM

Florida Atlantic

-910 (35 CUSA

Old Dominion

-163 (61 CUSA)

Old Dominion

Fla. Atlantic

2019 FAU Women's Basketball vs Nova Southeastern

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

1/25/2020 5:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (9-10, 3-5 C-USA) fell short of Old Dominion (16-3, 6-1 C-USA) Saturday afternoon, 75-63. The game was tied at 23 after one quarter of play, but the Monarchs outscored the Owls 28-9 in the second quarter. Although the Owls would put up more points in the second half, FAU fell short of delivering a big comeback after trailing by 19 at halftime.

How It Was Decided

Astou Gaye began the game with back-to-back layups to help the Owls claim an early 4-0 lead. The Monarchs would not go away, as they pulled ahead 17-14 halfway through the first with a 3-pointer. Crystal Primm responded with a layup and jumper and Juliette Gauthier followed that up with a 3-pointer to pull the Owls ahead by four. The Monarchs would finish out the quarter on a 6-2 run to knot up the game, 23-23.

The Owls had a tough time getting anything done offensively in the second quarter, shooting 8.3 percent from the field, as opposed to ODU's 80 percent. FAU was outscored 28-9 in the second, which made things difficult for the Owls who went into the locker room trailing, 51-32.

Primm put up the Owls' first basket with 7:28 to go in the third quarter with a layup, which got a 6-0 scoring drive started for FAU. Glenisha Harkless and Gauthier both knocked down a pair of free throws in the final minute of the frame. The Owls outscored the Monarchs 17-15 in the third, but still trailed, 66-49.

The Owls opened up the fourth quarter on a 5-1 run capped off by a three-point play by Gauthier to cut the Monarchs' lead to 12 early in the frame. FAU would keep fighting until the end in hopes of pulling off a comeback despite trailing by 24 points at one time in the game, but dropped the tilt, 75-63.

Game Notes

Gauthier led the Owls in scoring with 17 points and six rebounds along with matching a season-high four assists
Primm logged her seventh career double-double behind 13 points and 11 rebounds
Lotta Vehka-Aho tallied 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals
Gaye put up 10 points and four rebounds, as well as a block and steal
Eight of the 10 Owls who saw time on the court scored
Gauthier and Vehka-Aho played all 40 minutes on the floor

Up Next

The Owls will head to Western Kentucky to face the Hilltoppers next Thursday at 7 p.m. FAU will be back at Abessinio Court at RoofClaim.com Arena on Thursday, Feb. 13 to face Southern Miss at 7 p.m. For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visit fausports.com.

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