Women’s Basketball Defeated by WKU

Thursday, January 30

Bowling Green, Ky.

7 PM

Florida Atlantic

-911,36 CUSA

WKU

-136,53 CUSA

Fla. Atlantic

Western Ky.

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

1/30/2020 9:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (9-11, 3-6 C-USA) dropped Thursday's contest at WKU (13-6, 5-3 C-USA), 68-59. The Owls came out hot in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Lady Toppers 20-9 in the frame, but were unable to build back from being down by 20 points at the end of the third quarter.

How It Was Decided

Twelve out of the Owls' 16 points scored in the first quarter were captured from beyond the arc, as FAU was 4-9 from three-point range. The Owls jumped out to a 12-11 lead with 2:35 left in the quarter thanks to a three-pointer by Lotta Vehka-Aho, but WKU would then cruise on an 8-2 run. Vehka-Aho put up a layup just prior to the end of the quarter and the Owls trailed, 19-16 after one quarter. Astou Gaye and Vehka-Aho captured two three-pointers a piece in the first frame.

The Lady Toppers and Owls matched each other on the floor in the beginning of the second quarter. FAU came within one point thanks to three foul shots knocked down by Vehka-Aho with 5:29 left in the half, but the WKU closed out the quarter on a 9-3 run. The Owls went to the locker room trailing, 33-26.

WKU opened up the second half on an 11-2 run to take a 16-point lead, 44-28. Alexa Zaph then hit back-to-back three-pointers and Juliette Gauthier then capitalized on a trey to cut WKU's lead to nine. The Lady Toppers closed out the quarter on a 13-2 run to take a 59-39 lead.

The Owls' defense held the Lady Toppers scoreless in the fourth quarter until 3:07 left in the game. FAU was able to go on an 11-0 scoring drive, as a Crystal Primm field goal made it a 59-50 ball game with four minutes left. Although the Owls outscored the Lady Toppers 20-9 in the final frame, FAU fell short of capturing a 20-point comeback victory, falling on the road 68-59.

Game Notes

Vehka-Aho led the Owls in scoring with 18 points
Gauthier finished the night with 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals
Gaye, Primm and Zaph each logged eight points. Primm also tallied a team-leading six rebounds
Glenisha Harkless matched a career-high six assists, which is also a season-high for the point guard. The sophomore matched a career-high two blocks on the night, as well
The Owls held the Lady Toppers to a 13.6 three-point shooting percentage, as WKU shot 3-22 from beyond the arc
FAU tallied 10 three-pointers on the night

Up Next

The Owls will look to bounce back at Marshall on Saturday at 1 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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