Women’s Basketball Heads to Marshall

Saturday, February 1

Huntington, W.V.

1 PM

Florida Atlantic

Marshall

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

1/31/2020 4:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Florida Atlantic at Marshall
Game Details	Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 \| 1 p.m. (Eastern) \| Huntington, W.V. \| Cam Henderson Center
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (9-11, 3-6 C-USA) will look to bounce back, as they travel to Marshall (7-12, 2-6 C-USA) for the 10th game of the series on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center.

About the Owls

The Owls will look to bounce back from a 68-59 loss at Western Kentucky. FAU is searching for its first road win since Jan. 2 at UTSA
The program holds the lead in the series, 5-4, while winning four out of the last six meetings
Crystal Primm is the leader in points and rebounds on the team, averaging 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Lotta Vehka-Aho follows with 12.2 points per game and leads the team in assists (55) and steals (35). Juliette Gauthier is the third Owl averaging double digits with 11.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game
Head coach Jim Jabir is one win away from the 500th of his career

Last Time Out

The Owls dropped Thursday's tilt against the Lady Toppers, 68-59
FAU outscored WKU 20-9 in the fourth quarter, but the Owls could not fully recover from a rough third quarter, in which the Lady Toppers shot 76.92 percent from the field and put up 26 points versus the Owls' 13
Vehka-Aho was the Owls' leading scorer with 18 points
Gauthier followed with 11 points and five rebounds
Primm, Astou Gaye and Alexa Zaph each logged eight points, while Primm led the Owls with six rebounds
Glenisha Harkless matched a career-high six assists and two blocks
The Owls held the Lady Toppers to a 13.6 three-point shooting percentage, as WKU shot 3-22 from beyond the arc

Scouting Marshall

Marshall was picked to finish 11th in the C-USA Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches
The Herd are led by freshman Savannah Wheeler, who is averaging 13.0 points per game and has tallied a team-leading 49 assists and 24 steals
The Thundering Herd's leading rebounder is Taylor Pearson, who averages 5.9 boards per game along with 9.7 points per game
Senior Ashley Sainigene has tallied 45 blocks on the season and is second in C-USA with 2.8 swats per game

History Against the Thundering Herd

The 10th meeting between the two teams will take place Saturday afternoon
FAU has won four out of the last six meetings, while holding a slight 5-4 advantage over the Thundering Herd
In last season's meeting, the Owls fell just short of the Thundering Herd, 72-67 in Boca Raton. Gauthier put up 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Harkless captured nine points and four boards, while Amber Gaston logged eight points

Upcoming

FAU will take on in-state rival FIU in Miami next Saturday at 2 p.m. The Owls will return home on Thursday, Feb. 13 to face Southern Miss at 7 p.m. For tickets, click here or call 1-866-FAU-OWLS.

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