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Friday, January 15
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Owls Take on Rival FIU for Home-and-Away Series
1/14/2021 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (2-6, 0-4 Conference USA) is searching for its first C-USA win of the season, as they face FIU (5-5, 2-2 C-USA) this weekend. FAU will commence the series against FIU at Abessinio Court at FAU Arena at 5 p.m. on Friday and close out the weekend set on Saturday in Miami for a 4 p.m. tip.
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FAU will finish up rivalry week at FIU on Saturday with 4 p.m. tip. The Owls will be back home to face Marshall on Friday, Jan. 29 (5 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 30 (2 p.m.). Tickets may be purchased here. All tickets for home games will be delivered digitally on individual mobile devices. Season tickets may be purchased through the ticket office by calling 1-800-FAU-OWLS (866-328-6957) or emailing tickets@fau.edu.
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About the Owls
- FAU will play for its first Conference USA win on Friday to open the home-and-away series against in-state rival FIU. The Owls have dropped the first four C-USA tilts
- Head coach Jim Jabir is in his fourth season at the helm with his 2020-21 team being made up of one redshirt freshman, eight sophomores, six juniors, one senior and one graduate student
- Iggy Allen leads the team in each of the following categories: scoring (20.6 PPG), rebounding (9.9 RPG), assists (3.1 APG) and steals (2.8 SPG). She is also leading the conference in steals per game
- Rita Pleskevich also averages double digits in scoring with 11.2 points per game
- Janeta Rozentale leads the team with seven blocks
History Against the Panthers
- The FAU and FIU series is one of the richest in program history, with Friday's meeting marking the 48th game of the series and Saturday's being the 49th
- The Owls are 14-33 against the Panthers in the all-time series, but are 8-4 in the last 12 games
- FAU swept FIU in last season's two games. In the first meeting, the Owls pulled out an overtime victory, 64-61, on the road to help Jabir capture his 500th career victory. Glenisha Harkless tallied a season-high 12 points in the win, which was a first for the Owls in Miami since 2016. The Owls took down the Panthers in the second game played in Boca Raton, 54-42
- The Owls are 8-15 against the Panthers at home, 5-18 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site
Scouting FIU
- FIU was chosen to finish 14th in C-USA, as determined by the league's head coaches. The Panthers have so far exceeded the league's expectations under first-year head coach Jesyka Burks-Wiley
- Kyla Nelson leads the way with 15.4 points and 1.4 steals per game, while averaging 5.0 rebounds per game
- Jiselle Thomas averages 14.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while having a team-high 30 assists
- Emerald Ekpiteta puts up double-double numbers with 12.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, the latter of which ranks 20th in the nation
- FIU has the second best scoring offense in the conference, putting up 78.4 points per game
Last Time Out
- The Owls could not hold onto a late fourth quarter lead in the second game of the Old Dominion series, falling to the Monarchs, 77-72
- Four Owls scored in double digits, which was the fourth time this season FAU has had 4+ players in double figures
- Allen scored 16 points, pulled down five rebounds, came up with a career-high six steals and added four assists
- Amber Gaston matched Allen for a team-high 16 points, which was a season high for the junior. She also pulled down a season-high seven boards and tallied two blocks
- For the third consecutive game, Pleskevich scored in double figures. The guard logged 15 points and four boards
- Alexa Zaph missed majority of the first half due to injury, but was still able to manage 13 points and four assists
An Owl Win Means
- The third straight victory over FIU
- The first C-USA defeat of the season
- A four-game losing streak will be snapped
- The 298th home victory in program history
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FAU will finish up rivalry week at FIU on Saturday with 4 p.m. tip. The Owls will be back home to face Marshall on Friday, Jan. 29 (5 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 30 (2 p.m.). Tickets may be purchased here. All tickets for home games will be delivered digitally on individual mobile devices. Season tickets may be purchased through the ticket office by calling 1-800-FAU-OWLS (866-328-6957) or emailing tickets@fau.edu.
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