Owls Head North to Face UNF

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (2-1) will play its second consecutive road game, as the Owls face North Florida (3-1) on Sunday morning. FAU is looking for its first road game win of the year, as tipoff is set for 9:30 a.m. at UNF Arena.

About the Owls

FAU women's basketball is under a new direction with first-year head coach Jennifer Sullivan, who has opened up her collegiate coaching career with a 2-1 record
Sullivan is the sixth head coach in program history
The Owls are coming off a 10-point loss, 56-46, at Miami. FAU held the Canes to 56 points, but were doomed with 28 turnovers
The team brings back nine student-athletes from the 2020-21 squad, all of whom have seen time on a collegiate court
Rita Pleskevich leads the Owls in scoring with 13.7 points per game
Janeta Rozentale pulls down a team's most 8.7 boards per game
Bre Beck comes off the bench at point guard to average 3.0 assists per game
FAU has four Owls averaging double digits in scoring after three games (Amber Gaston, Pleskevich, Rozentale and Alexa Zaph)
The Owls lead Conference USA in field goal percentage defense (.287)
FAU was picked to finish 10th in C-USA, as voted on by the league's head coaches. The team is coming off the 2020-21 season having achieved an 11-11 (8-8 C-USA) record with eight conference wins being the most the Owls have achieved in C-USA

Last Time Out

FAU lost to Miami in a defensive battle, falling 56-46 in Coral Gables
Pleskevich led the Owls with 12 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals
Rozentale tallied 11 points and seven rebounds, while Gaston registered 10 points and two blocks
The Owls held the Canes to 31.3% from the field and 16.0% from 3-point range, but were plagued by 28 turnovers

Scouting UNF

UNF faced a tough test in their season opener with a 78-50 loss at No. 16/24 Florida State, but has cruised on a three-game winning streak
The Ospreys were picked to finish No. 2 in the ASUN Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches. UNF was chosen to finish third in the media poll with two first-place votes
Jadia Bond, Jazz Bond and Marissa Mackins were tabbed to the 10-person ASUN Preseason Team
Jazz Bond, who is the reigning ASUN Defensive Player of the Year, was chosen as the ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. She is averaging a double-double with 16.8 points per game and a team-leading 10.8 boards per contest
Rhetta Moore leads UNF with 18.5 points per game and 4.0 assists per game
Ally Knights has a team's most 31 assists to average out to 7.8 per game

History Against the Ospreys

FAU has a 6-2 edge in the series against the Ospreys
The Owls are on a two-game winning streak vs. UNF, which includes a double-overtime 83-75 win in 2017
The two squads faced one another last season, which resulted in a 93-81 win for the Owls in Boca Raton
Allie Tylka had a career game against the Ospreys last year with 19 points off 8-for-14 shooting from the field and 3-for-7 from beyond the arc. Zaph tallied 11 points and five assists, while Rozentale logged six points and nine boards

Upcoming

The Owls will return home for the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament, taking place from Nov. 26-27. FAU faces Tulsa on Friday at noon and Davidson on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for those games can be purchased here or by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS.

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