Owls Host UTSA in Important C-USA Series

Friday, February 12

Boca Raton, Fla.

5 PM

Florida Atlantic

UTSA

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (4-8, 2-6 Conference USA) is set to host UTSA (2-15, 0-12 C-USA) this weekend at Abessinio Court at FAU Arena. Tipoff for Friday's game is set for 5 p.m., while Saturday's is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Owls will look to continue the momentum built from last weekend's road win to move up in the C-USA standings.

About the Owls

The Owls look to win two consecutive games for the first time this season following a road win at WKU, 75-70, on Saturday. FAU's victory over WKU broke a 12-game losing streak against the Lady Toppers and became the Owls first road win of the season
FAU hosts UTSA this weekend for two games and will look to improve upon their two-game winning streak against the Roadrunners
The Owls have started C-USA play with a 2-6 record
Head coach Jabir is in his fourth season at the helm with his 2020-21 team being made up of one redshirt freshman, six sophomores, six juniors, one senior and one graduate student
Iggy Allen leads the team with 21.5 points per game, 10.6 rebounds per game and 2.7 steals per game. Nikola Ozola leads the team with 2.9 assists per game. Janeta Rozentale averages 8.9 rebounds per game, while leading the Owls with 1.6 blocks per game

History Against the Roadrunners

FAU and UTSA are tied in the series, 5-5
The Owls hold a 3-2 advantage in the last five matchups of the series
The first game of the series was played during FAU's inaugural season in C-USA on March 1, 2014, and resulted in a 71-69 road win for the Owls
In last year's meeting at UTSA, the Owls took down the Roadrunners, 80-53. Four Owls reached double digit numbers in scoring. Astou Gaye led the way with 14 points and eight rebounds, while Juliette Gauthier recorded a double-double (12 points and 12 rebounds)
The Owls are on a two-game winning streak against the Roadrunners. FAU is 2-1 at home, 3-3 away and 0-1 at a neutral site

Scouting UTSA

UTSA is 2-15 and 0-12 in C-USA
Mikayla Woods averages 12.0 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game and has tallied 42 steals
Karrington Donald also averages 12.0 points per game, while leading the team with 65 assists
Yuliyana Valcheva has a team-most 15 blocks
Adryana Quezada led the way with a double-double (15.3 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game) through six games, but has not played since Jan. 8 at North Texas
The Roadrunners are coming off a tough triple overtime loss vs. FIU (107-103)

Last Time Out

The Owls beat the Lady Toppers on Saturday night, 75-70, breaking a 12-game losing streak versus the squad. FAU also won at E.A. Diddle Arena for the first time in school history
Allen led the way with 19 points, four rebounds and three assists
Sofia Galeron had a career night off the bench with 16 points, six rebounds and two blocks
Rita Pleskevich logged all 12 of her points from beyond the arc with five rebounds
The fourth Owl in double digits was Amber Gaston, who tallied 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks
In the first game of the series against WKU, Allen went off for 35 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks and three steals

An Owl Win Means

Extension of a three-game winning streak vs. the Roadrunners
Third C-USA win of the season
299th home victory
Second straight win for the first time this season

Upcoming

FAU will hit the road to face UTEP on Friday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m. (EST) and Saturday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. (EST). The Owls will be back home one last time to host Southern Miss on Friday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 27 at 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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