Last Regular Season Road Series

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team (9-9, 7-7 in Conference USA) will play its final regular-season C-USA series at Charlotte (9-8, 8-4 C-USA) this weekend. FAU will look to lengthen its winning streak to three games and win its seventh contest in the last eight games, as this series also plays a big role in FAU's seeding in the C-USA Tournament next weekend.

About the Owls

The Owls are winners of six of the last seven games and look to extend its winning streak to three, as the team completes the regular season on the road at Charlotte for two games
FAU began C-USA play with a 1-6 record and has turned the table in the last seven contests with a 6-1 mark
Head coach Jim 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 22.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. Alexa Zaph has a team's most 2.8 assists per game. Janeta Rozentale averages 8.8 rebounds per game, while leading the Owls with 1.4 blocks per game

History Against the 49ers

Charlotte leads FAU in the series, 6-2
The two teams have been playing one another each season since 2014, both schools' first year in C-USA
The series' first meeting took place in 1988 at the Georgia State Tournament, resulting in an 81-56 loss for FAU
Coach Jabir earned his first win over the 49ers last season, second all-time for the program, as FAU dominated Charlotte at home, 65-44. Juliette Gauthier tallied 18 points and nine rebounds, while Astou Gaye produced eight points and seven boards. At the time, the 49ers' 44 points was the least amount of points the Owls had ever given up in a C-USA game
FAU is 2-1 at home, 0-4 on the road and 0-1 at a neutral site against Charlotte

Scouting Charlotte

Charlotte sits at No. 2 in the C-USA East with an 98-4 in league play and overall 9-8 mark. The 49ers are winners of four of the last five games
The 49ers were picked to finish fourth overall, as chosen by the league's head coaches
Mariah Linney was tabbed to the nine-person Preseason All-Conference Team. She averaged 9.5 points per game and tallied 86 assists last year, and currently puts up 12.7 points per game this season
Octavia Jett-Wilson has had an incredible senior season, leading the way in scoring (20.1 PPG). She was named ESPN National Player of the Week once this year. Jada McMillian follows with 17.1 points per game and a team-leading 71 assists and 20 steals
Jazmin Harris has a team's best 18 blocks off the bench, while freshman Molina Williams pulls down the team's most rebounds (6.8 RPG)
Charlotte leads C-USA in 3-point FG% defense (.261)

Last Time Out

FAU earned the series sweep over Southern Miss in the Owls' final home series of the season
The Owls won the first game, 78-63, behind a 52.7 shooting percentage and season-high 52.6 percentage from 3-point range (10-for-19)
Allen went off for 33 points and a career-high 18 boards. Sofia Galeron followed with a career-high 17 points, while Gaye put up 11 points
In the second game, FAU took a decisive 86-61 win. The Owls shot over 50 percent from the field (55.8%) for the second consecutive game
Amber Gaston tallied a career-high 22 points and five rebounds off the bench. Allen followed with 17 points and seven rebounds in only 19 minutes played. Bre Beck (career-high 14 points and five rebounds), Galeron (12 points and nine rebounds) and Zaph (12 points and five assists) also produced great games
FAU shot over 50 percent in both games, and outrebounded the Lady Eagles by an average margin of +12.0

An Owl Win Means

The most C-USA wins by FAU in the program's days of belonging to the league
Potential to earn FAU's first winning season since 2013-14
First road win at Charlotte in program history
Extension of a two-game winning streak over the 49ers
A chance to get over .500 and improve FAU's seed going into the C-USA Tournament next week

Upcoming

The bracket for the C-USA Tournament will be released Saturday night. FAU will find out its seed and opponent that night.

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Iggy Allen

Bre Beck

Sofia Galeron

Amber Gaston

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Astou Gaye

Janeta Rozentale

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