BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic Owls host the East Carolina Pirates on Wednesday, Feb. 26 for their annual Play4Kay pink game. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET inside Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena and on ESPN+.
- Florida Atlantic enters Saturday's matchup at 10-18 on the season and 2-13 in AAC play.
- As a team, The Owls lead the AAC in fewest fouls committed per game (13.7), in addition to ranking third in 3-point attempts per game (20.9), fourth in 3-pointers per game (6.5), and fifth in rebounds per game (39.4).
- The Owls offense is paced by Mya Perry, who ranks sixth in the AAC in points per game, averaging 15.3 points per contest with a team-best 398 points this season. Jada Moore ranks second for the Owls offensively this season with 316 points, averaging 11.3 points per game.
- Perry is also the Owls' steals leader, collecting 1.5 steals per contest this season.
- Stefanie Ingram ranks second in the AAC in assists and leads the Owls with 132 assists, and ranks third in the league in assists per game, dishing out a team-best 4.7 per game.
- The Owls are led on the glass by Ta'Ziah Jenks, collecting a team-leading 155 boards, averaging 5.5 per game.
- The Owls' blocking leader is Alana Rouser, recording 0.8 blocks per game this season.
- East Carolina enters this week's midweek matchup at 14-13 overall and 6-9 in AAC play. The Pirates have won three of their last five contests but dropped their last matchup against North Texas at home, 75-73.
- As a team, East Carolina leads the AAC in turnovers forced per game (19.8), and second in offensive rebounds per game (14.9) and steals per game (9.8), third in bench points per game (19.7), blocks per game (4.2), free throw attempts per game (18.5), rebounding margin (4.9), and scoring defense (61.6), fourth in free throws made per game (12.6), and fifth in assists per game (14.4).
- East Carolina is led offensively by Amiya Joyner, who is the sole Pirate averaging double-figures this year, tallying 14.5 points per game.
- Joyner is also a big defensive presence for East Carolina, averaging a team-best 9.1 rebounds per game and leading the team in blocks, recording 1.0 block per game this season.
- Devin Hagemann and Synia Johnson lead the Pirates in assists. Hagemann leads the Pirates with a team-best 63 assists this season, and Johnson has tallied 53 assists, averaging a team-leading 2.8 assists per game.
- Khia Miller and Jayla Hearp are the Pirates steals leaders, averaging 1.6 and 1.5 steals per game, respectively.
- Florida Atlantic trails East Carolina 1-4 all-time, which includes a 0-1 record when playing in Boca Raton. However, the Owls won the last meeting between the two programs, capturing a 64-48 win in their AAC road opener earlier this season on January 4 in Greenville, N.C.
- The Florida Atlantic Owls fell just short on Saturday against the Charlotte 49ers, falling 58-53.
- Alana Rouser and Mya Perry led the Owls in the contest. Rouser finished with a career-high 14 points, shooting 67 percent from the field and going a perfect 100 percent (2-of-2) at the line, in addition to grabbing five boards and collecting a pair of steals.
- Perry finished with 12 points on the day, shooting 50 percent (5-of-10) from the field and 29 percent (2-of-7) from 3-point range. She also added two boards, a pair of assists, and a steal.
- Stefanie Ingram dished out a team-leading six assists and collected a career-high five steals., while Jada Moore led the Owls on the glass with a team-high six boards, and Lovisa Asbrink Hose tallied a career-high three blocks.
- Florida Atlantic outscored the 49ers 21-15 in the fourth period and outshot Charlotte 44 percent to 33.3 percent from the field.
- The Owls also held advantages in points off turnovers, 14-10, points in the paint, 22-18, and transition points, 4-2.
- The Owls will head back to the Lone Star State on Saturday, March 1, to take on the UTSA Roadrunners for their AAC road finale. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET inside the Convocation Center and on ESPN+.
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