Rodgers Leads Owls in Overtime Victory at Wichita State

Tuesday, February 10

Wichita, Kan.

7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

11-13,5-7American

Wichita State

5-20,2-10American

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Fla. Atlantic

Wichita St.

2/10/2026 10:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. — Late game heroics from Erin Rodgers earned the Florida Atlantic women's basketball team a hard-fought 79-77 overtime road win over the Wichita State Shockers on Tuesday inside Charles Koch Arena.

With their second straight American Conference win, the Owls improve to 11-13 on the season and 5-7 in league play, while the Shockers drop to 5-20 overall and 2-10 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Owls and Shockers kept each other scoreless for nearly two minutes before sharp-shooter Grace Carstensen knocked down a three to begin scoring. Wichita State answered right back with a layup of its own, leading to both teams trading baskets and the Owls holding a one-point lead, 9-8, at the first media timeout. After a scoring drought spanning almost two-and-a-half minutes, Wichita State ended the opening frame on a 7-0 run, holding a 17-13 lead after the first.

Michiyah Simmons opened the second quarter with her first triple of the game followed by a Vivian Onugha layup to give the Owls the lead right back at 18-17. Both teams traded leads before FAU connected on back-to-back baskets to take a three-point advantage, 24-21, at the second quarter media break. Both teams struggled finding the bottom of the net for much of the remainder of the quarter before a Madi Gewirtz jumper sent the Owls into halftime up by three, 31-28.

After a slow start to begin the second half, Haley Walker converted on an and-one layup keep their lead at three. Both teams continued to earn trips to the free throw line, with Gewirtz finishing FAU's second and-1 of the quarter, extending the lead to four, 41-37 at the timeout. In the last 2:30 of the quarter, FAU got to the free throw line three times, connecting on five of their six attempts to take a 50-46 lead into the final quarter.

Both teams struggled to score to start the fourth but a Destyne Jackson trip to the free throw line gave FAU its first points of the quarter. The Shockers started to find a rhythm offensively, connecting on seven of their last eight field goals to regain the lead, 65-62 with 1:39 to play. With the Owls needing a basket, Rodgers came through, tying the game at 65 with just over a minute to play. Wichita State responded but Jess Moors answered right back, typing the game off a reverse layup to force overtime.

The Shockers opened overtime scoring back-to-back buckets before a Gewirtz layup trimmed FAU's deficit to two. After two missed Wichita State free throws, a Rodgers jumper regained the lead for the Owls. After the Shockers tied the game at 74, Rodgers came in clutch again with an and-one layup to put the Owls up three. With the game tied up at 77, Rodgers for the third time connected on a jumper to put the Owls up two with 1.7 seconds remaining. A desperation three-point heave by the Shockers was denied with a Rodgers block to close the door shut.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH LEANN FREELAND
"Our staff is very proud of how hard our team fought to secure this road win in overtime. They gutted it out and kept believing the whole game. Erin and Jess played extremely well to help secure the win. But, it was a complete team effort."

NOTES AND TEAM STATS

For the third straight game, Rodgers scored 20+ points and led the Owls in scoring.
This marks the first time since the 2023-24 season that an Owl has recorded three straight 20-point performances.
The Owls came into the game leading the American in bench points at 24.7 a game and scored 26 today.
Moors led FAU in rebounds with nine, tying a season high.
Carstensen finished with three triples on the day.
Both Carstensen and Moors led the Owls with 39 minutes played
FAU held the advantage in three point makes, hitting five threes compared to Tulsa's three.

GALLERY

Gallery: (2-10-2026) WBB at Wichita State

UP NEXT
The Owls will return to Paradise to host the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday, Feb. 14, for their Play4Kay game. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena and on ESPN+.

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