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lorida Atlantic women’s basketball is now on the wrong side of history, having set a new program record with its 13th consecutive loss. The Owls fell to Rice University 89-55 Saturday night in Houston, which was their largest margin of defeat this season.

FAU (4-19, 0-12 Conference USA) shot 32.8 percent from the field and committed 20 turnovers. The giveaways led to 22 points for Rice (14-9, 6-7 Conference USA).

The Boca Raton-based Owls were led by freshman Alexis Shannon, who finished with 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting.

After starting the game 0-for-3 from the field and committing four turnovers in the opening three minutes of the game, junior Sasha Cedeno finally broke her team’s scoring drought with a 3-pointer.  

The Owls lone other field goal of the quarter came on a Shannon 3-pointer as well. Overall, FAU went 2-for-10 and committed 10 turnovers in the first quarter alone while being outscored 25-8.

The second quarter did not go any better for the Owls, as they were outscored 29-12 by Rice.

FAU shot 21 percent from the field in the first half, including 2-of-12 from deep. Rice, on the other hand, shot 56 percent in the first half.

Although FAU opened the third quarter outscoring Rice 7-3, the Owls were eventually outscored 16-7 the remainder of the quarter.

Rice shot 52.5 percent from the field for the game, including 8-of-20 from deep. Rice sophomore Nicole Iademarco led all scorers with 18 points.

FAU will come back home  next week to face Louisiana Tech on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7:00 p.m.