In a season that started with a four-game win streak for the Owls, the Florida Atlantic women’s basketball season had career highs, senior farewells, broken records and all the highs and lows that come with a team whose winning percentage is just under 50 percent.
Florida Atlantic women’s basketball earned the No. 12 seed and now has a matchup with the No. 13 North Texas Mean Green in the 2016 Conference USA tournament on Tuesday, March 8.
The Florida Atlantic women’s basketball team broke its own Conference USA record for most 3-pointers made in a season in Thursday night’s 71-65 loss at Middle Tennessee.
Florida Atlantic’s women's basketball team looked to notch its third consecutive win against the third place team in Conference USA, Middle Tennessee, on the road Thursday night.
Florida Atlantic saved its best basketball for the second half of Saturday’s game — both defensively and offensively — to defeat North Texas 71-61 and snap its seven-game losing streak.
FAU (12-14, 4-11 Conference USA) shot 45 percent from the field in the second half, including making five 3-pointers while holding North Texas (9-15, 4-10 Conference USA) to only 28 percent in the second half.
With head coach Kellie Lewis-Jay celebrating her birthday on a game day for the first time in her four seasons as coach of the Owls, Florida Atlantic women’s basketball was unable to capture a win for her in a 75-54 loss to Rice Thursday night.
Turnovers took FAU (11-14, 3-10 C-USA) out of the game early, as it had seven giveaways in the first two quarters of play. Rice (6-18, 5-8 C-USA) took advantage of the Owls’ mistakes — during that stretch, it shot 53.3 percent from the field — on its way to a 38-30 halftime lead.
Florida Atlantic women’s basketball entered Saturday on a five-game losing streak, having lost nine of its last 12 since the start of 2016.
Things wouldn’t get easier for the Owls (11-13, 3-10 Conference USA) on Saturday, as they fell to Conference USA’s top team, UTEP, 75-47.
FAU allowed the Miners (21-2, 12-1 Conference USA) to jump out to an early 12-2 lead just minutes into the game.
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Sophomore forward Sasha Cedeno (15) attempts a 3-point shot during the Owls’ 67-62 loss to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Saturday....
