Owls Conclude Non-Convention Residence Schedule Towards FGCU and FIU

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic girls’s basketball staff will wrap up their non-conference dwelling slate this weekend, internet hosting Florida Gulf Coast for its Schooling Day sport at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, after which welcoming rival FIU on Monday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. for the Owls’ non-conference finale at Eleanor R. Baldwin Area. Followers can catch each video games dwell on ESPN+.
 
MATCHUP INFO
Florida Atlantic (5-3) vs. FGCU (2-5)
Date: Friday, Dec. 12
Time: 11 a.m. ET
Location: Eleanor R. Baldwin Area in Boca Raton, Fla.
 
Florida Atlantic vs. FIU (4-3)
Date: Monday, Dec. 15
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Eleanor R. Baldwin Area in Boca Raton, Fla.
 
GAME COVERAGE
FGCU
TV: ESPN+
Dwell Stats: StatBroadcast
 
FIU
TV: ESPN+
Dwell Stats: StatBroadcast
 
A LOOK AT THE OWLS

• Florida Atlantic enters the weekend at 5-3 total and on a three-game profitable streak, incomes a pair of wins over Air Pressure, 76-71, and Wright State, 66-65, in the course of the Thanksgiving Traditional, in addition to a street win at Western Kentucky, 47-44.
• As a staff, the Owls presently rank within the prime 5 within the American in a number of classes, rating third within the league in bench factors per sport (26.8) and steals per sport (11.1), fourth in scoring protection (62.8) and 3-point share (.316), and fifth in 3-point share protection (.298), 3-pointers per sport (6.8), turnover margin (1.0), and turnovers pressured per sport (20.0).
• The Owls are paced offensively by Vivian Onugha and Destyne Jackson. Onugha boasts a team-leading 10.3 factors per sport, and Jackson ranks second on the staff, scoring 9.8 factors per contest.
• On the glass, the Owls are led by Onugha and Haley Walker, who’re tied for a team-best 6.5 rebounds per sport.
• The Owls’ assists chief is Jess Moors, who has dished out a team-best 2.9 per sport.
• Moors additionally leads the staff in steals, gathering a team-leading 2.5  per sport this season.

 
SCOUTING FGCU

• FGCU heads into Friday’s contest at 2-5 on the season and is on a two-game dropping streak after falling to Troy, 74-70, and Arkansas State, 68-58.
• The Eagles’ offensive chief is Sinai Douglas, who boasts a team-best 10.0 factors per sport. Douglas additionally paces the Eagles on the glass, gathering a team-leading 6.6 per sport, in addition to in assists, allotting a team-best 3.3 per sport.
• Cerina Rolle and Douglas are the Eagles’ steals leaders, recording 1.4 and 1.3 per sport, respectively.
• FGCU’s Anna Mortag leads the staff in blocks, tallying 1.0 per sport by means of seven contests.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The collection is tied 1-1 all-time between Florida Atlantic and FGCU. In Boca Raton, the Eagles lead 1-0. Friday’s matchup marks the primary assembly between the 2 groups since Dec. 11, 2016. Within the final assembly between the 2 groups, the Owls dropped their first contest of the collection, falling 65-50 on Dec. 11, 2016, in Boca Raton.

 
SCOUTING FIU

• FIU enters Monday’s matchup at 4-3 total and on a three-game profitable streak, incomes wins over UMBC, 86-76, Seattle, 64-59, and Georgia State, 103-92.
• The Panthers are led offensively by Rhema Collins, scoring 20.7 factors per sport this season. Parris Atkins and Fantasia James observe behind, averaging 16.8 and 10.3 factors per sport, respectively.
• Collins additionally leads FIU on the glass, tallying a team-best 9.8 per contest, and in blocks, recording 1.5 per sport this season.
• Atkins paces the Panthers in steals, gathering 4.8 steals per sport.
• Grecia Leal Ferrer is the Panthers’ assists chief, allotting a team-best 4.9 per sport.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• FIU leads the all-time collection between the Owls and the Panthers, 38-18. In Boca Raton, the Owls path the Panthers, 10-17. Within the final assembly, the Owls earned a 62-52 street win on Nov. 23, 2024, in Miami.

 
LAST TIME OUT: AT WKU

• The Owls rallied from an opening-half deficit to earn a gritty 47-44 win over the WKU Hilltoppers final week.
• Zahira Arizmendi led the best way for the Owls, scoring a career-high 14 factors, taking pictures 50 p.c (5-of-10) from the sector and from past the arc (4-of-8).
• Walker led the Owls as soon as once more on the glass, gathering 9 boards.
• Moors had a team-leading six assists within the win.

 
UP NEXT

• The Owls will shut out their non-conference schedule on the street as they compete at FIU’s Christmas Match on Friday, Dec. 19, and Saturday, Dec. 20, dealing with off towards UMass and FIU.

 
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