Women's Action: Owls Shock No. 25 Middle Tennessee
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Women's Action: Owls Shock No. 25 Middle Tennessee
FAU started the second half on an 8-0 to pick up the biggest lead of the game at 14. Two Knurick lay-ups on passes by Stubbs and a Taylor jumper put the Owls up 47-33 with 17 minutes to go. The Owls kept the lead in double-digits, pushing it back up to 14 points twice more, the latest coming after Turner made two free-throws to give the Owls a 62-48 lead with eight minutes to go. MTSU would then go on a run late, pushing the lead into single digits on a Brown three to cut the lead to 63-56. They would later cut the lead to three points on an Alysha Clark lay-up with 28 seconds left. Forced to foul, Pickel would foul Knurick with 17 seconds to go. Her miss on the front end of the one-and-one set up the dramatic final stop for FAU.
Florida Atlantic University held on after Jessica Knurick missed a free-throw with 17 seconds to go. Brandi Brown of Middle Tennessee missed a three-pointer late, and after Jackie Pickel picked up the rebound, Knurick came away with the decisive steal to give the Owls a 73-70 win over the Blue Raiders on Saturday. It is the first ever win for FAU in women’s basketball over a ranked Division I opponent.
“This is a huge win for us,” said Head Coach Chancellor Dugan. “To win on senior night is special, and I couldn’t be happier about defeating a top-25 team for the first time ever.”
Clark led all scorers for Middle Tennessee (23-5, 15-1 Sun Belt) with 32 points and 13 rebounds. Brown had 15 points and Chelsia Lymon scored 13. MTSU was hounded by turnovers; they committed 18 on the game and shot below their average from three-point range, as they knocked down nine-of-28 from beyond the arc.
Turner led FAU (11-15, 8-8 SBC) with 18 points. Knurick tied her career-high with 16 points and Carla Stubbs added 13. FAU shot 51 percent (27-53) on the night, made 14 of 20 free-throws and only turned the ball over 11 times.
FAU returns to action on Wednesday night as they travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky to face Western Kentucky at 8 p.m.
Source: FAU Media Relations
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OwlShooter said
Could it be that there was not one single mention of this huge win in The Palm Beach Post today? That is unacceptable.
Very well could be!
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