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Women’s Basketball: Owls commit 28 turnovers in a 56-46 defeat at Miami

Rita Pleskevich was the Owls’ leading scorer with 12 points.

FAU women’s basketball (2-1) played their first road game of the season in Coral Gables, Fla. with a 56-46 loss against the University of Miami (4-0) on Thursday night.

The first quarter had a lot of back-and-forth action from both teams, ending with 16 points from each side.

Miami started the second quarter with an 8-0 run and never looked back from there.

UM led 30-21 at halftime. FAU had 17 turnovers, which was nine more than Miami. The Hurricanes relied on second-chance points to help them take the lead and maintain it throughout the half.