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Women’s Basketball: Owls lose to FIU 72-56 in their final regular season game

The team lost 11 straight games to end the regular season.

University Press stock photo of sophomore guard Alexa Zaph.

The FAU Owls (5-24,1-17 C-USA) lost their final game 72-56 of the regular season against their in-state rivals the Florida International University (FIU) Panthers (14-15, 6-12 C-USA).

The Owls struggled offensively to begin the first quarter. However, they continued to be aggressive, obtaining second chances with rebounds.

Within the last three minutes of the quarter, FAU cut the lead down as redshirt senior guard Rita Pleskevich drilled a three at the buzzer to bring the score to 22-16 in favor of the Panthers.