With two minutes, 19 seconds left in Saturday’s game, senior center Safiya Martin took a 3-point shot for the first time in her college career.
As the shot went up, the players on the Owls’ bench stood, ready to celebrate. As the ball bounced off the rim, they sat down disappointedly.
There was no real reason for the Owls to be upset, as they were winning by 24 points and went on to beat Cincinnati 88-64 in their Senior Day game.
“When I was coming down for shootaround this morning, Safiya and Khadijah [Berger] were talking about Safiya shooting a three, and I said, ‘Well, we better be up 50 if you are shooting threes,’” coach Tonya Cardoza said.