Women’s Basketball Loses Conference Road Game to Florida Atlantic 80-67

Wednesday, February 28

Boca Raton, FL

6 p.m.

Tulane University

10-17,3-13AAC

Florida Atlantic University

10-17,5-11AAC

Tulane

Fla. Atlantic

Women’s Basketball Loses Conference Road Game to Florida Atlantic 80-67

Feb 28, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Boca Raton, Florida – Kyren Whittington put up a game-high 28 points in defeat as the Tulane women's basketball team (10-17, 3-13 AAC) lost 80-67 on the road to Florida Atlantic (10-17, 5-11 AAC) on Wednesday evening at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena. The loss was the sixth straight for the Green Wave.

Whittington shot 11-for-14 from the field and 4-for-6 from beyond the arc in scoring her 28 points. She also had three assists, two rebounds and two steals. Amira Mabry joined her in double figures with 11 points. Mabry also led the team with eight rebounds. Marta Galic ended up with 11 points, four rebounds and a steal. Irina Parau totaled six points and four rebounds plus a team-high six assists. Kaylah Rainey totaled three points, five rebounds and two assists. Hannah Pratt put up eight points, three rebounds and a steal. Chiara Grattini handed out five assists plus had a steal. Joy Madison-Key had a rebound.

Florida Atlantic had four players reach double figures and were led by 22 points from Alexa Zaph. Zaph shot 7-for-7 from three-point range. Aniya Hubbard had 18 points and six rebounds. Devyn Scott picked up 10 points. Janeta Rozentale had a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds.

The game featured three lead changes and two tied scores. Tulane's largest lead was five, 16-11, late in the first quarter. Tulane shot 46.4 percent from the field (26-for-56), 37 percent from three-point range (10-for-27) and 62.5 percent from the free throw line (5-for-8). The team recorded 28 rebounds, 20 assists and six steals. Tulane led 15-13 in points off turnovers, trailed 30-28 in points in the paint, 12-1 in second chance points, 14-12 in fast break points and 31-8 in points off the bench.

Florida Atlantic shot 50 percent from the field (28-for-56), 48.1 percent from three-point range (13-for-27) and 68.8 percent from the free throw line (11-for-15). The Owls' largest lead was 16 points midway through the fourth quarter. Florida Atlantic totaled 35 rebounds, 19 assists and seven steals.

Tulane led 16-14 after the first quarter. The team trailed by as much as 10 in the second quarter before rallying to make it a six-point game at the break 33-27. Florida Atlantic extended the advantage to nine, 52-43, as they outscored Tulane 19-16 in the third. Both teams had a high scoring fourth, 28-24, as Florida Atlantic earned the 80-67 victory.

Next, Tulane continues the Florida road trip and heads to Tampa to take on South Florida on March 2 at 6 p.m.

Notables:
Kyren Whittington's 28 points was her second-highest output of the season behind 33 points against Memphis (2/10)…Her 28 points was her sixth time scoring more than 20 points in a game on the campaign and the third time that she has score 25+…It was the 12th time overall that a Tulane player has scored 20 or more points this year…She has now led the team in scoring in 12 games…Amira Mabry's 11 points was her 13th straight game in double figures…Her eight rebounds led the team for the 11th time on the year…Marta Galic's 11 points was her 20th time in double figures on the campaign…Irina Parau's six assists was her sixth time leading the team in helpers…The loss was the team's first-ever to Florida Atlantic as Tulane had been 2-0…The game was the first between the schools since 2018…The loss extends the current losing streak to six games…The six-game skid is the longest for the program since Feb. 1 – 28, 2020 when the program dropped seven straight…The team falls to 0-7 this year when allowing 70 points or more…The team ended the month of February with a 1-6 record…The program's 17 losses on the season is now tied for the ninth-most in school history in a single season…The team's 13 conference losses ties the school record set by the 1989-90 and 1990-91 teams when Tulane played in the Metro Conference.

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