Fourth Quarter Run Sends Owls Past Blue Devils 72-54
McCamus scored a team-high 12 points.
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team fell to Conference USA opponent Florida Atlantic 72-54 on Sunday afternoon inside FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Fla. Junior Emma McCamus led Central with 12 points, scoring 10 in the opening quarter. The Blue Devils fall to 0-9 on the year as FAU improves to 6-3.
Central went into the halftime break with a slight 34-33 lead after shooting 41.4 (12-29) percent from the floor. The team trailed by just four points going into the final quarter, but FAU outscored CCSU 22-8 to take the win. Freshman Dejah Jenkins scored a season-high eight points shooting 2-4 from behind the arc.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Central Connecticut 54, Florida Atlantic 72
Records: CCSU (0-9), FAU (6-3)
Location: FAU Arena – Boca Raton, Fla.
KEY MOMENTS
- Central opened the game connecting on five of its first nine shots. Emma McCamus led the Blue Devils scoring 10 of the team's 18 first quarter points.
- Seniors Bruna Vila Artigues and Ashley Chin scored back-to-back layups to start the second quarter and extend the lead 22-15.
- The Owls led once in the first half for just one possession (27-26) before Dejah Jenkins and Artigues hit back-to-back from deep to regain the lead by five points.
- Jenkins stopped a 7-0 run by FAU in the third with her second three-pointer of the game. Central shot .500 percent in the third and entered the final 10 minutes of play trailing by 4.
- FAU extended the lead 61-49 with 4:20 left in the game. The Owls outscored Central 22-8 in the final quarter.
NOTES
- McCamus scored 12 points, her fourth double-digit game on the year.
- Jenkins totaled a season-high eight points, shooting 2-4 from three.
- Central shot a 8-9 (.889 percent) from the foul line.
- FAU had three players hit double-figures. Astou Gaye posted a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
NUMBER TO KNOW
9 - Central had nine different scorers in today's game.
UP NEXT
Central takes on Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday before returning home to play its final non-conference contest at Hartford on Saturday, Dec. 21.
