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Florida Atlantic takes on FGCU, seeks 4th straight victory

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (2-5) at Florida Atlantic Owls (5-3)

Boca Raton, Florida; Friday, 11 a.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Florida Atlantic will try to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory over FGCU.

The Owls are 3-1 in home games. Florida Atlantic ranks fourth in the AAC at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 62.8 points while holding opponents to 42.7% shooting.

The Eagles are 0-2 in road games. FGCU has a 1-4 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

Florida Atlantic makes 40.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.3 percentage points higher than FGCU has allowed to its opponents (38.1%). FGCU averages 5.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 3.9 per game Florida Atlantic allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Grace Carstensen is shooting 43.2% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Owls, while averaging 8.3 points. Vivian Onugha is shooting 54.5% and averaging 10.3 points.

Sinai Douglas is scoring 10.0 points per game and averaging 6.6 rebounds for the Eagles. Karina Gordon is averaging 8.6 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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