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Women’s basketball: FAU unable to overcome a tough shooting night in loss to Louisiana Tech

The Owls shot 31 percent from the field in the game.

Freshman Julia Jenike scored 19 points in the Owls loss to Louisiana Tech on Thursday. Alexander Rodriguez | Contributing Photographer

Florida Atlantic women’s basketball was unable to overcome a tough shooting night Thursday in Boca Raton, resulting in a 76-52 loss to Louisiana Tech University.

FAU (4-20, 0-13 Conference USA) shot 31 percent from the field the while Lady Techsters (14-11, 9-5 Conference USA) shot 45.3 percent. Freshman Julia Jenike led FAU with a career-high 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting.

After being down 6-2 in the early minutes of the game, the Owls went on a 10-0 run behind Jenike.