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Women’s basketball: UAB hands FAU its seventh straight loss

The Owls have now lost six straight to start the Conference USA season, their worst record to start conference play in eight years.

The Owls have lost seven straight games. Photo by Mohammed F Emran

After shooting 52 percent in the first half, Florida Atlantic women’s basketball came out of the locker room cold in the third quarter, resulting in a 66-55 loss to the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Thursday night.

The Owls (4-13, 0-6 Conference USA) took a 30-28 lead into halftime, but shot just 33 percent in the third quarter.