FAU Women's Basketball: Revenge on St. Louis

The next upcoming home game is on December 10 against the St. Louis Billikens. This is a game that the team, including the coaches, are talking about because of what happened last year in St. Louis.

"I'm excited about this game against St. Louis because the loss against them left a bad taste in my mouth last year," said head coach Chancellor Dugan. " It was a game that we most definitely should have won but no one played to their full potential".

The Lady Owls have almost two weeks to prepare for the game against St. Louis, so they can be prepared to dominate against them and to get back on the road of winning.

FAU Women's Basketball: University of Kansas' Hall of Fame

 During the BTI tournament in Lawerence, Kansas, my teammate Viviana and I decided to visit the University of Kansas Jayhawks' Hall of Fame room, which is located in the historic Allen Fieldhouse where the games took place.

FAU Women's Basketball: Growing as a Team

This past Thanksgiving weekend, the FAU women's basketball team competed in the Basketball Travelers Tip-off Classic in Lawrence, Kansas and played against 3 teams, two of which was selected to play in last year's season 2011 WNIT post-season tournament.

Before entering the tournament, the record was 3-1. The women's team lost all 3 games which brings the record to 3-4 that many would see as a bad thing,  but not to this team and the coaches.

"Although we lost these games, which I'm not proud of, we turned a corner," said assistant coach Cristal Randolph. "These games brought to our attention that, even though we lost, we are a great team. We only have minor things that can be fixed."

They all see this tournament as a learning experience and took notice to things that they do need to work on n practice.

"We lost these games because of lay-ups and free throws, which I preach to the team almost everyday about", said head coach Chancellor Dugan. " Although we weren't as successful during this trip, we never gave up and we continued to play til the end which we wouldn't have done last year and for that I see that we grew as a team and I am proud of them".

FAU Women's Basketball: Inspiration

Almost every week, on every scouting report on a team we have to play, or even during the practices, our coaches give us inspirational quotes.

This week, assistant coach Shannon Litton gave us a quote to remind us everyday what we need to do in order to become successful and happy, not just on the court but in life.

"Even though this is hard, even though I don't understand it, even though it's not fair, I'll keep a good attitude and know that this is not setting me back. It is setting me up for God to bring me through to the other side of this in an even better position. "

Written by Joel Osteen, "Every Day a Friday:  How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week

FAU Women's Basketball: Basketball Instructional Clinic

The FAU Women's basketball team hosted a free instructional clinic for the fans between the ages of 5 and 16 that attended the game on Sunday November 20.

"The kids were fun to be around and they were very attentive", said senior guard Teri Stamps.

It was a numerous amount of boys and girls that attended the clinic that made it a huge success.

FAU Women's Basketball: Good Start for Season

At the start of the 2011-2012 basketball season, the FAU women's team won their first game on Friday, Nov. 11 against Warner Southern, 76-50, which was also Veteran's Night. It was free admission for local veterans.

"We are off to a great start," said assistant coach Shannon Litton.  "We just need to continue to stick together, play as a team and don't even think about last year".

FAU Women's Basketball: First Scrimmage at University of South Florida

This weekend is the team's first official scrimmage. We will travel up to Tampa the morning of and travel back the same day.

"I'm a little excited to see what were going to do against USF in this scrimmage," said assistant coach Cristal Randolph. "We have been doing really well in the practices with the new offense and defense that we put in this year. I want to see, as well as the other coaches, how well we will do against other teams with these new things that we put in."

The scrimmage will be help on October 29 at 12 pm.