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RUSTON -- Louisiana Tech head coach Tyler Summitt knew heading into Saturday night's league match-up against Florida Atlantic that it would come down to defending the three-point line if his Lady Techster team wanted to pick up its second straight win.

It did. And it came down to the final second.

With Tech holding onto a 65-62 advantage, Florida Atlantic inbounded the basketball with nine seconds to play following a timeout. The Owls (10-6, 2-3 C-USA), who entered the game ranked in the Top 10 in the country in three-pointers made and who had already hit 10 on the night, drew up a play for the potential game-tying attempt.

However, Tech (8-8, 3-2 C-USA) defended the play, forcing Florida Atlantic guard Malia Kency to attempt a last second 25-footer that rattled out, giving the Lady Techsters the win before 2,116 fans at the Thomas Assembly Center.

"I think we defended what they wanted. We were in a switching man to man. We got (them to take) the shot we wanted and our freshman point guard did not foul," Summitt said. I told our team `Do not foul. If they hit a three it is fine, we will go into overtime. We are at home, we will win. Do not foul, make them shoot a tough three and we will figure it out from there.'"

Tech held Florida Atlantic to 62 points, the least the Owls have scored since falling to Kansas State back on Dec. 13 and the third lowest output all season.

The Lady Techsters held Florida Atlantic to only 38 percent (23-60) shooting for the game, including 10-of-30 from the three-point line. However, after hitting on 6 of their first 11, Tech held FAU to only 4 of 19 the rest of the way.

"They are a tough team," Summitt said. "They know what they want to do and they do it. For them to shoot 10-of-30, that is right on their average. I believe they are fourth in the nation in three pointers made per game at ten, so they got that average. That is tough to win, with a team hitting 10 threes.

"The most disappointing part about the three-point shooting were the transition threes. Those are wide open and due to a lack of effort. It is a lack of communication. They were coming down in transition and they would spread out instead of having a rim runner. We would take away the layup, but they are way out at the corner. We just have to do a better job of seeing that on film, doing it in practice and transferring it to the game."

Florida Atlantic scored the first seven points of the game before Brooke Pumroy knocked down a three-pointer to get the Lady Techsters on the board. However, Tech hit only 3-of-17 field goals in the first quarter and trailed 12-9 after 10 minutes of play.

The Owls continued to lead, building as much as a 23-15 advantage with 6:28 to play in the second quarter on one of four three-pointers by Morgan Robinson, who finished with 18 points before fouling out of the game late.

LA Tech responded, using a 14-5 run to close the half. Ashley Santos' jumper with 50 seconds to play before intermission gave Tech a 29-28 halftime advantage, its first lead of the game.

"I told our team we were lucky to be up at halftime," Summitt said. "The struggle was offense. They do a great job on defense. I have to give them credit. They doubled our post, they switched and they switched on our staggers. There are just a lot of things that they showed us tonight that we need to get better at. We are very fortunate to have this week coming up.

"We are going to give our players two straight days off of basketball. They will still be working on academics, but have two straight days off of anything physical. This is a chance for them to recharge, but then we are going to come back with a lot of things to work on. We are really going to focus on player development."

Tech turned to Brandi Wingate and Tiara Davenport in the second half as the duo combined to score 22 points after intermission. Wingate ended the night with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds for her third double double of the season while Davenport finished with 11 points. Santos also finished in double figures with 12 points and nine boards.

Tech shot 57 percent from the field in the third quarter to build a 49-41 advantage entering the final stanza. However, FAU guard Ali Gorrell spearheaded a late charge. The Owls shot 54 percent from the field (7-13) in the final quarter and pulled to within 63-62 on a Kat Wright three-pointer with 1:14 to play.

However, Tech responded as Wingate hit a driving layup 20 seconds later to push the lead back to three and the Lady Techsters withheld FAU's final last second attempt.