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Kiki Free Throw
63
Winner Saint Leo SLU 2-2,1-0 Sunshine State
53
Florida Tech FT 1-3,0-1 Sunshine State
Winner
Saint Leo SLU
2-2,1-0 Sunshine State
63
Final
53
Florida Tech FT
1-3,0-1 Sunshine State
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Leo SLU 16 10 21 16 63
Florida Tech FT 20 5 12 16 53

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Christina Hardman

Saint Leo Women Rally Past Florida Tech

 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 53, Saint Leo 63
Records: Florida Tech (1-3) | Flagler (2-2)
Location: Clemente Center | Melbourne, Fla.


FIRST HALF: 
  • Teams battled bucket by bucket throughout the first quarter. Severine Uggen's jumper with seven seconds remaining gave the Panthers the largest lead of the quarter, four-points, to go into the second quarter.
  • Saint Leo quickly turned it back into a two-point game with a layup by Tamara Shash during their first possession.
  • Teams would continue to go bucket for bucket until the Lions took the largest lead of three-points with 4:57 to go in the third quarter.
  • Cheyenne Scott drew a charge against a Lions layup to keep it a one possession game.
  • Both teams entered a scoring drought the final 3:58 of the half. Saint Leo held a slight one-point advantage at 26-25 entering the halfway break.

SECOND HALF: 
  • Lions came out hot in the opening minutes recording eight unanswered points moving to 36-17 with 5:30 to go in the third.
  • Saint Leo took their first double-digit lead at 3:28 knocking down a jumper, drawing the foul, and converting the three-point play.
  • Lions kept the 10-point lead at the end of the third.
  • Aiste Vitakunaite drew the foul on a made jumper and converted the three-point play slimming the deficit to eight with 6:31 to go.
  • 10 made free throws in the remaining minutes kept the Lions ahead to secure the win.
COACHES CORNER:
"We knew going in it would be a tough match up," said Reynolds. "Saint Leo played good defense the whole game, kept the ball on their side of the court and executed well. We got killed on the rebounds and didn't shoot well. We were fouling them the final three minutes to stop the clock and force missed shots and it worked. The game got to 8 points, we had wide open shots and we didn't make a three. I liked the way we executed in the final minutes where we went into a different style offense, but we still didn't make shots and you can't win without making shots. Overall, I'm not happy with the effort tonight, we have some problems we have to take care of. Coming up we have University of the Sciences followed by Flagler, both solid teams. We have to get over this game, correct our mistakes and move forward."
 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Uggen led with 15 points on 6-14 shooting
  • Vaitekunaite added 10 points with five rebounds, one block, and one steal.
  • Fanny Hakanson had a career-high three blocks along with seven rebounds and six assists.
  • Hannah Roney finished with nine points on 3-9 shooing from the arc.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • Saint Leo finished the game shooting 41.8% (23-55) from the field, 0% (0-9) from beyond the arc, and 56.7% (17-30) at the three-throw line. Tech ended at 31.7% (20-63) shooting, 31.0% (9-29) at the three, and 50.0% (4-8) at the charity stripe.
  • Lions had an advantage in rebounds (49-32), points in the paint (42-16), points off turnovers (17-11) and second chance points (20-13)
  • Lead changed three times and tied four.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech hosts University of the Sciences on Wednesday, Nov. 24th. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 

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