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Divine Guthrie
62
Winner West Tex. A&M WTAMU 10-1,3-1 Lone Star
33
Florida Tech FT 1-6,0-4 Sunshine State
Winner
West Tex. A&M WTAMU
10-1,3-1 Lone Star
62
Final
33
Florida Tech FT
1-6,0-4 Sunshine State
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
West Tex. A&M WTAMU 13 17 16 16 62
Florida Tech FT 5 10 6 12 33

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Tiffany Jacobs

#7 West Texas A&M Runs Past Panthers

Tampa, Fla.- Florida Tech Women's basketball team traveled to Tampa to compete in the Tampa Holiday Classic Tournament. On day one of the tournament, the Panthers fell to #7 West Texas A&M.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 33, #7 West Texas A&M University 62
Records: Florida Tech (1-6, 0-4 SSC), West Texas A&M University (10-1, 3-1 LSC)
Location: Bob Martinez Athletics Center | Tampa, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER 
  • West Texas A&M jumped out to an early 6-0 lead.
  • Dalma Ehmann got Tech on the board with a layup with 5:00 to go.
  • A 5-0 run pushed West Texas A&M's lead to nine.
  • Aiste Vaitekunaite scored her first points of the game with a long three-pointer.
  • Heading into the second quarter, the Panthers trailed by eight. 
SECOND QUARTER 
  • West Texas A&M opened the quarter on a 6-0 run extending their lead to 14.
  • Emily Acampora hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to 11.
  • Back-to-back layups by Makyla Daniels and Lina Stranger Johannessen ended the quarter.
  • At the half, West Texas A&M was in the lead 30-15.
THIRD QUARTER
  • For the first four minutes it was all West Texas A&M.
  • Vaitekunaite ended the Panthers scoring drought with her second three pointer of the game.
  • West Texas A&M outscored Tech 16-6 in the third quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
  • Tech started off the fourth with a three from freshman Grace Speer followed by Vaitekunaite's third three pointer of the day.
  • Divine Guthrie was able to knock down both of her free throws for her first points of the day and a layup right after to cut the deficit to 55-31 with 5:08 to go.
  • West Texas A&M finished their strong performance with a 7-0 run.
  • Remingtyn Smith ended the game with a layup.
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Vaitekunaite finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, one block and one steal.
  • Grace Speer added five points, four rebounds, and one steal.
  • Guthrie tallied four points, five rebounds, and two steals.
  • Stranger-Johannessen chipped in five points.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • Florida Tech is now 0-2 in the all-time series against West Texas A&M University.  
  • West Texas A&M shot 38% (22-58) from the field, including 26% (9-34) from the three, and 64% (9-14) at the line.
  • West Texas A&M led in rebounds (54-37), second chance points (14-6), and bench points (24-16).
  • The Panthers shot 20% (12-62) from the field, 25% (5-20) from behind the three-point line, and 50.0% (4-8) from the free-throw line.
  • West Texas A&M had nine steals while Tech had seven.
  • West Texas A&M had five blocks, while the Panthers had three.
  • Both teams had 14 points in the paint.
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will take on Notre Dame College (Ohio) tomorrow, Monday, Dec. 19th in day two the Tampa Holiday Classic Tournament. Tip-off is set for 12:00PM.

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