SAINT LEO, Fla.- The Lady Panthers traveled to Saint Leo Tuesday night for another conference matchup. Tai Roberts scored a career-high 23 points, but it wouldn't be enough for the Panthers to defeat the Lions.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 56, Saint Leo 75
Records: Florida Tech (1-4, 0-3 SSC), RV Saint Leo (7-1, 2-1 SSC)
Location: Marion Bowman Center | Saint Leo, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER 

• Remingtyn Smith got Tech on the board early with a layup.
• Saint Leo responded with an 8-0 run to go up 8-2 with 3:59 left.
• Emily Acampora ended the scoring drought with a layup.
• Severine Uggen ended the quarter with a deep three-pointer to pull Tech within five.

SECOND QUARTER 

• Saint Leo opened the quarter scoring a quick five points before Tai Roberts was fouled and headed to the line for two shots. Roberts made both of her free-throws.  
• With 5:45 to go the Panthers went on a 5-0 run to cut the lead to five: 19-14.
• Divine Guthrie scored her first points of the night with a jumper at the 2:17 mark.
• Heading into the half the Panthers trailed by seven.

THIRD QUARTER

• Back-to-back free throws from Makayla Daniels and Roberts pulled Tech within five again.
• A 6-0 run by the Lions pushed the lead to 13 with 5:07 left.
• Tech battled back with their own 6-0 run to pull within seven.
• At the end of the third the Lions led 52-37.

FOURTH QUARTER

• Looking to make a run, Uggen hit a deep three-pointer followed by a free throw from Daniels and another three from Uggen to start the fourth quarter.
• With 5:24 to go the Lions went on an 8-0 run to extend their 19.
• Roberts scored 8 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter.  
• The Lions dominated in the paint outscoring the Panthers 40-12.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Roberts had a career high night with 23 points, four rebounds, and two assists,
• Uggen added 11 points and three rebounds  
• Acampora tallied six points, four rebounds, one assist and a steal.
• Stranger-Johannessen and Daniels both put up five points each.

 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech is now 53-22 in the all-time series against Saint Leo.
• The Panthers shot 28% (15-54) from the field, 33% (7-21) from behind the three-point line, and 79% (19-24) from the free-throw line.
• Saint Leo shot 48% (31-64) from the field, including 22. % (5-23) from the three, and 80% (8-10) at the line.
• Saint Leo led in rebounds (40-31), second chance points (14-9), and fast break points (19-4), and bench points (17-15).

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will be back at home on Saturday, Dec. 10 to face Florida Southern College. Tip-off is set for 2:00pm.

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