WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- Women's basketball hit the road for another competitive conference matchup with the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish. It was a hard-fought battle until the buzzer sounded with the Sailfish surviving 65-70.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 65, Palm Beach Atlantic 70
Records: Florida Tech (2-10, 0-8 SSC), Palm Beach Atlantic (8-6, 4-4 SSC)
Location: Rubin Arena | West Palm Beach, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER 

• The Sailfish got off to a hot start with a quick 6-0 run.
• Tai Roberts ended their run with a layup to put Florida Tech on the board.
• With 3:55 to go Divine Guthrie headed to the free throw line where she made 1-2 free throws. She cut the deficit to four.
• Teams traded baskets for the rest of the quarter. Aiste Vaitekunaite ended the quarter on a layup.
• Tech trailed by five at the end of the first 15-10.

SECOND QUARTER 

• Sarah Liberatore got the Panthers started offensively with a layup.
• The Sailfish responded with back-to-back baskets on their end by Davis and Aalim.
• The Panthers went on a 4-0 scoring run capped off by a layup from Dalma Ehmann with 3:02 to go.
•  A nice pass from Remingtyn Smith to Lina Stranger-Johannessen cut the margin to just five.
• A three-pointer by Schenk ended the half 30-22.

THIRD QUARTER

• The Panthers came out of the half with some momentum scoring on a jumper from Roberts followed by a layup from Ehmann forcing PBA to call a timeout.
• Roberts drove to the basket and a foul for a chance at a three-point play. Roberts converted her free-throw.
• The Sailfish went on a 7-0 run to extend their lead to 19: 52-33.
• The Panthers responded with their own 9-0 run to cut the deficit to 10.
• Demorest drained a three pointer for the Sailfish to end the quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

• Down by 13 with 10 minutes left to play, the Panthers needed to find a way to claw their way back into this game.
• The Sailfish started it off with a jumper to push their lead to 15.
• Florida Tech didn't back down and the offense executed beginning with a layup from Smith and allowed the Panthers to go on an 11-0 run.
• Just like that, with 3:39 to go Tech was within four.
• Roberts hit a three-pointer with 0:55 seconds to go, but the Panthers still trailed by four.
• Liberatore followed with a three of her own with 0:24 seconds left, and Tech was down 68-65.
• The Sailfish would score the last three points of the game and survive.
• The Panthers outscored PBA 21-13 in the fourth quarter.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Roberts finished just one point short of her career high with 22 points, two rebounds and two assists.
• Liberatore tallied 14 points and two assists.
• Stranger-Johanessen added 12 points, four rebounds, and two assists.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech is now 29-7 in the all-time series against Palm Beach Atlantic.
• PBA shot 40% (24-60) from the field, including 15% (4-26) from the three, and 72% (18-25) at the free throw line.
• The Panthers shot 38% (22-58) from the field, 33% (5-15) from behind the three-point line, and 76% (16-21) from the free-throw line.
• PBA led in rebounds (49-30), second chance points (12-0), and bench points (25-18).
• Both teams had eight steals.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will return home on Wednesday, Jan. 11 to face Embry-Riddle. Tip-off is set for 5:30PM.

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