MELBOURNE, Fla.- The Florida Tech Panthers showed some resiliency tonight battling in a physical game against RV Nova Southeastern. Dalma Ehmann had a career night scoring 16 points against the Sharks, while Emily Acampora tallied a career-high five assists. Tai Roberts also had a career night with seven assists and four steals.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 73, RV Nova Southeastern 87
Records: Florida Tech (3-17, 1-15 SSC), Nova Southeastern (20-3, 12-3 SSC)
Location: Clemente Center| Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER 

• Dalma Ehmann got the Panthers on the board first with a layup. The Sharks answered with back-to-back layups on the other end.
• Both teams battled trading baskets on both ends of the court.
• A 5-0 run by Nova Southeastern stretched their lead to six with 0:14 seconds left.
• Tai Roberts just beat the buzzer on a layup to end the quarter and pull Tech within four: 21-17.
• Ehmann scored eight of the Panthers 17 points in the first quarter.

 
SECOND QUARTER 

• Grace Speer got the Panthers back within five on a layup.
• A 5-0 run by the Sharks extended their lead to 10 with 6:33 to go.
• Tech answered with a 6-0 run to close the gap to five.
• Nova Southeastern outscored the Panthers 9-2 to end the quarter.
• At the half, Florida Tech trailed 41-29.

 
THIRD QUARTER

• Ehmann continued her impressive offensive performance to start the third quarter with another layup to start the third.
• The Sharks continued to knock down shots on the other end.
• Sarah Liberatore's jumper cut the lead to eight for the Sharks with 5:16 to go.
• Nova Southeastern scored nine straight points to extend their lead to 17.
• A three pointer from Aiste Vaitekunaite cut the margin to 14.
• Heading into the final quarter, Tech trailed 64-44.

 
FOURTH QUARTER

• Vaitekunaite's second three ball of the game got Tech going in the third.
• The Panthers found some momentum and went on an 8-0 scoring run to cut the deficit to 12 with 6:55 left.
• Lina Stranger-Johannessen's three pointer brought Tech within 11.
• A steal by Emily Acampora led to a layup by Roberts and the Panthers only trailed by eight with 3:34 left on the clock.
• A layup by the Sharks put them back on top by 13.
• The Panthers never backed down chipping away to cut the margin to seven on a steal and layup from Stranger-Johannessen with one minute left of play.
• Tech fouled Nova Southeastern with hopes of being able to tie the game, but the Sharks made their free-throws and survived a close game.
• Florida Tech outscored Nova Southeastern 29-23 in the fourth quarter.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Florida Tech had five players in double figures tonight.
• Ehmann scored a career high 16 points and 5 rebounds. 
• Roberts put up 14 points, a career-high seven assists, four rebounds and another career-high four steals.
• Vaitekunaite added 12 points and four rebounds.
• Acampora had a career-high five assists on the night and five points.
• Stranger-Johannessen contributed 11 points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds.
• Liberatore tallied 10 points and five rebounds.  

 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech is now 27-23 in the all-time series against Nova Southeastern.   
• Florida Tech shot 43% (28-65) from the field, 22% (4-18) from behind the three-point line, and 68% (13-19) from the free-throw line.  
• The Panthers led in points off turnovers (15-14), points in the paint (42-32) and steals (13-9).
• NSU shot 52% (27-52) from the field, including 39% (9-23) from the three, and 73% (24-33) at the line.
• The Sharks led in rebounds (37-32), bench points (27-17), and fast break points (6-0).

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will be back home Saturday, Feb. 11^th to face Palm Beach Atlantic. Tip-off is set for 2:00PM.
 
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