WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY: Lynn at Eckerd

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After losing a pair of tight games to nationally-ranked opponents last week, the Eckerd women's basketball team will look to get back in the win column as the Tritons host Lynn University tonight at 5:30 PM.

WHAT: Lynn Fighting Knights (2-11, 0-7 SSC) vs. Eckerd Tritons (7-5, 3-3 SSC)
WHERE: McArthur Center
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ABOUT THE KNIGHTS
- There will be a familiar face on the Lynn bench tonight in first-year head coach Julia Huddleston.  Huddleston played at Eckerd from 1998-2002 and was the female recipient of the Jim Harley Award.  Huddleston ranks ninth in career assists at Eckerd.  This is her first season as a head coach after spending several years as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I.
- While the Knights have struggled this year record-wise at 2-11 and 0-7 in conference play, they have also been in nearly every game they have lost.  Of their 11 losses, six have been by nine points or fewer.
- Lynn is led offensively by seniors Tifani Kerrison and Charla Nelson-James. Kerrison averages a team-high 11.9 points per game and has scored in double-figures in 10 of LU's 13 contests.  Nelson-James averages 11.5 points per game while shooting a team-best 55.0 percent from the field.  She also leads the team in rebounding with 7.1 per game.
- The Knights rank fourth in conference in turnover margin at +2.31 but are last in scoring offense (60.8 points per game).

ABOUT THE TRITONS
- Last week was the most challenging week of the season so far for the Tritons, who dropped a pair of close games to No. 11/7 Nova Southeaster and No. 21 Florida Southern.  The two losses dropped Eckerd into a tie for fifth in the conference standings, a half-game behind Saturday's opponent Barry University.
- Victoria Vine had a big week with a career-high 24 points against Nova Southeastern on Wednesday.  She averaged 18 points and seven rebounds per game for the week and leads the Tritons in scoring with 11.5 points per game.  Margaret Sundberg (11.1 ppg) and Ashley Folsom (10.1 ppg) also average in double figures for Eckerd.
- After a cold start to the season from 3-point range, Anna Deegan has begun to heat up.  The junior transfer has made six of her last 11 attempts beyond the arc.
- Freshman Chelsea Johnson has provided a spark off the bench after returning from an early-season injury.  The Orlando native is coming off a career-high 15 points on Saturday and is averaging 11.3 points per game over her last four outings.

LOOKING BACK
Eckerd swept Lynn last season with a 22-point win on the road and a tighter eight-point win at home.  The Tritons have won three straight over the Knights entering tonight's game.