WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Eckerd women's basketball team breezed past Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday afternoon in a 74-51 win to conclude the regular season.
Eckerd built a large lead in the second quarter while holding the Sailfish to just eight points in the quarter. Eckerd held over a 20-point lead for the majority of the remainder of the game for the victory while completing the regular season sweep over PBA.
HOW IT ENDED
Final: Eckerd 74, Palm Beach Atlantic 51
Records: Eckerd 21-6 (15-5 SSC), Palm Beach Atlantic 4-22 (3-17 SSC)
KEY MOMENTS
- After a tight first five minutes, PBA pulled ahead by five points. Eckerd, however, didn't trail for long as Ada Yalcin drained back-to-back 3-pointers putting Eckerd up by one before Chelsea Johnson netted a layup in the final seconds to give the Tritons a 16-13 advantage to end the quarter.
- Eckerd quickly raced out to a 13-point lead via a 10-0 run to open the second quarter. The Tritons then ended the quarter with six unanswered points entering the half with a 17-point lead, 38-21.
- The Tritons continued to cruise in the second half, seeing their largest lead of the afternoon on the heels of a 7-0 run that pushed the lead to 25.
- The Eckerd lead dropped to 17 points in the final quarter but Maja Jurlina put Eckerd back up by 24 following a traditional three-point play with 1:59 left as the Tritons closed the game with a 23 point victory. Â
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Kacie Juday led Eckerd with 15 points while Yarden Danan also contributed double-digits with 11 points. Both Juday and Yalcin led Eckerd on the boards with seven rebounds each.
- Eckerd shot 47.4 percent in the game while holding PBA to a 36.4 field goal percentage and just eight points in the second quarter.
- The Tritons completed the regular season sweep of the Sailfish and has won the past seven out of eight contest over Palm Beach Atlantic.
- Eckerd finishes the regular season in a tie for second place in the SSC and won 20-plus games in back-to-back years for the first time in program history.
QUOTABLE
"We were able to get separation in the second quarter once our defensive energy picked up. I thought we executed on offense and shot the ball well. It was a good balance of layups and open 3's. I'm proud of this team for its second-place finish and 15-5 conference record. This is a tough league and we had to earn every one of those wins." - EC head coach
Paul Honsinger.
UP NEXT
Eckerd advances to the SSC Tournament on Wednesday as the No. 2 seed and will host Florida Tech at 7:30 PM.
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