ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Every member of the Eckerd women's basketball team contributed as the Tritons collected the season sweep over Palm Beach Atlantic with a dominant 102-53 victory Saturday afternoon at the McArthur Center
Eneritz Larranaga recorded a career-high 25 points and
Maya Price posted her first career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
HOW IT ENDED
Final: Eckerd 102, Palm Beach Atlantic 53
Records: Eckerd 13-4 (9-2 SSC); Palm Beach Atlantic 3-15 (1-10 SSC)
KEY MOMENTS
- The Tritons opened the games scoring with three straight 3-pointers to take an early 9-0 lead. The Sailfish answered with four consecutive points, but a jumper from Eneritz Larranaga stopped the Sailfish run. A layup from Octavia Loll sparked an 18-2 run for EC over the next four minutes as the Tritons took a 29-9 lead. Palm Beach Atlantic scored six straight points to end the first quarter, but Eckerd held a commanding 29-9 lead.
- Larranaga hit a jumper to start the second quarter, but PBA answered with an 8-3 run to cut Eckerd's lead down to 11 points. Larranaga and Mar Ibern answered, hitting back-to-back triples to build EC's lead back to 17 points with 6:47 left. The teams traded points until a steal from Larranaga and a fast-break layup from Brooke Juday sent the Tritons on a 13-6 stretch into halftime as they held a 57-34 lead.
- Loll laid in a basket for EC to start the third period, followed by a jumper from Larranaga as the Tritons continued to build on their lead. The teams then traded baskets through most of the quarter. At the 3:25 mark, two free throws and a jumper from Maya Price sent Eckerd on a 13-2 run into the end of the third quarter as EC maintained a sizable 83-42 advantage.
- Claire Bady made two free throws for the Sailfish to start the fourth quarter, but Zoe Richards followed with a basket sending EC on a 19-3 run over the next five minutes. Sia Williams and Victoria Self answered with back-to-back triples for Palm Beach Atlantic before the end of the quarter as the Tritons came away with a convincing 102-53 victory.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Larranaga led EC with a career-high 25 points. She went 10-for-12 from the field and 5-for-7 from the perimeter. Price followed with a career-high 21 points while Loll and Juday rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points each.
- Price posted her first career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
- Loll tied her season-high with seven assists.
- The Tritons shot well with a 58.8 field goal percentage, including a 61.2 percent clip in the second half. They also shot 62.5 percent from 3-point range in the first half and finished the afternoon at 48.1 percent.
- Eckerd eclipsed the century mark for the second time this season and just the fifth time in program history.
- EC has now topped Palm Beach Atlantic in its last seven matchups.
- Eckerd had 33 points from turnovers compared to Palm Beach Atlantic's 10.
QUOTABLE
"We had a great offensive game today. We were sharp and unselfish with our ball movement and we knocked down open shots," said head coach
Paul Honsinger. "Our defense also improved in the second half. It was a great team win with a lot of positive contributors."
UP NEXT
The Tritons head over the Howard Frankland to face the conference-leading University of Tampa Wednesday at 5:30 PM.
