WINTER PARK, Fla. - Cirkeline Rimdal's career-high 22-point day led the No. 7 Eckerd women's basketball team to a dominant victory over the Rollins College Tars, 71-57, at the Warden Arena on Saturday afternoon.
A scoreless start to the game saw over two minutes of action with neither team scoring a bucket. Nicole Scales put the Tritons on the board first with a driving layup. Some back-and-forth action ensued when a 3-pointer by Aaliyah Irizarry-Perez gave the home team a six-point favor. Eckerd answered back, closing the quarter trailing 14-11. Rollins opened the second quarter with a quick pair of baskets before the Tritons went on a 15-point run. Ragnheidur Einarsdottir netted a pair of threes leading to the seven-point margin. The run was silenced by Rollins' Grace Alferi's three. Lauryn Vieira added another three in the final minute, giving the Tritons a 29-25 favor heading into the intermission.
The teams swapped leads four times in the opening three and a half minutes of the second half when a free throw by Kymora Westerfield knotted the score at 33-33 with 6:11 remaining in the quarter. Rimdal shot 3-for-4 from a distance in the frame, adding nine points to the Tritons' tally. A three by Persson in the final minute saw the Tritons take a 50-40 advantage into the final period. Rimdal went 2-for-3 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe in quarter four as the Tritons defeated the Tars, 71-57.
HOW IT ENDED
FINAL: No. 7 Eckerd 71, Rollins 57
RECORDS: Eckerd 21-4 (16-2 SSC); Rollins 8-17 (3-15 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Rimdal's 22-point night set a new career high, surpassing her career-high of 17 set at North Dakota State in the 2019-20 season, which was tied earlier this season against Truman State (Dec. 17).
- Four Tritons tallied double-digit figures: Rimdal (22), Hannah Wentworth (13), Persson (12), and Einarsdottir (11).
- Persson and Vieira both flirted with a double-double, as Persson collected seven boards, and Vieira put up seven points and nine rebounds.
- EC's bench outscored RC's 22-16.
- Rimdal shot 6-for-9 from beyond the arc for a 66.66 percent 3-point percentage.
- Eckerd outshot Rollins in the paint, 22-10.
UP NEXT
The No. 7 Tritons return home Wednesday for their final home game of the regular season. Eckerd women's basketball will have their senior night against Nova Southeastern with a 5:30 PM tipoff.
