ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd women's basketball team dropped its first home game of the season on Saturday afternoon as the Rollins College Tars outlasted the Tritons by a score of 67-56 at the McArthur Center.
After two and a half minutes of scoreless action, the Tars picked up the pace with a 7-0 run. Back-to-back threes by Hannah Wentworth shrunk Eckerd's deficit back to one. The teams traded baskets for the remainder of the frame, with Rollins holding the 15-13 advantage after the opening 10 minutes. Chance Bucher was first to answer in the second quarter to bring the score back to even, 15-15. The teams swapped baskets as the Tars squeaked out a two-point favor at the half, leading 30-28.
Eckerd and Rollins traded leads in the early part of the second half when a pair of free throws by Ieva Korzane gave Eckerd its first three-point lead. Eckerd led heading into the final period, 42-41. Rollins jumped out to an 11-point favor in the fourth quarter, going on a 16-4 run over the opening five minutes of the frame. Eckerd tried to pull itself out of the hole, cutting its deficit to seven late, but was unable to complete the comeback, falling 67-56.
HOW IT ENDED
FINAL: Rollins 67, Eckerd 56
RECORDS: Eckerd 8-5 (3-3 SSC); Rollins 9-3 (6-0 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Lauryn Vieira led the Tritons with 15 points. Chance Bucher nearly registered double-digits with nine points.
- Vieira added six steals and five boards.
- Martyna Kowalska led with six boards. She also added a career-high four blocks.
- Eckerd shot 12-for-16 from the charity stripe.
- Ford and Hannah Wentworth each netted two threes.
- EC outscored RC off of turnovers 15 to 11.
- Eckerd shot 28.4 percent from the field in the game.
UP NEXT
Eckerd remains at home on Wednesday to face Florida Tech at 5:30 PM at the McArthur Center.
