ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University women's basketball team struggled to hit the net in the McArthur Center on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Eckerd Tritons, 79-47. The loss splits the season series.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
FINAL: L, 47-79
RECORDS: Nova Southeastern (10-12, 6-10 SSC), Eckerd Tritons (17-6, 11-5 SSC)
LOCATION: McArthur Center\ | St. Petersburg, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
1ST QUARTER | Both teams got off to rough starts offensively, as the Sharks committed four turnovers over the first four-plus minutes and the Tritons had three of their own, both going 1-of-4 from the field. The Sharks grabbed a 5-3 lead midway through the quarter on a Skyla Osceola 3-pointer, but that would be their only lead of the game. Eckerd used a 16-2 run over the last half of the quarter, including each of the last 10 and eight in the final 77 seconds, to take a 19-7 lead at the buzzer.
 
2ND QUARTER | The Tritons took their largest lead of the half, 30-12, three minutes in, but a 16-4 Sharks run, capitalized by a pair of 3's by Mikayla Thompson, brought the deficit back down to single-digits. Eckerd hit a pair of layups in the final 40 seconds, and the Sharks trailed by 10 at halftime, 38-28.
 
3RD QUARTER | The Sharks made just two field goals in the quarter, a Mary Hirt 3-pointer a minute and a half in to get the 2^nd-half scoring started and another by Hailey Conley nearly five minutes later to end a streak of 11 straight Tritons points. The Tritons ended the quarter with 10 more in a row to go into the final frame up 59-34.
 
4TH QUARTER | Eckerd added seven more onto their run from the end of the previous quarter and took their largest lead of the game up to that point, 70-36, just after the midway point of the period. The Sharks made five of their last seven field goals, scoring 11 points in the game's final four minutes.
 
INSIDE THE STATS: 

• Mikayla Thompson and Hailey Conley scored ten points each to lead the team. Thompson also had a team-high six rebounds, five of which were on the offensive end.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE: 

• The Sharks were a perfect 10-for-10 at the free throw line, the first time in program history that they shot 100% on at least ten attempts.

 
UP NEXT
 
The Sharks will return home on Wednesday, Feb. 14 to host Rollins at 5:30 p.m. The game will also serve as the women's basketball team's Shark Night and fans are encouraged to wear pink.
 
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