FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern women's basketball team rode their potent offense to a dominating 100-57 Sunshine State Conference victory over the Lynn Fighting Knights at the Rick Case Arena on Wednesday evening.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
FINAL: W, 100-57
RECORDS: Nova Southeastern University Sharks (9-7, 5-4 SSC), Lynn University Fighting Knights (11-3, 5-3 SSC)
LOCATION: Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
1ST QUARTER | The opening frame hinted at a close battle, with four ties and eight lead changes and neither team leading by more than four points. Claire McMahon got the Sharks on the board first with a layup on their possession, but the Knights responded with a pair of jumpers to take their first lead. The period continued that way, with Lynn taking what would prove to be their largest lead of the game, 8-4, just under three minutes into the game. The Sharks responded with a 5-0 run to regain the lead, and from that point on, they traded field goals until a Jordan Tully layup with 23 seconds left brought the quarter to its culmination with the Sharks ahead by a single point, 20-19.
 
2ND QUARTER | The Sharks started the second quarter on a 10-2 run, before taking their first double-digit lead (35-25) at the 6:42 mark. The Knights cut the lead down to six, but the Sharks exploded on a 10-0 run, and 17-2 to end the half, making six of seven field goals over the last 4:30 and forcing four turnovers and three missed field goals over the same span. McMahon punctuated it with a 3-pointer, her team-high third of the half, right before the buzzer, and carried the team into the locker room with a 54-33 lead.
 
3RD QUARTER | The Sharks outscored the Knights 34-4 in the third, with runs of 12-0, 11-0, and 9-0 along the way. The Knights made their first field goal attempt of the half 40 seconds in, then missed their last 14 of the period, getting their only other two points on free throws nearly four minutes apart, while the Sharks made each of their first six and 13 of 18 in the entire quarter, going into the final frame with an overwhelming 51-point lead, at 88-37. The Sharks got 22 of their 34 points during the period in the paint and 15 from the bench.
 
4TH QUARTER | The Sharks took a game-high 57-point lead (97-40) less than three minutes in, starting 4-of-6 from the field, before going silent for nearly five minutes, missing their next eight attempts. The Knights scored the next 13 points, but a Hailey Conley three-pointer snapped their run, as the Sharks hit the century mark for the second time this season.
 
INSIDE THE STATS:
 

• McMahon led five Sharks in double-digits with a game-high 20 points in just 20 minutes, making 8 of 10 field goals and 4 of 5 from long range, marking her season-high in 3-pointers and her second time reaching 20 points as a Shark.
• Hughes (5-of-8 from the field) and Jordan Tully (7-of-13), in a 15-minute reserve role, were not far behind with 16 points each. Tully added a game-high nine rebounds, with both points and rebounds setting new highs in her six-game Sharks career.
• Christen Prasse had 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting, while Maria Bardeeva matched her in 13 minutes off the bench on 6-of-10 from the field. Prasse and Mikayla Thompson had a game-high seven assists each, while Bardeeva had both of her blocks on the same possession.
• The Sharks out-scored the Knights 68-18 between the second and third quarters, including 34-8 in the paint, 14-0 off turnovers, 12-0 in second-chance points and 21-3 off the bench, shooting 68% from the field in that span.

 
UP NEXT:
 
The Sharks will have a week off before returning to play and going back out on the road to take on Palm Beach Atlantic next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
 
 
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