BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Women's Basketball team stayed in the win column on Wednesday evening, taking down the Lynn Fighting Knights in an SSC battle for their fourth straight victory. Aubrey Stupp led the way for NSU, scoring a team-high 20 points.  

    
       
SCORE: No. 24 Nova Southeastern 78, Lynn 73       
RECORDS: No. 24 Nova Southeastern 7-1, 2-0 SSC, Lynn 4-3, 0-2 SSC         
LOCATION: de Hoernle Sports Center | Boca Raton, Fla.      
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First Half – The Fighting Knights came out strong, scoring nine straight to take an early 9-0 lead. Free throws from Dash Shaw would stop the Knights run before seven consecutive points from Alana Ellis and Corina Conley continued to cut into Lynn's lead. Both teams traded baskets as the Knights held onto a 20-15 lead going into the second quarter. With 4:00 minutes remaining in the half, a layup from Stupp gave the Sharks their first lead of the game. With just under 30 seconds remaining in the quarter, a late layup from Mercedes Simmons put the Sharks ahead 38-37 as they headed into the break. 

Second Half – The third quarter featured a back-and-forth affair before a three-pointer from Delaney Wolfe put NSU up 51-46, their biggest lead of the game. The Sharks defense continued to stay aggressive but the Knights answered, cutting their deficit to two points heading into the final frame. NSU's fast-paced offense gave them a seven-point advantage with 6:52 left to play. Lynn wouldn't back down bringing the game to as close as one point but Nova's defense held up, ultimately leading the Sharks to a thrilling 78-73 SSC victory over the Lynn Fighting Knights. 

 
Aubrey Stupp: 20 points 

Delaney Wolfe: 12 points, two 3PM 

Payton Graber: 12 points, three steals 



Head Coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry - We had a hard-fought win on the road today. Lynn played hard and aggressively for 40 minutes. We got off to a slow start and had to work hard to get up by one point at half-time. It was a back-and-forth game, but big stops down the stretch and a big three and clutch free throws from Delaney sealed the win today.

Aubrey Stupp - This is a tough league and we will get everyone's best game. I'm Proud of how we fought and got another W in the win column. Any win in the league is a good one. 




Nova Southeastern will have a hiatus before returning to action on Saturday, December 14th to take on SSC rival, the Barry Buccaneers in the County-Line Cup. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 PM