No.7 Tampa defeat Embry-Riddle on the Road
January 21, 2023

No.7 Tampa defeat Embry-Riddle on the Road

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The No.7 University of Tampa women's basketball team defeat Embry-Riddle on the road.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final Score: No. 7 University of Tampa Spartans 72, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Eagles 53

Records: Tampa (18-1, 10-1 SSC), Embry-Riddle (8-9, 3-8 SSC)

Location: ICI Center | Daytona Beach, FL

All-Time Series: The Spartans lead the series 11-4 while being on an 8 game win streak. Their largest margin of victory, 40 points, came on March 3, 2020 when they defeated Embry-Riddle 76-36.

HOW IT HAPPENED

1st QUARTER

The game started with an administrative technical being called on Embry-Riddle which resulted in Audrey Ramsey on the free throw line shooting one shot and completing it. This put Tampa up 1-0 before tipoff. Once the game officially started the Spartans went on a 7-0 run. Melijah Sullivan led the first few minutes with 6 points. The Spartans kept their distance pounding the ball in the paint forcing Embry-Riddle to take a timeout after an and-one layup from Sydney Kin. From there, they went on another 6-0 run putting them up by double-digits with just under 2 minutes left in the first quarter. A spin around floater from Sarah Jones closes out the first quarter for the Spartans with a lead of 11. Score: 21-10 (Tampa)

2nd QUARTER

Embry-Riddle begun the scoring in the second quarter, but Tampa quickly responded. Tampa then started turning the ball over resulting them experiencing a scoring drought for a few minutes. Despite this, Tampa maintained their lead with Kin and Sullivan leading the way with 10 points each. Score: 37-26 (Tampa)

3rd QUARTER

Tampa started the scoring this quarter with two made free throws from Kin. From here, Tampa continued scoring in the paint with four paint points coming from Kin and Sullivan. Embry-Riddle found some momentum capitalizing off the defensive mistakes of the Spartans. This cut Tampa's lead down to 7 with just under 3:30 left in the third. Even with the Eagles spark of energy, Tampa still managed to go on a 9-0 run to stay on top at the end of the third quarter. Score: 56-42 (Tampa)

4th QUARTER

The fourth quarter begun with Embry-Riddle scoring 4 unanswered points cutting Tampa's lead down again to 10 before choosing to take a timeout. Out of the timeout, Jones makes a shifty layup. After that, Tampa continued putting the ball in the hoop extending their lead little by little and securing their win over Embry-Riddle. Score: 72-53 (Tampa)

 INSIDE THE STATS

BEYOND THE BOX

  • This is the third game this season where Sullivan has scored 20 points
  • Kin's 7 rebounds tonight puts her 2 rebounds away from having 1,000 career rebounds
  • Tampa scored 44 points in the paint
  • Tampa went 19-20 on layups

 

NEXT UP: The Spartans travel back home as they compete against Lynn University on Saturday, January 28 at 2 p.m.

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