LAKELAND, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's basketball team struggled on the road once again on Saturday falling to Florida Southern 69-40 at the Moccasins Jenkins Fieldhouse. The loss puts the Eagles at 14-8, while the Mocs improved to 16-7 with the win.
 
"We didn't make shots tonight," ERAU Head Coach Lisa Nuxol-Wilson stated. "We didn't make layups, midrange or threes, and early foul trouble and lack of inside presence defensively combined with poor shooting hurt us. I was pretty disappointed with our defense tonight. We pulled within eight in the third quarter then let them go on a huge run. We have to learn from this and be able to execute and hit shots down the stretch on the road. Florida Southern has good players who made shots consistently and they executed well. They really dominated the paint and had some bench players step up for them.  We need to get tough and be more consistent on the road down the stretch of conference play. "

The Eagles were just 30.4 percent (17-of-56) from the field on the way to their second-lowest scoring output of the year. Tara Fields was the only Eagle player in double figures with 12 points and seven rebounds.
 
The Mocs, who were consistent in their per-period output with 17 points per quarter in the first three periods and 18 in the fourth, were 61.7 percent (29-of-47) from the field. Anja Fuchs-Robertin paced the FSC offense with 13 points, while Anissa Toumi and Camille Giardana added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
Both teams traded baskets through much of the first quarter until the 2:03 mark when a pair of layups gave the Mocs a 12-8 advantage at the 2:03 mark. Sigrid Sandstrom answered with a three on the Eagles' next possession and an Ashley McWilliams layup tied things up at 13-13 with 1:14 left in the quarter, but the Mocs closed out the period on a 4-0 run to take a 17-13 lead into the second.
 
With two of the season's leading scorers in Lauren Ellenberger and Fields sitting on the bench with foul trouble, the Eagles struggled offensively in the second, allowing the Mocs to open up a 34-20 advantage at the half.
 
The start of the third saw the Blue and Gold go on a 10-4 run to narrow the gap to eight points (38-30), but that was a close as the Eagles would get as they went without scoring a point in the last 6:46 of the period and were outscored 18-10 by Florida Southern in the final frame.
 
The Eagles will be back at the ICI Center on Wednesday to host Nova Southeastern at 5:30 p.m.