MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's basketball team returned to the win column with a decisive 67-51 defeat of Florida Tech on Wednesday. The Eagles completed the season sweep of the Panthers to improve to 17-2 overall and 11-1 in Sunshine State Conference play.

RECORDS:
Embry-Riddle: 17-2, 11-1 SSC
Florida Tech: 5-13, 2-10 SSC
 
QUOTING COACH WILSON
"This team continues to find a way to win. They are really focusing on their defense and sticking with the game plan, staying consistent and playing for each other!"
 
GAME NOTES
• The Eagles are 13th in the latest WBCA Coaches' Poll and 10th in the most recent D2 CSC Media Poll.
• All 10 players who took the court for the Eagles got into the scoring column.
• The Eagles outscored the Panthers 30-16 in the paint.
 
KEY PERFORMERS
Embry-Riddle
• Mary Lengemann: 16 pts, 5 reb,
• Madyson Jean-Louis: 13 pts
• Sarah Napoli: 11 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl

Florida Tech
• Tai Roberts: 13 pts, 7 reb
• Sarah Liberatore: 13 pts

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
• The Panthers scored the first bucket of the game, but the Eagles responded with an 8-0 run to go up 8-2.
• A nearly four-minute scoring drought for the Eagles helped Florida Tech closed the gap to 8-6.
• A low-scoring first quarter saw the Eagles outscore the Panthers 5-2 in the last 4:05 to lead 13-9 heading into the second.
• Lengemann paced the Eagles in the first frame with six points.

Second Quarter
• Liberatore scored one of her three second-quarter threes to reduce the Eagle lead to one point (13-12).
• Beginning at the 8:51 mark, Lengemann outscored the Panthers 6-2 and Chandler Brooks added a layup of her own to expand the Eagle advantage to seven points (21-14).
• Anye' Staton's first points of the contest ended a two-minute scoring drought for both teams to make the score 23-14.
• Liberatore and Tai Roberts combined for three treys to cut the lead to three (26-23), but the Eagles countered with threes by Napoli and Jean-Louis.
• Alyssa Brasko's layup with 43 seconds left put the Eagles up 31-23 at the half.

Third Quarter
• The Eagles dominated the Panthers in the third period, outscoring the home team 17-7.
• Embry-Riddle was 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from the field in the second, while Florida Tech managed just three made field goals.
• A Roberts three cut the lead to seven (33-26), but Napoli answered with a three of her own to trigger a 15-2 Eagle run that widened the gap to 20 points (48-28).
• Heading into the fourth, Embry-Riddle led 48-30.
 
Fourth Quarter
• The Eagles' shooting cooled to 46.7 percent (7-of-15), but their 60 percent (3-of-5) clip from beyond the arc helped them lead by as many as 25 points.
• The Panthers were 8-of-14 from the field, including Emma Dillman going 4-for-4 in the fourth.
• A 9-0 spurt helped the Panthers to cut the lead to 16 points.
• A three from Brasko and a layup by Alyssa Torgerson increased the Eagle lead to 67-46, but the Panthers scored the last five points of the game for the 67-51 final.

NEXT UP
The Eagles close out their five-game road swing on Saturday with a trip to Saint Leo. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
The 2024-25 Embry-Riddle women's basketball season is presented by Daytona Mitsubishi.