DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Career-high scoring performances by Madyson Jean-Louis and Jenna Teterycz propelled the Embry-Riddle women's basketball team to their biggest comeback of the season on Wednesday evening. The Eagles withstood a fierce start by Florida Southern and erased a 19-point deficit to defeat the Moccasins 81-73. Wednesday's win also secured the third 20-win season in program history.

RECORDS:
Embry-Riddle: 20-2, 14-1 SSC
Florida Southern: 10-12, 5-10 SSC
 
GAME NOTES
• The Eagles are 11th in the latest WBCA Coaches' Poll and eighth in the most recent D2 CSC Media Poll.
• Jean-Louis matched her career-best scoring total and led all scorers with 22 points, while Teteryz added a career-high 18 points.
• The Moccasins' early surge included a 35-point first quarter.
• The Eagles outscored the Moccasins 24-10 in the third quarter.
• All 16 players who played in Wednesday's game scored at least two points.
 
KEY PERFORMERS
Embry-Riddle
• Madyson Jean-Louis: 22 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast
• Jenna Teterycz: 18 pts
• Mary Lengemann: 12 pts, 5 reb
• Kailey Turpening: 10 pts, 8 ast

Florida Southern
• Lily Randgaard: 19 pts
• Ariyana Bracero: 16 pts

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
• Florida Southern got off to a fast start connecting on each of their first 10 field goal attempts.
• The Moccasins were 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the field including a 5-of-9 clip from beyond the arc.
• The Eagles managed just one of their three three-point attempts and were 42.9 percent from the field.
• The Moccasins held a nine-point lead with 2:15 left in the quarter and used a 8-2 run to close out the period up by 16 (35-19)

Second Quarter
• The first three and half minutes of the second quarter saw the Moccasins increase their lead to 19 (44-25).
• At the 6:21 mark, Lengemann knocked down her third jumper of the evening and that basket keyed an 11-0 Eagle run that reduced the deficit to six (44-38) with 1:51 left in half.
• The Moccasins ended a six-and-a-half-minute scoring drought with a Lily Randgaard three at the buzzer to make the score 47-38 at the half.
 
Third Quarter
• The Eagles carried the momentum they had built in the second half of the second quarter into the third.
• Sydney Gomes scored the first basket of the quarter, but the Eagles scored the next five points to cut the FSC lead to six.
• After Teterycz answered a Bracero layup with a mid-range jumper, the Eagle defense forced turnovers on three of the Moccasins next four possessions.
• That tough defense helped the Eagles outscore the visitors 6-0 over the next two minutes and to tie the game at 53-53.
• Anna Dennes gave the Moccasins a 55-53 lead, but it was temporary as Teterycz knocked down one of her two three-pointers to give the Eagles their first lead of the game (56-55) at the 3:05 mark.
• Embry-Riddle went on a 6-2 run and led 62-57 heading into the fourth.

Fourth Quarter
• The Eagles built the lead to seven points (65-58) early in the fourth.
• The Moccasins managed to tie the game at 69-69 on a Gomes three-point play with 3:16 left to play.
• Sarah Napoli hit a clutch three at the 2:49 mark to put the Eagles back on top and they never looked back.
• Another trey from Lengemann and a 6-for-6 performance at the free throw line by Turpening helped the Eagles seal the eight-point win.

NEXT UP
The Eagles are back on the road on Saturday for a 2 p.m. game against No. 19/19 Tampa.
 
The 2024-25 Embry-Riddle women's basketball season is presented by Daytona Mitsubishi.