DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's basketball team honored Sarah Napoli, Jenna Teterycz and Madyson Jean-Louis prior to the start of their game on Wednesday, but the Eagles were unable to secure a win in their final regular season home game, falling to Sunshine State Conference foe Nova Southeastern 72-67.
 
Despite the loss, there was still much to celebrate as Jean-Louis scored 14 points to become the all-time scoring leader in program history.

RECORDS:
Embry-Riddle: 23-3, 17-2 SSC
Nova Southeastern: 22-5, 15-4 SSC
 
GAME NOTES
• The Eagles are ninth in the latest WBCA Coaches' Poll and fifth in the most recent D2 CSC Media Poll.
• The Eagles also top the NCAA II South Region rankings which were released on Wednesday afternoon.
• Rebounds and miscues were key factors in the outcome as NSU scored 15 second-chance points and 23 points off 22 Eagle turnovers.
 • In the first meeting between the teams Laurie Satchell scored a career-high 24 points; she followed that with a 22-point performance in Wednesday's rematch.

KEY PERFORMERS
Embry-Riddle
• Laurie Satchell: 22 pts, 3 reb
• Madyson Jean-Louis: 14 pts,
• Mary Lengemann: 10 pts, 7 reb

Nova Southeastern
• Aubrey Stupp: 26 pts, 3 reb

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
• The first quarter was even through the first five minutes.
• A 6-0 run gave the Sharks a 16-11 lead with 2:49 left in the quarter.
• A steal that led to a Napoli layup, as well as a Kailey Turpening three tied the score at 16-16.
• The Eagles briefly took the lead on an Anye' Staton free throw, but the Sharks scored the last two points of the frame to lead 19-17.
 
Second Quarter
• The second quarter saw the Eagles' field goal percentage dip from 66.7 percent in the first frame to 33.3 percent in the second.
• The Sharks were only 5-of-14 from the field, but they bested the Eagles 11-3 on the boards, scoring five second chance points and four points off Eagle turnovers to lead 33-25 at the half.

Third Quarter
• The Eagles had the better shooting performance in the third quarter, shooting 66.7 percent (10-of-15) from the field compared to just 36.8 percent (7-of-19) by the Sharks.
• A three-pointer increased the Shark lead to nine (38-29) at the 8:53 mark.
• The Eagles were able to reduce the deficit to four points twice, but both times the Sharks were able to widen the gap.
• Trailing by eight (48-40) with 2:33 left, the Eagles outscored the Sharks 7-3 to end the quarter down 51-47.  

Fourth Quarter
• Satchell opened the fourth quarter with a jumper to pull the Eagles within two (51-49).
• The Sharks continued to hold the Eagles at bay, widening the gap to 56-51 with 5:44 left to play.
• Back-to-back layups by Satchell made it a one-point game and Jean-Louis' only three of the night, put the Eagles ahead 58-56.
• The lead was short-lived as back-to-back NSU threes gave the lead back to the Sharks.
• The Eagles cut the lead to two (66-64) with 16 seconds remaining, but the Sharks went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the last 15 seconds to come away with the win.

NEXT UP
The Eagles close out their regular season on the road on Saturday, traveling to Miami Shores for a 2 p.m. tip against Barry.
 
The 2024-25 Embry-Riddle women's basketball season is presented by Daytona Mitsubishi.