DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's basketball team picked up a win in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Sunshine State Conference Women's Basketball tournament at home on Tuesday. The top-seeded Eagles defeated No. 8 Saint Leo 72-62 to secure a spot in the conference tournament semifinals for the second straight year.
RECORDS:
Embry-Riddle: 24-4
Saint Leo: 11-17
GAME NOTES
• The Eagles are 15th in the latest WBCA Coaches' Poll and tied for 11th in the most recent D2 CSC Media Poll.
• The Eagles earned a No. 1 tournament seed for the first time in program history.
• Embry-Riddle scored 16 points off 11 Saint Leo turnovers and bested the Lions 14-4 in second chance points.
KEY PERFORMERS
Embry-Riddle
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Madyson Jean-Louis: 18 pts
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Kailey Turpening: 12 pts, 6 ast, 6 reb
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Mary Lengemann: 11 pts
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Jenna Teterycz: 11 pts
Saint Leo
• Jumoke Adaramoye: 21 pts, 5 reb
• Taydra Simpson: 10 pts
• Vanessa McManus: 10 pts
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
• Saint Leo built a five-point (7-2) lead early in the first quarter which grew to seven (12-5) with 4:08 left in the period.
• A Teterycz jumper followed by a
Sarah Napoli three made it a two-point game (12-10) after 10 minutes.
Second Quarter
• Anye' Staton's layup tied the game at 12-12 to start the second.
• The Eagle defense held the Lions to just nine points in the first eight minutes, while the offense outscored the visitors 23-10 in the quarter to take a 33-26 lead into the halftime break.
Third Quarter
• The Lions shot the ball well in the third going 8-of-14 (57.1%) from the field and 50 percent (2-of-4) from beyond the arc.
• The Eagle lead was eight (38-30) with 6:50 remaining, but the Lions got back-to-back threes from Vanessa Mcmanus that tied the score at 38-38.
• The Lions went on to reclaim the lead, but the advantage was short-lived as the Eagles closed out the period on a 6-2 run to lead 50-46 heading into the final frame.
Fourth Quarter
• Lengemann scored the first bucket of the fourth quarter and a pair of free throws by Jean-Louis extended the cushion to eight points (54-46)
• The Lions converted on two free throws of their own but Teterycz countered with a three-pointer, and a Jean-Louis three-point play and a Lengemann trey made it a 15-point (63-48) game.
• From that point, the Eagles did not look back, and although the Lions went on an 8-0 spurt to end the game, it was too little too late, giving the Eagles the 10-point win.
NEXT UP
The Eagles will host No. 4 seed Eckerd in semifinal action at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the ICI Center.
The 2024-25 Embry-Riddle women's basketball season is presented by Daytona Mitsubishi.
