CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Florida Southern College women's basketball picked up their first win of the season against the University of Alabama in Huntsville Saturday afternoon. The 62-58 win wrapped up the 2021 GSC/SSC Challenge at Paul Dana Walker Arena at Lee University. The Moccasins (1-1) converted points on 12 UAH turnovers and 15 second chance opportunities as the Chargers (0-2) finished the GSC/SSC Challenge without a win.
Two Moccasin players scored points in double digits for Florida Southern to gain their first win of the season. Whitney Jacob had a her first double-double as a Moc followed by freshman, Arielle Dabu with double-digit points.
"It was good to get a win today over a good UAH team after a tough loss last night," said head coach Betsy Harris. "We did not shoot the ball well either day, against Lee we could not overcome a bad first half of play. The second half we competed much better. We were able to stay in the gam against UAH because of Whitney's scoring and Arielle's tough plays on both ends of the floor. We still have a ways to go on being the team I know we are capable of being. They were good games to experience before our first conference game next Saturday at Barry."
HOW IT HAPPENED
1st Quarter |
- The Mocs started the game down as Pruitt opened up the scoring for the Chargers early with a layup.
- Less than a minute later, Jacob tied the score at 2-2 with a layup off of a rebound. This would be the start of a Moccasin six-point run.
- Sara Wohlgemuth converted on a layup assisted by Jacob to give the Mocs their first lead of the game.
- Dabu created an offensive opportunity with a steal in the Mocs defensive end, finishing with a layup to put the Mocs up six points.
- After a scoring run by the Chargers, the Mocs would be held scoreless until just after the two minute mark of the quarter, where Jacob added another two with a driving layup, tying the score at 10.
- The Mocs finished the quarter down four points with a score of 16-12.
2nd Quarter |
- At the beginning of the second quarter, the Chargers put up their biggest lead of the game at seven points.
- Less than two minutes into the quarter, Dabu began to close the gap for the Mocs with a fast break layup.
- A seven-point run from Jacob tied the Mocs back up at 21, continuing with another layup to put the Mocs up by two.
- Ashley Shell converted on a caused turnover, allowing FSC to take a four-point lead.
- After a small Charger's comeback, Sanya Ratnikava gave the Mocs the go-ahead with a jump shot from the paint.
- The Mocs ended the quarter down by one after a buzzer beater by the Chargers. The score at the half was 28-27, UAH.
3rd Quarter |
- Dabu opened up the second-half scoring for the Mocs with a huge three point jump shot from outside the arc.
- Mackenzie Steele added to the lead as she finished a three pointer as well.
- Jacob continued the scoring for the Mocs, putting up 4 points from shots in the paint and one successful free throw.
- Dabu and Jacob continued to add to the Moccasin lead, with Dabu converting four free throws and a three point shot, and Jacob with a layup.
- The Moccasins achieved their largest lead of the game at 14 points after a successful free throw by Marissa Jenike.
- Aubrey Burke and Jenike rounded out the quarter for the Mocs with a free throw point from Burke and a layup from Jenike.
- The Moccasins headed into the final quarter up by nine, with a score of 42-51.
4th Quarter |
- After an early score from the Chargers, Jacob answered back with another layup made.
- Domenica Zamora put up a consecutive seven points for the Moccasin's offense, with a three pointer and two layups.
- The Chargers rallied to get another two points back before Steele scored for the Moccasins final two points of the game.
- Alabama Huntsville put up points late to attempt a comeback, but not enough to pick up the win.
- The Mocs held on to win by four, with a final score of 58-62.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Florida Southern improves to 6-1 all-time against Alabama Huntsville.
- Whitney Jacob had a double-double, with 26 points on the game and 10 rebounds.
- From the field, the Mocs shot 38.7% going 24-for-62. From beyond the arc, FSC shot 20.0% going 5-of-25. The Mocs converted on 9 of 11 free throw attempts, with a free throw percentage of 81.8%.
- Florida Southern finishes the tournament at the GSC/SSC Challenge with a split record of 1-1.
- Florida Southern outscored Alabama Huntsville in the paint 36-28, but the Chargers bench outscored the Mocs 15-29.
UP NEXT
Florida Southern continues their season against their first Sunshine State Conference opponent on the road at Barry University on Saturday, November 20.
