LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida Southern College's women's basketball suffered a heartbreaking loss to No. 8 Gannon University as the Mocs rallied to come back in the fourth quarter outscoring the Golden Knights in the fourth quarter 22-12 but fall 75-74.
Sara Wohlgemuth led the way for FSC scoring a career-high of 17-points.
"We lost to the No. 8 team in the country and we didn't even play well, but that should allow us to build our confidence up that we can actually be pretty good," said head coach
Betsy Harris. "We learn from it, we learned from it yesterday and it will just keep making us better. We just have to keep getting better and try not to look at our overall record right now. We've been through a lot already just five games in and we can't put our heads down, we just have to build off of this."
Florida Southern falls to 1-4 overall and stays 0-1 in the Sunshine State, while No. 8 Gannon improves to 4-0 on the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1st Quarter
- Gannon scored 11 in the first three and half minutes of action before the Mocs could get things to fall for them.
- Wohlgemuth hit a three-pointer to put FSC on the board for the first time this quarter.
- An in and out shot for Whitney Jacob sent the Golden Knights on the attack allowing Gannon to score two more to make it 12-3 with 4:34 remaining.
- A foul on Paula Real put the Mocs in position to set up Real for a shot beyond the arc to make it 13-6 with under four minutes with an assist from Wohlgemuth.
- Jacob hit a layup to close in 13-8 on the Golden Knights.
- Wohlgemuth hit a fast break layup on the attack to go 2-2 from the field as the Mocs were down by 10 with 1:33 left.
- A foul on Jacob sent the graduate transfer to the line hitting both shots to close in 20-12.
- Marissa Jenike would draw a foul of her own, sending the freshman to the line as she sank two to bring the Mocs within six.
- The game of fouls continued this time sending Marte Moe to the free throw line hitting one to make it a 5-point game; before Gannon went on a four-point run to end the quarter up 24-15.
2nd Quarter
- With Wohlgemuth leading the way for the Mocs, she snatched a defensive rebound leading to a layup to make it 24-17 at the 9:33 mark.
- Wohlgemuth on the attack is sent to the line going 1-for-2 to bring the Mocs up by one and make it a 28-18 margin.
- Real steps in to hit a layup with a 30-21 deficit with 5:34 remaining.
- Wohlgemuth fights for the rebound getting the assist for a Jacob's jumper to continue to cut in on the Golden Knights lead.
- Julia Jenike is fouled, sending the Cincinnati native to the line banking both shots for a 10-point difference.
- Wohlgemuth takes the team on her back with a fastbreak layup to cut the GU lead to just eight with under five minutes remaining in the half.
- Mackenzie Steele makes her mark hitting her first shot beyond the arc to make it 36-30.
- After a foul under the basket, Jacob's was sent to the line banking both shots to make it 40-32 with just under two minutes remaining.
- A foul was called in favor of the Mocs, as Marissa Jenike steps to the line making one to make it a 10-point game for the fifth time at 43-33.
- Another foul falling in favor of FSC sent Dabu to the line, sinking one of two to close in once again on Gannon.
- Jacob hit a three-pointer after a turnover as the Mocs continued to creep up on Gannon's lead.
- Wohlgemuth hit the and-one to give the Mocs a 47-40 divide heading into halftime.
3rd Quarter
- Gannon sinks three baskets for a six-point gain right out of the half not allowing the Mocs to score until Jacob hits a three from the right-corner to make it another 10-point game at 53-43 with 6:37 in the period.
- Madlena Gerke hit a layup her first of the game; followed by another Jacob 3-pointer from the center put the Mocs within seven with under five minutes to go.
- Jacob hits Real with an assist, setting up the freshman for a field goal in the paint to cut the lead back down to six with 2:49 left on the clock.
- Gerke at the line for two, the Latvia native hits both free throws to close in 56-52, Gannon's smallest lead of the game.
- That would be all the Mocs had for the quarter as Gannon went on a seven-point run to finish the quarter 63-52.
4th Quarter
- Gannon attacked first putting up two more baskets on free throws, before Julia Jenike went up for a layup to make it 65-54 at the 7:30 mark.
- Julia Jenike would hit her first three of the game from the middle, closing in 65-57.
- Freshman, Real sank her second three of the contest with an assist from Ashley Shell making it another seven-point game with just under five minutes remaining in regulation.
- Before the media timeout, Wohlgemuth is fouled in the paint sending her to the line as the redshirt freshman hits but shots to make it a 67-62 game.
- Shortly after with 4:20 left; Wohlgemuth returned to the line hitting both baskets; giving the Mocs just a three point difference at 67-64.
- An offensive charge is called on Gannon, allowing Shell to hit a jumper to make it another three point game before Julia Jenike earns a foul sending her to the line.
- Julia Jenike at the line sinks both free throws to make it just a one point game at 69-68 with 2:12 left in the game.
- With the Golden Knights putting pressure on the Mocs, Steele hit her second three of the game coming within two again of Gannon with under a minute in the game.
- Two seconds left on the clock, Julia Jenike hit a three but it wasn't enough as the Mocs fell 75-74.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- In the first half, the Golden Knights led the entire time.
- FSC went 11-27 from the field; while GU went 14-26 in the first half.
- Wohlgemuth led in the first half with 13 points; followed by Jacob with 11.
- Defensively, Wohlgemuth is supporting the Mocs with three total rebounds after two quarters.
- In the first half, Mocs led in second chance points with nine to Golden Knights eight.
- Wohlgemuth finished with 17-points, six assists, and four rebounds leading the Mocs in all categories.
- Jacob also dished out 17-points, shooting 5-for-9 from the field.
- Florida Southern forced 17 turnovers and scored 11 points off of its opponents' miscues.
- Florida Southern shot 41.2 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from the three.
UP NEXT
Florida Southern will hit the road on Wednesday, December 1 when they travel to Melbourne to face Florida Tech in a Sunshine State Conference match-up. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Charles and Ruth Clemente Center.
