Florida Tech Remains Perfect in Conference Play with 80-68 Win Over Lynn
MELBOURNE, Fla. (women’s basketball)– The Florida Tech women’s basketball team remained unbeaten in Sunshine State Conference play this season, with
an impressive 80-68 victory over Lynn University this evening at the Clemente Center.
Senior Danielle Vaughn (Tallahassee, Fla.) posted her first Florida Tech career double-double with a game-high as well as season high 25 points and a
game-best 11 rebounds. The win marked the third straight victory for Florida Tech (10-2 overall, 2-0 SSC), which won for the ninth time in the last 10
games. Lynn (9-2 overall, 1-1 SSC) saw its six-game winning streak come to an end.
Senior Jennifer Tamilio (Boston, Mass.) and junior Tenisha Chase (Upper Marlboro, Md.) also scored in double figures for the Panthers, collecting 15 points
and 12 points, respectively. Chase notched her season high drawing six fouls to make it to the charity stripe finishing 8-for-11 for free throws. Her
career high is 19 points which she tallied against Tampa on February 22 of 2006.
Junior Kristin Heminger (Merritt Island, Fla.), the reigning SSC Player of the Week, snapped a 20-20 tie with 8:47 to play in the first half, giving
Florida Tech a lead it would not relinquish. The Panthers closed out the opening period with a 22-10 run to take a 42-30 lead into the break. Heminger
would finish the game with nine points and eight rebounds.
In the second half, Lynn cut the Florida Tech to three points, 54-51 with 10:27 to play, but could get no closer. The Panthers would eventually pull ahead
by 14 points, 67-53, with 7:07 left on the clock before closing out the 12-point win.
Florida Tech narrowly outshot Lynn from the field, 36.8% to 35.7%, but claimed a 33-24 edge in free throws in the contest, in which the teams were whistled
for a combined 56 fouls. The Panthers also claimed a slight edge in rebounding, 40-39.
Sophomore Jade Williams (Orlando, Fla.) led Lynn with 18 points.
The Panthers will next travel to Lakeland to face Florida Southern in SSC action Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Remember fans Florida Tech broadcasts live internet
audio casts at http://gopanther.fit.edu/stretch.php . All home games are video casted as well as live
stats through Florida Tech’s website and all road SSC trips will have live stats provided by the host conference school.
Newspaper Box Score
Lynn University vs Florida Tech
01/03/07 5:30 pm at Melbourne, Fla. (Clemente Center)
FLORIDA TECH 80, LYNN UNIVERSITY 68
LYNN UNIVERSITY (9-2, 1-1)
WILLIAMS, Jade 5-13 7-8 18; MAHAN, Sarah 5-10 3-4 14; ADAMS, Shamonica 2-6
6-8 10; FRIPP, Rae Rae 3-11 2-2 9; AHMED, Crystal 2-5 3-3 7; ARMSTRONG,
Allegra 2-4 1-3 6; PERRY, Krystal 1-1 2-2 4; EILAND, Bailey 0-1 0-0 0;
SYKORA, Lisa 0-2 0-0 0; ROTH, Liz 0-1 0-0 0; BLACK, Vanessa 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 20-56 24-30 68.
FLORIDA TECH (10-2, 2-0)
VAUGHN, Danielle 9-17 5-10 25; TAMILIO, Jennifer 5-12 5-6 15; CHASE, Tenisha
2-8 8-11 12; HEMINGER, Kristin 2-9 4-6 9; HARRELL, Kristi 1-3 5-7 8; MUNS,
Amanda 1-1 2-2 5; FEQUIERE, Danise 1-3 3-4 5; GREENE, Lindsay 0-2 1-2 1;
JONES, Sabrina 0-1 0-0 0; JOHNSON, Shante 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-57 33-48 80.
Lynn University…………… 30 38 – 68
Florida Tech……………… 42 38 – 80
3-point goals–Lynn University 4-13 (MAHAN, Sarah 1-3; FRIPP, Rae Rae 1-3;
WILLIAMS, Jade 1-2; ARMSTRONG, Allegra 1-1; ROTH, Liz 0-1; BLACK, Vanessa
0-2; AHMED, Crystal 0-1), Florida Tech 5-9 (VAUGHN, Danielle 2-2; HEMINGER,
Kristin 1-4; MUNS, Amanda 1-1; HARRELL, Kristi 1-1; TAMILIO, Jennifer 0-1).
Fouled out–Lynn University-ARMSTRONG, Allegra; MAHAN, Sarah, Florida
Tech-JOHNSON, Shante. Rebounds–Lynn University 39 (ADAMS, Shamonica 8),
Florida Tech 40 (VAUGHN, Danielle 11). Assists–Lynn University 9 (WILLIAMS,
Jade 5), Florida Tech 13 (HEMINGER, Kristin 3; TAMILIO, Jennifer 3). Total
fouls–Lynn University 31, Florida Tech 24. Technical fouls–Lynn
University-TEAM, Florida Tech-None. A-430
