Women's basketball team tops St. Petersburg in Suncoast Conference matchup

Women's basketball team tops St. Petersburg in Suncoast Conference matchup

The 22nd ranked Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team came back in the second half to defeat St. Petersburg 86-76 in a Suncoast Conference road game Wednesday night. 

Down by four at halftime, sophomore Jacquelyn Levay hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one and took the lead with six minutes to go in the quarter. The Titans would finish the quarter leading 64-60.

The Titans went on to outscore St. Petersburg 22-16 in the fourth quarter to take the win and improve to 19-5 overall and 3-1 in the conference.

Skye Williams scored a season-high 26 points while Milan Schimmel scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season. Stephanie Torres had 16 points while Levay finished with 14 in the victory.

The Titans will host Hillsborough Community College in a Suncoast Conference game Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern Florida State College defeated the Hawks 90-76 in the first meeting of the season.