Women's basketball team tops Indian River for 12th straight win
The Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team defeated Indian River State College Wednesday night to remain unbeaten in the Citrus Conference.
The 18th ranked Titans used a big third quarter to pull away and record their 12th straight win, beating the Pioneers 66-60 at Titan Field House. Eastern Florida State College is now 8-0 in the conference and 13-3 overall.
Things got off to a slow start as both teams struggled in the first quarter, but Amelia Hassett scored the final six points and help the Titans take an 11-9 lead.
Jaidyn Koerdt hit a couple of 3-pointers as the Titans extended the lead early in the second quarter and Eastern Florida State College would head into halftime with a six-point lead, 33-27.
Indian River State College would cut the lead to three, 41-38 with two minutes and 40 seconds left in the third quarter but the Titans responded with a 10-0 run spearheaded by Koerdt who hit another 3-pointer as well as another basket during the run as the Titans ended the third quarter leading 51-38.
The Titans would keep the lead the rest of the way and have now recorded 32 straight conference wins.
Koerdt led the Titans with her first double-double of the season, scoring 21 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Hassett also recorded a double-double, her 14th of the season, with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Kailyn Peters led Indian River State College, who fell to 5-2 in the conference, with 17 points.
Eastern Florida State College will travel to Daytona State College for a Citrus Conference game on Saturday. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.
