PENSACOLA, Fla. – On Sunday, November 26 the University of West Florida Argonauts overwhelmed the Saint Leo Lions 71-47. The loss lowers the Lions overall record to 1-5, West Florida raised its record to 3-2.

"We have played at least four teams that will compete to win our entire region in a short time and while the losses mount, our heart and conviction is not," says head coach Anthony Crocitto. "We played toe-to-toe tonight with the regionals best and if we hit two more shots in the first half – we are right in it."

"It was nice to see five freshman play the whole fourth quarter and score the ball. I thought Brandi and Delaney did some things with Ragen being off and Mary, Asia and Gina out.

"While Hooks and Izzy didn't have the numbers they wanted, they led and fought the whole game; they tried.

"In the end though, we must get stops," continued Crocitto. "We must foul less. We must limit the opposition to less than 64 points to be successful. We are not hitting enough open shots and capitalizing when we have numbers in transition. While our point guard play improved tonight, we couldn't hit open shots.

"I'm proud of this group through, as we played hard for the majority of the possessions. We must learn to play forty minutes and play each possession out on both ends," concluded Crocitto.
 
The Basics
Final Score: West Florida Argonauts 71, Saint Leo University Lions 47
Location: University of West Florida University | Pensacola, Fla.
Records: West Florida 3-2 | Saint Leo 1-5

How It Happened...
1Q | Madelin Lang's good jumper, assisted by Ragen Dotson, tied the game at 6-6 (5:29). West Florida took off with a six-point run that would ultimately be too much for the Lions to recover from combined with a case of cold shooting. Izabell Skoogh would be the only points after Lang's bucket, converting a foul shot after good basket. | West Florida 16-9 |
2Q | Tyler Davenport opened scoring in the second with a good three; 16-12. Saint Leo closed the gap to two points off another Lang jumper: 16-14 (8:08). The Argonauts outscored the Lions 15-3 in the remainder of the half. | West Florida 31-17 |
3Q | Izabell Skoogh's back-to-back buckets chipped away at West Florida's lead to 16: 39-23 at 5:08. The Argonauts outscored the Lions 24-8.  | West Florida 71-47 |
4Q | West Florida tallied its largest lead of the game at 8:41 by 33 points. Montia Moon's pair of free throws moved the score to 69-42 with 1:26 left in the quarter. Delaney Bernard tabbed another basket before the buzzer. | West Florida 71-47 |
 
Points to Note

• Saint Leo went 17-56 FG, 1-22 3-FG, 12-16 FT
• Madelin Lang lead scoring with 8 points from 4 field goals
• Nikira Hooks lead the Lions off the glass with 6 rebounds

For West Florida

• West Florida went 28-63 FG, 4-16 3-FG, 11-15 FT
• West Florida's Halee Nieman (17), Courtney Meyer (12) and Shaniqua Magee (12) each scored double figures
• Meyer posted a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds

Saint Leo returns to the Marion Bowman Activities Center, along with Sunshine State Conference (SSC) action, on Wednesday, November 29 at 5:30 p.m. The Lions welcome the University of Tampa Spartans, who will enter the game with an overall record of 5-1, 1-1 in the SSC.

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