Women's basketball team defeats Miami Dade on the road

The Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team overcame a slow start to defeat Miami Dade 77-65 on the road Friday evening.

The Sharks jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter but the Titans would chip away and down 18-14 late in the quarter Kaitlyn Sanders hit a backet and was fouled, hitting the free throw to make it a one-point game. Then Sanders stole the ball and Kristina Goncharuk hit a 3-pointer to head to the second quarter leading 20-18.

The team would lead 43-30 at halftime and went into the fourth quarter leading by 15, 61-46. But Miami Dade would not go down without a fight, cutting it to nine at one point but Sophia Ojhammar hit two big free throws and Goncharuk hit a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 15 points with under two minutes remaining.

Goncharuk led the offensive attack with a season-high 17 points while Rapuluchi Ngorka had her sixth double-double of the season, scoring 16 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. Kaitlyn Sanders had 13 points and L'or Eyeba Mputu finished with 10.

The Titans snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 8-2 on the season. They will travel to Niceville for the Northwest Florida State College Tournament Dec 10-11. Eastern Florida State College will play Pearl River Community College on Dec. 10 and then Bishop State Community College on Dec. 11.