Women's basketball team beats Tallahassee

The Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team overcame a slow start to pick up a win on the road Sunday afternoon.

The Titans missed their first eight shots and trailed 14-5 after the first quarter but won each of the final three quarters to defeat Tallahassee State College 68-60.

Milica Lazarevic made her debut and came up big early for the Titans. The freshman hit her first 3-pointer to put the Titans on the board but Eastern Florida State College would trail by nine after one quarter. The Tallahassee lead would reach 10 points in the second half but the Titans responded as Angela Mirkovic scored six straight to get the Titans back into the game.

Lazarevic had 11 of the team's 26 in the first half as the Titans cut the Eagles lead to one at halftime.

Ofir Parpara gave the Titans its first lead toward the end of the third quarter as Parpara scored six in the quarter. A couple of free throws with 29 seconds left gave the Titans a 47-44 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

It was a one-point game with two minutes left but the Titans would finish on a 7-0 run to win the game.

Lazarevic finished with 14 points and six rebounds while Shadia Lara Santacruz had 13 points and Mirkovic had 11 for the Titans. Bruna DaSilva had eight points, nine assists and five rebounds for the 2-1 Titans.

Leanna Pabst had 17 points for Tallahassee.

Eastern Florida State College will be home for the first time this season on Friday, Nov. 21 when they will host South Georgia Tech at 5:30 p.m. at Titan Field House.