Gainesville, FL. – On Wednesday February 28^th, the Saints women's basketball team took on the St. Petersburg College Titans at home. The Saints lost the game with a final score of 65-64. The Saints record progresses to 10-18.

How It Happened

The Saints started out hot, scoring early and often.   Ashton Lovette helped the offense get rolling after making both of his free throws after being fouled. This was followed by two from Jonathan Renois and an almost immediate dunk by Lovette (6-2 Saints). Next, Kevin Pazmino had his first three pointer of the night and with an assist from Ashton Lovette, made his second in a row. After the first media timeout, Predrag Panisic made a quick two point to increase the Saints lead to 15-7. Shortly after, Kevin Pazmino made his third triple of the game.

The Titans came roaring back.  With just under ten minutes left in the first half, the Titans tied the game 20-20. Next, Karmello Branch took the lead back over for the Saints with a three pointer. The Titans again tied the game with nine minutes remaining at 23 points. After a Santa Fe timeout, Branch made his second triple of the night taking the Saints lead back. On his own offensive rebound, Harvey Wilson made a two pointer (30-27 Saints). Renois followed with a layup for two points.

With just under two minutes left in the half, the Titans took the lead for the first time in the game. The Titans had the lead going into halftime (36-34 Titans). The leading scorers for the Saints in the first half Kevin Pazmino (9) and Jonathan Renois (7). The leading scorer for the Titans was Justin Hicks.

In the second half, the Titans scored first, increasing their lead to four points. Panisic dunked for two points to bring back the Saints momentum. With 15 minutes remaining in the half, the score was 46-40 (Titans).

With five minutes remaining, the Titans were up by five. Tre Munson was then fouled, scoring two and getting one shot from the line (59-56 Titans). Munson made the following two making it again a one-point game. To tie the game at 60 with 2:24 on the clock, Panisic made a two pointer. Chris Heard slammed the ball, igniting the crowd with just under two minutes remaining.  This was immediately followed by a Titans dunk, giving them a two-point lead.  Ashton Lovette made a steal with under a minute remaining but was fouled.  Lovette made both shots tying the game at 64. With twenty seconds on the clock, the Titans took the lead by one. With tough defense played by the titans, the Saints were unable to convert on the last possession of the game.  The final score was 65-64 (Titans).

Up Next

The Saints will face Miami Dade College away on Saturday March 2^nd. Tip off will occur at 12:00PM.

Quote From Coach Mowry

"Tough loss for us tonight.  St. Pete is an outstanding defensive team and very hard to score against.  We did a great job coming from behind several times in the second half to tie the game up ad each time they had an answer.  We fought hard and came up just short.  Chris and Harvey battled inside against their bigs and held their own.  They will have to continue to help us our last two games."