Florida State Powers Past Panthers Sunday In Tallahassee

Sunday, January 22

Tallahassee, FL

2:00 PM

Pitt

7-12,0-8ACC

Florida State

18-4,7-2ACC

Pittsburgh

Florida St.

Florida State Powers Past Panthers Sunday In Tallahassee

1/22/2023 4:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Pitt women's basketball team (7-12, 0-8 ACC) fell on the road Sunday afternoon to the Florida State Seminoles by the score of 74-37.

Avery Strickland and Dayshanette Harris led the Panthers with nine points each in the road loss while Cynthia Ezeja grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds.

ESSENTIAL GAME INFO
Pitt starting lineup: Marley Washenitz, Maliyah Johnson, Avery Strickland, Liatu King, Amber Brown
Florida State starting lineup: Ta'Niya Latson, Sara Bejedi, Erin Howard, Makayla Timpson, Jazmine Massengill
Records: Pitt (7-12, 0-8 ACC) | Florida State (18-4, 7-2 ACC)
Location: Donald L. Tucker Center | Tallahassee, FL

GAME FLOW
Largest lead: Pitt – 2, Florida State - 44
Lead changes: 3
Times tied: 0
Time with lead: Pitt – 2:08 | Florida State – 36:09
Points off turnovers: Pitt - 8 | Florida State - 9
Points in paint: Pitt – 12 | Florida State - 22
Second chance points: Pitt – 8 | Florida State - 8
Fast break points: Pitt – 4 | Florida State - 24
Bench points: Pitt – 23 | Florida State - 23

FIRST QUARTER

Amber Brown opened the scoring for Pitt with a contested layup through contact and Avery Strickland knocked down to give Pitt the early 5-3 lead.
The Seminoles responded with a 7-0 run to send the game to the media timeout with the home side leading 10-5.
Dayshanette Harris came off the bench and scored three straight for the Panthers as they went to the second quarter trailing the Seminoles 14-8.

SECOND QUARTER

The Seminoles opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run to force the Panthers into a timeout as they fell behind 21-8 three minutes into the second frame.
Out of the timeout, Harris netted four points for the Panthers but Florida State netted the final six of the half to take the 29-14 lead into the locker room.
Pitt shot just 14.3% from the floor in the opening half while grabbing 28 rebounds.

THIRD QUARTER

The Seminoles scored the first six of the third quarter before Strickland knocked down her second triple of the game to cut the Florida State lead to 35-17 early in the quarter.
The Pitt offense went cold in the middle of the quarter as the Seminoles went on a 7-0 run to push their lead out to 47-20 midway through the quarter.
Harris made a contested jumper to close out the scoring in the quarter for Pitt as they entered the fourth trailing 59-23.

FOURTH QUARTER

Florida State opened the fourth with six straight before Taisha Exanor had a pair of free throws and Channise Lewis knocked down a jumper.
The Seminoles went on to secure the home win, downing Pitt 74-35.

TEAM STATS

Pitt shot 15.8% from the floor while the Seminoles finished the game shooting 37.9% in the win.
Pitt grabbed 49 rebounds including 22 offensive boards in the loss while the Seminoles had 55 rebounds.

UP NEXT

Pitt returns home Thursday night as they welcome No. 17 North Carolina to the Petersen Events Center for a 6:00 pm tip. Thursday's game will air on ACC Network Extra.

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