FT. MYERS, FLA.-Florida Gulf Coast led wire to wire, knocking down
14 three point baskets to top Campbell 76-43 in Atlantic Sun
women's basketball action Saturday night inside Alico Arena.
Campbell falls to 13-10 overall with an 8-6 A-Sun record, while
FGCU moves to 19-4 and 14-1 in conference games. The Eagles are
11-0 at home this season and have won five straight.
Junior forward Lauren Yesh paced the Lady
Camels with nine points and five rebounds, while freshman guard Tonisha
Baker tallied eight points with a pair of steals. Amanda
O'Neill and Jazmine
Cooper added six points apiece.
Senior forward Chelsea Lyles and sophomore guard Kelsey Jacobson
led the way for the Eagles with 16 points each, with senior guard
Brittany Brown chipping in 15 points and five boards. Junior guard
Shannon Murphy also notched eight points, adding 10 assists in the
win.
Lyles led the Eagles to an early 19-5 lead by the 14:35 mark,
posting 10 of FGCU's first 12 points. Nailing nine threes in the
opening stanza, the Eagles led by as many as 25, and ended the half
with a 40-19 advantage.
FGCU began the second half with a 19-0 run, with Campbell
collecting its first points of the stanza on a Tonisha Baker lay-in
at the 12:26 mark, as the Eagles led 59-21. FGCU ended the night
with a 76-43 win.
The Lady Camels will be back in action on Thursday, Feb. 11 in
Buies Creek, taking on Kennesaw State.
