JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — West Florida (0-1) lost to ETSU (1-0) 73-51 on Tuesday. The Argos were outscored 28-11 in the third quarter and finished with 16 turnovers.
Janai Jordan scored 15 points, made two 3-pointers and went 3-for-3 at the free-throw line.
Giselle Eke finished with eight points and recorded two blocks.
Finley Kennedy added six points, five rebounds and four assists.
Annarose Tyre collected six rebounds, including three on the offensive glass.
Jordan scored on a layup at 9:23 for the first basket, but ETSU tied it on Emmah McAmis' jumper and moved ahead 5-2 when Anala Nelson converted a steal into a layup and free throw at 8:26. McAmis added a layup and free throw, and Nelson scored again inside to put ETSU up 10-2 before Jordan hit a 3-pointer off
Finley Kennedy's assist at 6:04. Daniela López and SaBreya Monsanto pushed the ETSU lead to 14-5, and Jordan later scored on a layup and free throw at 3:01 to bring the Argos to 14-8. ETSU went up 16-8 on two Nelson free throws, but
Kayla Williams added a free throw and an assisted layup before Lucia France scored inside and Kennedy's jumper at :09 closed the first quarter with the Argos trailing 18-13.
The Argos trimmed the deficit early in the second quarter, with
Ebba Zalamans turning a steal into a layup and
Kendall Lacoste making two free throws to bring the Argos within 18-17. ETSU scored the next six points on baskets by Emmah McAmis, Alanna Tatum and Daniela López to move ahead 24-17 before
Janai Jordan's two free throws and a
Nia Coleman layup cut it to 24-21. ETSU pushed the margin back out behind a Lucia France second-chance layup, a Lucy Hood jumper and another López layup, but Eke and Coleman kept the Argos close with interior baskets. Coleman's layup at :45 pulled the Argos within 30-29, but Jaidyn Harper hit a 3-pointer at :20 to send ETSU into halftime ahead 33-29.
ETSU scored five times before the Argos' first basket of the third quarter, getting two baskets from Lucia France, two from Emmah McAmis and a layup and free throw from Anala Nelson to move ahead 44-29.
Finley Kennedy's tip-in at 5:57 started the Argos' scoring in the quarter, and the Argos later added a Jordan layup, two Tyre free throws, an Eke steal and layup, and a Jordan 3-pointer that made it 51-40 at 2:22. ETSU answered with the final 10 points, including a Sydney-James Desroches jumper, an Emmah McAmis 3-pointer, two Desroches free throws and a Lucy Hood 3-pointer, to take a 61-40 lead into the fourth quarter.
Sinaya Gibson scored inside at 9:46 to make it 61-42, but ETSU followed with layups from Daniela López and SaBreya Monsanto before Lacoste connected from 3-point range to bring the Argos to 65-45. ETSU added baskets from Anala Nelson, López and Emmah McAmis around
Finley Kennedy's tip-in, pushing the score to 71-47 midway through the fourth quarter. Eke scored inside at 2:32, but Yanessa Boyd's steal led to a fast-break layup for ETSU at 1:54, and Zalamans answered with a second-chance layup as the Argos closed out a 73-51 defeat.
Up next, the Argos travel to Cullowhee, N.C., to face Western Carolina on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m.
