Webber Athletics
Ricky Baptist, Director of Sports Information
FORT MYERS, Fla. (December 17, 2020) – The Webber International University women’s basketball team wrapped up its second and final exhibition game of the 2020-21 season with a 91-55 defeat at NCAA Division-I Florida Gulf Coast University on Friday in Alico Arena.
Rushell Jacob scored 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field to lead Webber, and Amaya Small had 10 points.
LeAndra Franklin recorded eight points to go along with seven assists, and Eletra Graham scored seven points.
FGCU, which finished the game with 16 made 3-pointers, made at least five 3-pointers in each of the first three quarters of the game, and already had 11 made 3-pointers by halftime.
The Warriors finished the final 2:17 of the first half on a 6-0 run as Graham hit two free throws and a jumper, followed by a layup by Jacob on the steal and assist by Kayla Burrows with only seven seconds left to make it a seven-point game at 23-16.
Jacob then opened up the second quarter with a jumper to make it only a five-point game at 23-18, and then a layup by Daisa Wandick on the assist by Franklin made it only a four-point margin at 26-22 two minutes into the quarter.
The Warriors will now get a week and a half off for Christmas break, and will not return to the court until Wednesday, December 30, when they take on Crooked Lake rival Warner University at 5:30 p.m. in Lake Wales, Florida. The Warriors are currently third in The Sun Conference standings at 3-1, and will look to improve upon that mark against the Royals, who Webber has swept during each of the last two seasons.