Women's basketball team beats Santa Fe for fifth conference win

The Eastern Florida State College women's basketball team defeated Santa Fe College Wednesday evening in a Citrus Conference game.

The No. 23 ranked Titans won their fourth straight game, using a big second quarter to beat the Saints 85-56. Eastern Florida State College heads into the Christmas break 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

Down one point after the first quarter, the Titans outscored Santa Fe 35-15 in the second quarter as the Titans wernt on an 11-0 run early in the quarter. E'Zaria Adams scored eight of team-high 18 points in the quarter.

Leading by 21 to start the fourth quarter, the Titans once again ran off an 11-0 run to lead by 30.

Seven players scored at least eight points in the game for the Titans. Adams had seven assists to go with her 18 points.

Jazelle Young had 13 points, five rebounds and six blocks, Karen Nimo had 12 points and six rebounds while teammate Jalei O'Neal also had 12 points to go with four rebounds, three steals. Amanda Baumgarte finished with 11 points, four rebounds and three steals. Tamara Elliot scored nine and Ashleigh Battle had eight in the win.

After the Christmas break the Titans will travel to Georgia to compete in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic at South Georgia Tech. Eastern Florida State College will play host South Georgia Tech, No. 9 Shelton State Community College and Northeast Mississippi Community College from Dec. 29-31.