{"id":4028,"date":"2019-10-26T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2019-10-26T15:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T19:32:29","slug":"fire-blaze-past-bobcats-in-2019-20-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/10\/26\/fire-blaze-past-bobcats-in-2019-20-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Blaze Past Bobcats in 2019-20 Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\nThe new-look No. 2 Southeastern University women’s basketball team showed the same poise as last season’s national runners-up, surging their way to a 74-56 win over the No. 3 College of the Ozarks Bobcats in game one of the COFO Tournament. The Fire have now won six-straight season openers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Fire dominated the interior versus the Bobcats throughout the night, outscoring COFO 42-8 in the paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Southeastern shot 48.1% (29-60) from the field and 31.3% (5-16) from three-point range, while holding College of the Ozarks to sub-30% shooting from behind the arc (28.9%,11-38) and overall (28.3%,17-60).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first quarter of play was the tightest of competition between the two highly-touted programs, featuring six lead changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophomore shooting guard Raegan Linster<\/a> and junior small forward Taylah Simmons<\/a> provided the early spark for the Fire, each scoring six of their 10 first half points in the first quarter to help guide SEU to an 18-16 lead after the first 10 minutes of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fire ended the second quarter on an 11-3 run to take a 39-27 lead into the half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEU used a steady third quarter to put some more distance between they and the Bobcats, scoring a game-high 23, while holding COFO to just 13 in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freshman shooting guard Haley Howarth<\/a> netted nine of her 13 points in the third quarter off a trio of three pointers made. Howarth was 3-4 from behind the arc in her first collegiate game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEU led by as many as 26 in the fourth quarter of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmons finished with a team leading 20 points and recorded 10 rebounds to post a double-double in her first game in an SEU uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linster scored 10 points and hauled in nine boards of her own. Junior shooting guard M’caela Sellers<\/a> totaled eight points and registered five rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow afternoon, it will be a rematch of the 2018-19 NAIA Division II National Championship Final, as the Fire take on the No. 1 Concordia University (Neb.) Bulldogs in game two of the COFO Tournament. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. eastern.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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