Women's Basketball Earns First Victory in Stunning Fashion

Coming off an opening night loss to Miami Dade, Palm Beach Women's Basketball righted the ship in a big way against Indian River.

The Panthers trailed 36-31 at half time, but never let the lead get too far away before closing the gap in a wild 4th quarter.  A combined total of 53 points were scored during the back and forth tussle in the 4th. Late in the 4th and trailing by 9, sophomore guard Andrea Torres took over the game. Torres would make four straight field goals, including two 3-point shots to tie the game and force an overtime.

In overtime, the Panthers had all of the momentum as they outscored a stunned Indian River 15-7. Palm Beach shot an astounding 71% from the floor during the OT and made all of their free throws.

Clearly, the player of the game was Andrea Torres, who finished with 29 points, which led the team. She shot 11/16 from the field.

All Palm Beach starters scored double figures -- Kyandra Poitier and Jaylen Ponder both tied for 2nd on the team with 16 each. Ponder led the team with 12 total rebounds.

Palm Beach improves to 1-1 and will travel to Melbourne, FL on Monday to take on undefeated Eastern FL at 5:30 PM.

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