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Guillaume has Career Night in Women's Basketball Loss

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BOCA RATON, Fla- Nina Guillaume's career-high 23 points couldn't lift Lynn University's women's basketball team past Tampa on Wednesday night as the Fighting Knights fell, 76-45, to the Spartans. Lynn falls to 7-12 overall and 1-9 in Sunshine State Conference play and will hit the road to St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday for a league game against Eckerd.

Tampa jumped out to a 20-6 lead in the opening half. Shatorria Baker made a pair of free throws to end a seven minute scoring drought with six and a half minutes to play in the half. Sharneka McCatty put in two to cut Lynn's deficit to ten, 20-10, at 6:01. The Spartans held on to lead 35-14 at the break.

Tampa shot 43.3 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. Lynn shot 17.6 percent from the field and was held to 14 points with McCatty and Guillaume each had four points. Charla Nelson-James logged five rebounds and a pair of blocks in the opening stanza. UT held a slight 23-21 advantage in rebounds and Juliana Cavallaro led all scorers with 12 points shooting 4-for-6 from three-point range.

Guillaume erupted in the second half with 19 points to lead the Fighting Knights offense. The Blue & White improved to shoot 33.3 percent from the field in the second half but Tampa also improved shooting 52 percent. Cavallaro had 12 points again to lead all scorers with a game-high 24 points. Isidora Madzarevic blocked three shots for the Fighting Knights and Tylar Tracy had a team-best six rebounds.

Tip-off is set for 2 pm against the Tritons on February, 7. Fans can follow the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com. Don't forget to 'Like' us on Facebook and follow @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram. 

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Players Mentioned

Shatorria Baker

#12 Shatorria Baker

G
5' 6"
Senior
Dillard HS
Nina Guillaume

#21 Nina Guillaume

F
5' 10"
Senior
Colonial HS
Isidora Madzarevic

#4 Isidora Madzarevic

F/C
6' 3"
Senior
Northern Oklahoma College
Sharneka McCatty

#15 Sharneka McCatty

F
6' 0"
Senior
Palm Beach SC
Charla Nelson-James

#33 Charla Nelson-James

C
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
Winter Haven Senior HS
Tylar Tracy

#32 Tylar Tracy

G/F
5' 10"
Senior
Sarasota HS

Players Mentioned

Shatorria Baker

#12 Shatorria Baker

5' 6"
Senior
Dillard HS
G
Nina Guillaume

#21 Nina Guillaume

5' 10"
Senior
Colonial HS
F
Isidora Madzarevic

#4 Isidora Madzarevic

6' 3"
Senior
Northern Oklahoma College
F/C
Sharneka McCatty

#15 Sharneka McCatty

6' 0"
Senior
Palm Beach SC
F
Charla Nelson-James

#33 Charla Nelson-James

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
Winter Haven Senior HS
C
Tylar Tracy

#32 Tylar Tracy

5' 10"
Senior
Sarasota HS
G/F