LAKELAND, Fla. ------ The Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team opened play at the Terrace Hotel Classic, hosted by Florida Southern, Friday afternoon by dropping an 80-41 decision to Eckerd College.

NOTES
• AUM fell to 1-12 on the season.
• Eckerd improved to 8-2 overall.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Kaylan Withrow led the Warhawks with 14 points, including four 3-pointers. She added two steals and two assists.
• Grace Farnsworth contributed 12 points, while chipping in a team-best seven rebounds and two assists.
• Kacie Juday led all players with 18 points for the Tritons, adding nine rebounds.
• Anna Deegan also scored in double figures for Eckerd, finishing with 13 points.
• Chelsea Johnson finished with 10 points off the bench for the Tritons.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Aleksandra Trisic hit the first basket of the game, a trey with 9:24 left in the quarter, and gave AUM a 3-0 lead. The Warhawks led 9-6 following a layup by Farnsworth with 6:19 remaining in the quarter, but the Tritons scored seven straight points and took a 13-9 lead with 3:46 remaining. Down the stretch Eckerd upped its lead to as many as seven points, 21-14, before a layup at the buzzer by Danielle Gaines-Jordan pulled the score to 21-16 after one quarter.
• The Warhawks cut the deficit to four points, 27-23, with 4:54 following a trey by Farnsworth, but the Tritons closed the half on a 9-2 run and led 36-25 at halftime.
• Eckerd opened the third quarter with an 18-5 run and opened up a 54-30 lead, before a trey by Withrow with 3:42 remaining in the quarter stopped the spurt. However, the Tritons closed the third quarter by scoring seven of the last eight points and took a 61-34 lead to the fourth quarter.
• Eckerd extended its lead to 33 points, 69-36, following a trey by Mariam Hannoun with 7:49 left in the contest, but the Warhawks chipped away with five straight points, thanks to two free throws by Tyra Caudle and the fourth 3-pointer of the game by Withrow. However, the Tritons held the Warhawks scoreless for the final 7:11 of the contest en route to the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks converted just 14-of-44 shots from the field, including 6-of-18 from distance. AUM hit 7-of-8 shots from the charity stripe.
• Ecker finished 32-of-61 from the field, good for 52.5 percent. The Tritons hit 10 3-pointers and were 6-of-6 from the free throw line.
• AUM committed an uncharacteristic 25 turnovers, leading to 43 points by the Tritons.
• Eckerd committed 16 miscues, but the Warhawks turned those into just five points.
• The Tritons held a 35-25 advantage in total rebounds, including a 14-10 lead on the offensive glass. Eckerd tallied 17 second-chance points, compared to just four by the Warhawks.
• Eckerd's bench outscored AUM's 28-8.
 
QUOTING THE COACH
"I thought we played a pretty solid first half, but not being able to put two consistent halves together is frustrating," head coach Dan Davis said. "It is hard to pinpoint why we can't build on a good quarter and play well the next. The dry spells are really hurting us right now too. We get into a funk where we are breaking down offensively and defensively and just can't get out of it. Now we have to try to regroup and prepare for another extremely talented team tomorrow."
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will conclude play at the Terrace Hotel Classic by taking on host Florida Southern Saturday at 1 p.m.