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Tampa Men, Women Edge Rival Florida Southern

A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: January 24, 2008

TAMPA - Rashad Callaway gave Tampa a 68-66 victory over No. 22 and Sunshine State Conference rival Florida Southern College with a jumpshot with two seconds left.

The Spartans move to 11-4 on the year and 5-2 in the SSC with the victory, while the Mocs drop to 14-5 and 5-2 in league play.

Tampa maintained a slim lead throughout the first half, taking a 32-31 lead into halftime. The Moccasins came out in the second half on an11-5 run as they took a seven-point lead with 16:08 remaining.

Florida Southern kept the lead until the 5:45 mark, when Johnathan Ball gave the Spartans a 58-56 lead. The Mocs proceeded to score the next five points before Chris Evans tied the game at 61 with 3:39 on the clock. UT then scored five consecutive points to take a 66-61 lead.

A turnover and a foul for Tampa allowed Florida Southern to tie the game on a Rob Eldridge 3-pointer before Callaway held the ball for the last shot of the game, which was converted on a jumper from the top of the key.

Evans enjoyed a career night for UT, where he set a school record with nine blocked shots. Evans also registered team highs of 24 points and 10 rebounds while he connected on five of seven 3-pointers. He also led UT with three steals in 39 minutes.

Ball added 20 points for Tampa, and he matched Jeremy Black and Chris King with a team-high three assists.

Women

TAMPA 72, FLORIDA SOUTHERN 69: The University of Tampa women's basketball team won its third straight game, against archrival Florida Southern College.

UT improves to 13-3 and 6-1 in the SSC, while the Mocs drop to 10-7 and 3-4 in conference play.

The first half remained close, though Florida Southern held the lead for the first 12 minutes. UT took its first lead on a pair of Erica Woodard free throws with 8:09 left in the half. The game went to halftime deadlocked at 30.

Angela Guiu put the Spartans up for good with a 3-pointer with 1:33 remaining.

Sheena Walton led Tampa with 23 points and 11 rebounds while turning in nine blocked shots. It marked the 47th straight game in which Walton has registered a block.

Alexa Kane added 14 points, while Brittany Ridley scored a career-high12 off the bench for the Spartans. Guiu added 11 points on 3-for-5 3-point shooting. Kane added a team-high eight assists while Walton was the lone UT player with a steal.

[crambone]

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[Goldenbuc]

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[theman123]

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My dad went there for a year, he said it was very nice he just wanted to go to a bigger school, and also chose a different major.

[usfbulls2004]

my brother went there back in 92-96, so I went there for the baseball camps when I was younger. Very beautiful campus filled with very beautiful girls.