Eagles cruise to victory over PC rival Chipola

By Karl Hunt, TCC Sports Information

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (February 3, 2015) – With six players scoring in double figures the Tallahassee Community College Eagles cruised to an 87-58 victory over Panhandle Conference rival Chipola College in men's basketball action on Tuesday evening.

By picking up its first home victory of the conference season, Tallahassee is now 17-8 overall and 3-5 in league play. Pending the outcome of Wednesday's game between Northwest Florida State College and Gulf Coast State College, the Eagles could find themselves one game out of second place heading into the third round of conference play, which begins at home against Northwest Florida State on Saturday.

The Eagles started slow as Chipola jumped out to a seven-point lead early in the first half, but Tallahassee scored 25 unanswered points over an eight-minute span to seize control.

Tallahassee never relinquished the lead and entered halftime leading 35-25.

The Eagles maintained the same tempo throughout the second half and pushed the lead to as many as 29. 

Tallahassee entered the game short handed but all eight players who saw the floor scored. 

Elmo Stephen, Norbertas Giga, Stavian Allen, Jahvaughn Powell, Aitor Breton and Cameron Smith all scored in double figures.

Stephen led all scorers with 18 points on the night and pulled down seven rebounds .

Giga recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Both Breton and Powell recorded their first career double-double - Powell scored 13 points and dished out 13 assists, tying the second-highest single-game total in school history. Breton shot the ball well with 13 points and pulled down 10 boards.

Saturday's game is scheduled to tip at 7:30 p.m. at the Bill Hebrock Eagledome.