Niceville, Fla. – The Pensacola State Pirates showed off their shooting prowess from the floor to defeat the Harford Fighting Owls, 104-63, Friday night inside The Arena at Northwest Florida State.
Redshirt-Freshman guard
Kenneth Sumpter came off the bench to lead the Fighting Owls in scoring with 15 points, while
Jaedon Willis trailed slightly behind with 14 points and a team high five rebounds.
Harford dug themselves into a hole early, trailing 33-6 with under nine minutes to go in the first half. A 15-10 stretch over the next three minutes gave the men in blue life, but the Pirates closed out the first with a run of their own to enter halftime up 57-27.
The Fighting Owls performed much better in the second half, but the Pirates held firm, outscoring Harford 47-36 to see out the victory.
Pensacola shot 67.2% from the field (39-of-58) while holding the Fighting Owls to 30.6% (19-of-62) in Harford's first trip to Florida since 2016.
Harford drops to 2-1 for the season while Pensacola improves to 4-0.
