Florida College’s Women’s Basketball Shootout Returns December 1-3

Photo courtesy of Linwood Ferguson
Photo courtesy of Linwood Ferguson

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (December 1, 2016) – After a two-year hiatus, the Florida College's Women's Basketball Shootout is back! 

The ninth rendition of the event, featuring 17 of the 18 teams in NJCAA Region 8, will take place Thursday, December 1 through Saturday, December 3. This year's event is hosted by the Panhandle Conference, with games taking place at Chipola College/Marianna, Fla, and Tallahassee Community College. 

The event tips off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with a single game – Florida State College at Jacksonville at Tallahassee, a game that is part of a doubleheader with the Tallahassee men. 

The Shootout gets underway in earnest on Friday with four games at both sites, beginning at 1 p.m. eastern in Tallahassee when Florida State College at Jacksonville plays Pensacola State College. Friday's first game in Marianna tips at 1 p.m. central with Eastern Florida State College facing Hillsborough Community College. 

Four more games will take place at each site on Saturday. 

General admission is $5 daily per site. Admission for college coaches is $100 and includes a Shootout Packet. 

The Florida College's Men's Basketball Shootout will take place December 10-11 at the College of Central Florida/Ocala, Fla., and Santa Fe College/Gainesville, Fla. 

Florida College's Women's Basketball Shootout Schedule

(T) – game at Tallahassee, Fla.,/eastern time; (M) – game at Marianna, Fla./central time

Thursday, December 1

  • Florida State College at Tallahassee, 5:30 pm (T)

Friday, December 2

  • Florida State College vs. Pensacola State, 1 pm (T)
  • Eastern Florida State vs. Hillsborough, 1 pm (M)
  • Broward vs. Northwest Florida State, 3 pm (T)
  • Central Florida vs. ASA Miami, 3 pm (M)
  • Santa Fe vs. Palm Beach State, 5 pm (T)
  • St. Petersburg vs. Gulf Coast State, 5 pm (M)
  • Daytona State vs. Indian River State, 7 pm (T)
  • Florida SouthWestern at Chipola, 7 pm (M)

Saturday, December 3

  • Palm Beach State vs. Northwest Florida State, 12 pm (T)
  • ASA Miami vs. St. Petersburg, 12 pm (M)
  • Indian River State vs. Pensacola State, 2 pm (T)
  • Hillsborough vs. Broward, 2 pm (M)
  • Florida SouthWestern vs. Daytona State, 4 pm (T)
  • Gulf Coast State vs. Eastern Florida State, 4 pm (M)
  • Santa Fe at Tallahassee, 6 pm (T)
  • Central Florida at Chipola, 6 pm (M)