WEST BURLINGTON, IOWA -- Two late shots -- one that would have tied the game and the other that could have been the game-winner -- were off the mark and Ellsworth CC lost a conference game on the road to Southeastern CC, 49-47, on Saturday.  The Panthers' Taylor Ross made a free throw with 38 seconds to play to bring ECC to within 2 points.  After a missed field goal attempt by the Blackhawks, Ellsworth failed to connect on a 3-point attempt and a rebound shot and came up just short in their 4th quarter comeback try.

The Panthers trailed 40-31 in the final period, but nailed 3 threes to eventually make it a one-possession game. 

Marin Lind Agustsdottir paced the ECC scoring with 18 points.  Favour Nmecha Anyaele joined her in double figures with 12 points and she added 7 rebound and 4 blocked shots.  Ross had a team-high 12 rebounds.

Ellsworth, now 6-6 for the season, has 2 home games this week:  against Iowa Western Wednesday and Southwestern on Saturday.