MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – St. Thomas University's Women's Basketball team (2-1) defeated the Florida National University Conquistadors (3-7) 88-46 on Thursday night from the Fernandez Family Center.

Ebony Griffin led St. Thomas on the offensive end the first five-minutes of the game, recording STU's first ten-points as the Bobcats opened up with a 10-2 run. FNU called a timeout to try and slow down the fast-paced STU offense, but it did not work, as the Bobcats scored another five-unanswered points, as Destiny Wilson made a lay-up and Dynasty Carter sank a three-pointer to open the lead to 15-4. The Conquistadors cut the Bobcats lead to ten, following a three-pointer of their own at 17-7, before Griffin once again got on the board with another layup to give herself 12-points in the first quarter.

The second quarter was much of the same as the first, as STU extended their lead to 14-points over FNU as Chakari Merritt got on the board with a lay-up to make the score 23-9. Carter made another three-pointer to give the Bobcats the largest lead of the half, leading FNU 33-15 with under seven-minutes remaining. The Conquistadors were unable to shrink the deficit to less than 13-points and St. Thomas went into the half with a 17-point lead at 42-25, after Keiana Brooks made a three-point basket.

St. Thomas maintained their same enthusiasm on the offensive-end following the break, extending the lead to 22-points after Wilson made a lay-up. Florida National was unable to overcome the high-energy effort by the Bobcats on either side of the ball, falling behind by as many as 27-points late in the third quarter, as STU went into the final quarter leading by 26-points at 66-40.

The Bobcats kept pouring it on offensively, leading by 31-points after a Samaria August three-point bucket. An incredible 14-0 run by St. Thomas had STU leading by double Florida National's points with 2:35 remaining in the game, as the run was capped off by an Anari Dozier three-point bucket.

Coming off the bench in the second quarter, Gianni Domond, recorded her first double-double of the season. Domond recorded 13-points and collected 16 rebounds, grabbing eight boards in the fourth quarter.

Dynasty Carter shot an incredible 77% from beyond the arc, sinking 7-9 three-point attempts in the game, to lead the game with 25 points.

Ebony Griffin shot a remarkable 100%, making all six-shot attempts as well as 4-4 from the charity stripe, to record 16 points.

The Bobcat defense held the Conquistador offense to single-digit points in the first and fourth quarters (9, 6) and outscored the FNU offense 46-21 in the second half to cruise to the second win of the season.

Bobcat Leaders:
Dynasty Carter: 25 points, 7-9 3PA, and 4-4 FT
Ebony Griffin: 16 points, 6-6 FG, and 4-4 FT
Gianni Domond: 13 points, 6-9 FG, 16 rebounds and four assists
 
St. Thomas will be back in action on Tuesday, November 13^th taking on Lynn at 5:30 p.m. from Boca Raton.