MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (January 19, 2021) - St. Thomas University (STU) Women's Basketball (10-2, 7-2 TSC) outlasted the Florida Memorial Lions (6-6, 6-5 TSC), winning 78-72 on Tuesday night from the Fernandez Family Center.
Bobcat Starters
Game Notes
- STU opened the game trailing 10-2 against Florida Memorial.
- The Bobcats closed the first quarter on a 6-2 run, as Renice Dacres, August, and Bogatz each added buckets, sending the game into the second quarter trailing, 17-14.
- Martinez-Sanz cut the deficit in half, 26-23, by converting an and-one midway through the second quarter.
- The Bobcats were unable to tie the game for the remainder of the first half, heading into halftime down 39-28.
- STU scored nine consecutive points to open the second half, cutting the Lions lead to 39-37.
- Florida Memorial went into the final quarter with a 54-44 lead.
- August and Martinez-Sanz knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to put the score at 65-55.
- August converted a four-point play, sinking a three-pointer and a free throw to put the score at 68-63, late in the fourth quarter.
- Keaubree Edwards scored 8-of-10 points to tie the game at 73-72 in the game's final minute.
- Bogatz sealed the win by stealing an in-bounds pass and finishing a lay-up on a fastbreak to put STU ahead, 75-72.
- St. Thomas finished the comeback win, 78-72, over the Lions in the Battle of Miami Gardens.
MVBobcats
Brooke Bogatz: 21-points, 8-13 FGM, five rebounds
Keaubree Edwards: 12-points, seven rebounds, 4-4 FGM
Upcoming
The Bobcats take on the Southeastern University Fire in the Sun Conference "Game of the Week" on Thursday, January 21, from the Fernandez Family Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
