MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (February 18, 2021) - St. Thomas University (STU) Women's Basketball (17-3, 14-3 TSC) defeated Keiser University (14-10, 11-7 TSC) 70-64 in the Sun Conference Game of the Week from the Fernandez Family Center.

The win clinched St. Thomas University the second-seed in the Sun Conference Tournament for the third time in the Candace Walker-era. 

Bobcat Starters

Patricia Martinez-Sanz - Guard 

Kayla Rodriguez - Guard 

Samaria August - Guard

Gianni Domond - Forward

Chrystal Pressley - Forward

Game Notes

• The Sun Conference Game of the Week opened with the foes trading buckets in the opening minute.
• Pressley and Domond each converted opportunities in the paint to give St. Thomas a 6-2 lead.
• Anai Dozier extended the Bobcat advantage by making her first three-pointer of the contest.
• Midway through the opening quarter, Brooke Bogatz made both her free throw attempts bringing the score to 11-6, in favor of STU.
• August knocked down her first three-pointer, extending the St. Thomas lead to 16-8, with two minutes remaining in the first quarter.
• Dozier scored her seventh points of the first quarter and gave STU a double-digit lead, 18-8, over the Seahawks.
• St. Thomas ended the first quarter with a 20-10 advantage over KU.
• Dozier hit her second three-point attempt of the game in the early minutes of the second quarter, preserving a double-digit lead for STU, 23-13. 
• Domond broke a two-minute break in the scoring with her first three-pointer in the game, making the score 26-15.
• Following the media timeout, KU responded with a three-pointer of their own to cut the Bobcats' lead to 26-18.
• The Seahawks made back-to-back threes to make the score 28-24, halfway through the second quarter.
• Bogatz sank a three-pointer to distance the Bobcats from Keiser, 31-24, with less than two minutes left in the half.
• STU went into the halftime break leading 31-24 in the Sun Conference Game of the Week.
• Martinez-Sanz made both of her free-throw attempts, bringing the STU lead to 35-26.
• A brief 5-0 run by the Seahawks put the score at 37-31.
• Rodriguez scored five consecutive points of her own, bringing the St. Thomas lead to 42-31.
• Later in the third quarter, Rodriguez added two more points to her total, putting the STU lead at 48-36.
• Renice Dacres converted back-to-back attempts to send the game into the fourth quarter, with STU leading 52-39.
• Rodriguez finished an and-one attempt, bringing her point total to 10, and the Bobcats lead to 57-43.
• Keiser scored five consecutive points, but Rodriguez halted the run with a three-pointer to keep the STU lead at 60-48.
• KU cut the deficit to single digits, 61-53 when Martinez-Sanz finished a lay-up and brought the lead back to 10.
• In the final two minutes of the game, Keiser's Patton made a three-pointer to cut the Bobcat advantage to six, 65-59.
• In the final minute of the fourth quarter, Dozier knocked down a corner three-pointer before the shot clock expired, putting the Bobcats ahead 69-59.
• A fevered run by Keiser brought the Seahawks within five, 69-64.
• Keaubree Edwards made one-of-two shots from the free-throw line to put the score at 70-64, as Keiser called timeout. 
• Keiser could not convert their final three-point attempt, as the Bobcats won the Sun Conference Game of the Week, 70-64.

MVBobcats

Anari Dozier: 15-points, 5-9 FGM (3-5 3P)

Kayla Rodriguez: 13-points, 5-8 FGM

Chrystal Pressley: nine-points, 12-rebounds

Upcoming

St. Thomas concludes the 2020-21 regular season in the "Battle of Miami Gardens" against Sun Conference rival, Florida Memorial, on Saturday, February 20, from the Lion's Den. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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