Miami Courant

St. Thomas University issued the following announcement on Dec. 11.

The St. Thomas University (STU) Women's Basketball team (7-4, 3-2 SUN) fell to NCAA Division II opponent, Edward Waters University (9-4) on Saturday afternoon on the road, 75-69. This is the start of the second round of non-conference action for the Bobcats.

Bobcat Starters

Patricia Martinez Sanz

Kasey Gagan

Brooke Bogatz

Samaria August

Chrystal Pressley

Game Notes

• This is the third straight game that the starting lineup remains the same as the Bobcats look to gather rhythm coming off two Sun Conference wins.
• Chrystal Pressley started the game with a bucket in the paint to give STU a 2-0 lead.
• In a back-and-forth contest, EWU grabbed an 11-7 lead through the media timeout in the first quarter.
• Gagan scored eight of her 13-points in the first quarter after having to sit all of the second quarter due to early foul trouble.
• The game was tied five times in just the first quarter.
• Kylie Vogel scored the opening bucket in the second quarter that tied the game up at 22 all.
• Bria Brown scored from downtown to take a one-point lead with seven-minutes on the clock.
• Edward Waters headed into the half with a seven-point lead after a 9-3 run.
• The Tigers continued to shoot lights out taking a 14-point lead into the fourth quarter.
• St. Thomas turned it up in the fourth quarter scoring 21-points and limiting Edward Waters to 13-points, the least in a quarter for the game.
• A 10-4 run brough the lead back to single digits with seven minutes to go.
• Kayla Rodriguez had a key defensive stop that looked to give STU the momentum they needed while also hitting a fastbreak layup to make it 75-69 with just under three minutes remaining.
• St. Thomas was unable to apply the pressure and cut more into the deficit.

 Box Score Notables

• Gagan scored double-digits points for her four straight game (13).
• Chrystal Pressley and Connieya Bradford had 10-points each.
• The Bobcat bench outscored the Tigers 34-13.

 Up Next

The Bobcats will head back home and be right back at it on Monday evening against top-ranked Wayland Baptist University from the Fernandez Family Center at 5:30 p.m.

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