Box Score

 Hufstetler

THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Florida Memorial defeated Thomas, 70-57, on Thursday evening inside TU Gymnasium in Sun Conference (TSC) action. The Night Hawks suffer their first defeat in 14 days.

"We started the game slow which didn't help," Green and White coach Myron Brown said. "The end of the second quarter and beginning of the third really hurt us. That was when the game got away from us."

Florida Memorial (5-4, 1-1 TSC) scored the first seven points and jumped out to a 10-2 edge less than three minutes into the game after a Shawnice King trey. Down by 10, Thomas (3-2, 1-2 TSC) scored the final six points of the first quarter, with the last basket coming from Daycia Bandy with six seconds left, to trail by only four, 14-10.

The Night Hawks again trailed by four, 16-12, at the 7:42 mark of the second quarter following a Kriza Allen fastbreak layup, but King would later hit another 3-pointer to give her team a 28-18 edge at intermission.

A 9-0 Lion run to open the third quarter as part of a 17-1 spurt that encompassed the second and third periods opened up the affair. Thomas cut the deficit to single digits, 66-57, with 41 seconds left in the game after a Dymon Brown trey but would get no closer.

Abreona Cabell and Ashley Henry each posted a double-double for Florida Memorial. Cabell ended with 21 points, while Henry had 14. Each player pulled down 10 boards. 

King concluded with 18 points.

De'Audra Copeland tied a season-high with 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting for the Green and White. D. Brown had 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc, to go along with five assists. Allen added 12 points. Jewel Montisano dished out four assists, as the team totaled 15 on 19 made baskets.

The Lions shot 44.1 percent overall but 53.6 percent (15-of-28) from the floor in the final 20 minutes. 

The Night Hawks were 37.3 percent from the floor overall but also caught fire in the second half, going 57.7 percent (15-of-26) after halftime. Thomas was 16-of-21 from the line in the contest, including 10-of-12 in the first 20 minutes. The Night Hawks turned 28 Florida Memorial turnovers into 26 points.

Thomas hosts Saint Thomas (Fla.) on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.