THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Thomas coach Myron Brown faces his former team Saturday when the Night Hawks continue Sun Conference (TSC) play against Saint Thomas (Fla.), the second of three-straight league games inside TU Gymnasium. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. ET.

In addition to live stats, the match will be televised online through Night Hawks Television. Updates will also be available on Thomas' official women's basketball Twitter account (@NightHawksWBKB).

Saturday's game is sponsored by Caldwell & Langford Insurance, an independent insurance agent. The agency has been operating under a continuous business license since 1871, which makes it Thomasville's oldest licensed business. As independent agents, they directly represent approximately 30 companies and brokers with combined facilities on an indirect basis of over 100 companies.

ABOUT THOMAS

The Night Hawks are coming off a 70-57 loss to Florida Memorial on Thursday inside TU Gymnasium in league play. The Green and White suffered their first defeat in 14 days.

Florida Memorial 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 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.

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 Night Hawks were 37.3 percent from the floor overall but 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.

ABOUT SAINT THOMAS

The Bobcats are coming off a 90-73 win at Coastal Georgia on Thursday in conference action.

Saint Thomas, which controlled the game from start to finish, registered a season-high 90 points and shot a season-best 55 percent from the field. 

Four Bobcats scored in double figures. Samara Auguste led all scorers with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field, including a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. She also converted 7-of-10 free throw attempts and registered a game-high five steals. Katie Rienas scored 20 points, hitting two 3-pointers on three attempts while going 4-of-6 from the charity stripe. Keiana Brooks was an efficient 7-of-11 from the field for 16 points, while Chakari Merritt was one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards.

The Bobcats opened the game on fire, shooting a blazing 69% (9-of-13) from the field to take a 28-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. The hot shooting continued in the second period, as the Bobcats hit on three of their four attempts from beyond the arc and led 47-32 at intermission.

Coastal Georgia cut the lead to four points at the end of three quarters but would not get any closer.

Saint Thomas ranks 14th in NAIA Division II in steals per game (12.6), 28th in free throw percentage (0.734), 32nd in turnover margin (2.9) and 35th in 3-point field goal percentage (0.343.

Auguste is fourth nationally in steals per game (3.9) and 44th in points per game (17.0). Brooks ranks 34th in steals per game (2.7). Ebony Griffin is 36th in offensive rebounds per game (3.3).

LAST TIME OUT AGAINST THE BOBCATS