MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Women's Basketball falls to Bobcats 58-77

The Mighty Banyans lost 77-58 in South Beach to St. Thomas University.

The Banyans got off to a rocky start out of the gates, missing their first seven shots and fell down early 6-0. After a layup made by the Banyans' scoring leader Sierra Moore, the lead for the Bobcats only grew and saw themselves up 20-9 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Moore picked up her first assist of the game, showed her range as she buried a three-pointer, and added a field goal on top. However, behind 5 Banyan turnovers, the Lady Banyans couldn't close the gap finding themselves in a 20 point hole going into the half.

The third quarter saw the Banyans work to try and fight back from downtown, seeing a stretch where Sania Thomas, Camila Zbynski, and Gwen Tsoukalas hit three-pointers. All five Banyan starters were able to put points on the board in the third quarter. However, with St. Thomas shooting 61% in the quarter, the Banyans failed to gain any ground.

The Banyans had their best quarter of the game in the fourth, scoring 24 points behind 8 points from Carson Defries and 6 points from Halle Shelt and Sania Thomas. Thomas and Defries also dished out 2 assists each in the fourth quarter.

Sierra Moore finished as the Banyans' leading scorer and rebounder with 17 points and 14 rebounds with Camila Zbynski dishing out 3 assists.\

The Banyans host Ave Maria University at Hal Chasey Gym in Bradenton, Florida next Wednesday, January 29.