LAKE WALES, Fla - The Lady Royals host a Sun Conference matchup against Florida Memorial in the Turner Athletic Center.

The Lady Royals face off against Florida Memorial in their second time meeting up in this conference matchup. Both teams come into this one ready to play and Florida Memorial looking for revenge after the Royals take a win from them at their place. The ladies came out hot tonight. From the first quarter of play the Royals took a controlling lead scoring and an impressive 21 points in the first quarter of play while holding FMU to only seven. Then decided to command the lead, scoring 10 points in the second quarter for a total of 31 points in the first half of play and holding them to nearly half with 18 points for FMU. Jasmine Edward's had an amazing first half after celebrating her career 1000 point game before the start of this matchup edging close to another double-double tonight heading into the half with 11 points and five rebounds for the night. Dianis Hurtado and Kalyah Watson who both are close to have double digits points for themselves tonight with eight for Hurtado and seven for Kalyah Watson. The Lady Royals take all the board, leading in stats but would like to see them steal the ball more the second half to allow for more points. After the break the Royals came out a little flat and the Lions capitalized on their opportunity finding the basket every chance they could scoring 22 in the third quarter but that did not phase the Royals. The offense continued to impress as they were in a great rythm and dropped 25 points in the fourth quarter for a Royals victory over the Lions and taking both wins in the conference matchups. Jasmine Edwards did not reach a double double this afternoon but still had an impressive 22 point game with eight rebounds while her teammate Bianca Francis had an impressive half finishing tonight with a double double scoring 14 points and an impressive 10 rebounds. The Royals are hot and hope to keep it going as they face Ave Maria who they lost to earlier this season too.


INSIDE THE MATCH: Warner University vs Florida Memorial University
FINAL: Royals 68 , Lions 57
RECORDS: Royals (9-11,4-4), Lions (9-12,1-7)

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:

• Jasmine Edwards had an impressive performance tonight scoring 22 points with eight rebounds.
• Kalyah Watson scored 12 points and consistently found her open teammates leading her teammates in assists with five.
• Bianca Francis has blossomed for the Royals as she had a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds having an explosive half to help her team finish off the Lions 
• Courtney Logan continues to be a glove on defense as she registered two steals on the night along with teammate Dianis Hurtado.

UP NEXT:
The Lady Royals will hit the road and face Ave Maria for another Sun Conference matchup on Wednesday, February 7th at 5:30.