Florida Memorial Flag Drops Season Finale Against St. Thomas University

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Florida Memorial University's offense could never find any offensive rhythm and was hampered by its four turnovers as the Lions fell 25-0 to visiting St. Thomas University Thursday night at Bunche Park Field.

How It Happened

The teams played a scoreless first quarter, with FMU ending its first offensive drive with a punt and St. Thomas turning the ball over on downs.
STU broke the scoreless tie early in the second quarter with a short touchdown pass.
The Lions had its ensuing drive halted by an interception, setting up another Bobcats score.
Florida Memorial trailed 13-0 at halftime and had less than 40 yards of total offense in the first half.
St. Thomas tacked on two touchdowns in the fourth quarter while FMU turned the ball over two more times in the second half.

Inside The Box Score

The Lions ended up with 47 yards of total offense.
Freshman receiver Alexis Nelson had a 20-yard reception in the first half.
Ericka Johnson had 2 flag pulls and 4 pass breakups Wednesday.
St. Thomas had 235 passing yards.

Analysis & Notes

Lions head coach Jonathan Alvarez honored the team's two seniors – Linsley Francois and Ashleign Gary – in a pregame ceremony.
Florida Memorial's defense had multiple opportunities to notch interceptions but failed to complete the turnover-creating plays.
Lions freshman athlete Thaymiluz Santos left the game in the third quarter and did not return after a hard collision with a STU player with what appeared to be an upper extremity injury.
Amealia Smith recorded a sack for FMU, giving her a team-leading five sacks this season.
Florida Memorial falls to 1-10 overall and 0-10 in the Sun Conference.
St. Thomas improves to 7-4 overall and 6-4 in the Sun Conference.

Up Next
FMU will wait to receive an invitation to the NAIA Flag Football postseason tournament.

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Players Mentioned

Linsley Francois: 5' 5"; Senior

#4 Ericka Johnson: S/WR; 5' 6"; Freshman

#6 Alexis Nelson: OLB/WR; 5' 3"; Freshman

#15 Amealia Smith: RB/R; 5' 3"; Freshman

#19 Thaymiluz Santos: ATH; 5' 9"; Freshman

#5 Ashleign Gary: WR; 5' 10"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Linsley Francois
: 5' 5"; Senior

#4 Ericka Johnson
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: S/WR

#6 Alexis Nelson
: 5' 3"; Freshman
: OLB/WR

#15 Amealia Smith
: 5' 3"; Freshman
: RB/R

#19 Thaymiluz Santos
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: ATH

#5 Ashleign Gary
: 5' 10"; Senior
: WR

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