Fast start fuels St. Thomas women

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Jenna Dockter scored 18 points and Maggie Weiers added 12 points in St. Thomas' 69-52 women's basketball road win over St. Benedict.

The No. 18-ranked Tommies (21-4 overall, 19-3 MIAC) tied for second place in the conference and will have the No. 3 seed for the MIAC playoffs.

St. Thomas sank nine 3-pointers and rolled up a 37-10 margin in bench scoring. The Toms led 38-14 at halftime.

Dockter is averaging 14 points a game in three outings since missing the first 22 games with an injury.

UST will play host to No. 6-seed Gustavus on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in round one of the six-team MIAC playoffs.