{"id":162066,"date":"2026-02-20T02:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162066\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:48:20","slug":"dolphins-tie-longest-winning-streak-since-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162066\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Tie Longest Winning Streak Since 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Florida Gulf Coast University<\/p>\n<p>2\/21\/2026 | 2:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 21 (Sat) \/ 2:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Florida Gulf Coast University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; Sophomore guard <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mychal-white\/8577\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8577\" target=\"_blank\">Mychal White<\/a> took the ball up court with seconds left in the third quarter. She launched up a 3-point runner, hoping to steal one before the fourth quarter. Her shot banked off the glass as the buzzer sounded, finding the net on a night where nothing could go wrong for the Jacksonville Dolphins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins (19-7, 11-4 ASUN) defeated the Queens Royals 84-49 Thursday night in Swisher Gymnasium. Jacksonville has won eight games in a row, tying the program&#8217;s longest winning streak since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just resilient,&#8221; assistant coach Shenneika Smith said. &#8220;We&#8217;re putting it together, and [our team] is having a lot of fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville was led by graduate student guard <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/priscilla-williams\/6777\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6777\" target=\"_blank\">Priscilla Williams<\/a>. She scored a team-high 25 points, her sixth game this season with 25 or more points.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals kept it close much of the first quarter, but the Dolphins still had the edge early. After a missed Queens shot, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makiya-miller\/8584\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8584\" target=\"_blank\">Makiya Miller<\/a> was wide-open on the other end for an easy layup to put JU up 7-2 at the first media timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Queens cut the lead to as close as one point, but Jacksonville went on a late run to field a comfortable lead in the first. With 1.1 seconds on the clock, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mychal-white\/8577\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8577\" target=\"_blank\">Mychal White<\/a> rolled down the court and sent up a running 3-pointer.<\/p>\n<p>While her shot missed, she drew a foul on the action. Three made free throws later, the Dolphins had a 16-10 lead after the first period of play. From then on, Jacksonville went into overdrive.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins raced off a 9-2 run to start the quarter, with Williams burying a pair of pull-up jumpers. After the Royals called timeout, Queens briefly stopped the bleeding with a bucket, but it was only temporary.<\/p>\n<p>Williams stared down the defense and nailed a 3-pointer from the left wing to put JU up 30-15. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mariah-knight\/6776\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6776\" target=\"_blank\">Mariah Knight<\/a> exploded down the stretch, scoring seven points on her own in the final 2:19 of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The third quarter was more of the same, with the Dolphins ripping passes through the seams of the defense for open buckets. White slipped a pass to sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/comari-mitchell\/6778\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6778\" target=\"_blank\">Comari Mitchell<\/a> for a quick layup, then two possessions later, she fooled the defense to find Knight cutting inside for another basket, putting the Dolphins up 56-26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Williams reached 20-plus points once again, scoring a pair of free throws then nailing another 3-pointer. With the clock ticking away, White once again launched up a running 3-pointer, but this time she didn&#8217;t need the foul, drilling the shot to put JU up 70-35 through three.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville took care of business in the fourth quarter, with freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aniah-smith\/8585\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8585\" target=\"_blank\">Aniah Smith<\/a> leading the way with eight points in the final period.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>\tJacksonville has scored at least 80 points in a game eight times this season.<br \/>\n\tThe Dolphins eight-game winning streak matches the third-longest streak in school history. This is JU&#8217;s fourth eight-game winning streak in program history.<br \/>\n\tJacksonville never trailed in the game.<br \/>\n\tWhite finished with 14 points, her third double-digit scoring game in ASUN play.<\/p>\n<p>\nAssistant Coach Shenneika Smith<br \/>\nOn beating teams twice in a season<br \/>\n&#8220;We play our game. We focus on ourselves and make sure we do what we need to do. Defensively, we focus on the little things. But it&#8217;s not easy to beat a team twice, now. But we&#8217;re at home and we feel comfortable at home. And like I said, we&#8217;re just having a lot of fun right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mychal-white\/8577\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8577\" target=\"_blank\">Mychal White&#8217;s<\/a> performance<br \/>&#8220;She&#8217;s finding her way. She&#8217;s had some tough ones, and sometimes with kids they&#8217;ll stay down, but she&#8217;s been in the gym getting extra shots up and tonight her teammates allowed her to do what she does today.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>The Dolphins will look to match the second-longest winning streak in school history on Saturday when they take on the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. 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