The Seahawks women's basketball team defeated Warner University 64-55 in Sun Conference play on Saturday afternoon. Keiser improves to 11-9 overall and 4-3 in conference play.

How it Happened

• Keiser jumped out to a 5-0 lead before stretching their advantage to 11-3 with 7:37 to go in the first quarter.  
• The Royals closed to within 16-11 with 2:10 showing, when a pair of free throws by Miah Shephard sparked an 8-0 run extending their lead to 24-11 at the 8:11 mark of the second quarter.
• With the score 24-18, a Jamilla Banks Wall layup started a 7-0 run, upping their lead to 31-18 and went into the half on top 33-22.
• The Seahawks started the third on a 10-3 run pushing the margin to 45-30 with 4:01 to go.
• Warner cut the deficit to 47-37 when a pair of Claudia Reque free throws sparked a 9-0 run pushing their lead to largest of the game at 56-37 with 9:02 left in the final quarter.
• Warner got as close as 58-51 with 2:22 to go but Keiser held on down the stretch to win 64-55.

Inside the Box
2: Banks Wall and Dominique Winbush both had ten rebounds apiece.
8: Different Seahawk players registered at least four points on the afternoon.
18: Courtney Murphy scored for a game high on 6-9 from three point range.

Up Next
Keiser returns home on Saturday, January 23 at 2:00 p.m. against St. Thomas.

Last Time Out
The Bobcats defeated the Seahawks 62-61 in their previous meeting this season.