Game Information
Score: Keiser 64, Allen 55
Records: Keiser (1-0), Allen (1-1)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Reque (G), Patton (G), Shephard (F), Banks Wall (F), Winbush (F)
Allen Starters: Thomas (G), Mack (G), DeGraffenreidt (G), Croker (F), Gibson (C)
 
Keiser Highlights

• Kaylee Patton led the team in scoring with 16 points, doing most of her damage from the charity stripe as the transfer senior finished 10-13 from the line.
• Dominique Winbush proved to have an impact on the boards, ripping down 12 rebounds to go along with 10 points for her first double-double of the season.
• As a team, the Seahawks shot 41.7% from the field, holding Allen to just 30.5% and outrebounded the Yellow Jackets, 46-39.

 
Turning Point
The turning point in tonight's contest was the clutch free throw shooting down the final stretch for the Keiser Seahawks. With Keiser ahead 58-54 with 51 ticks left on the clock, the Seahawks netted six of their final seven free throws to ice the game and walk away with the 64-55 victory. The final six points came from the charity stripe with Patton, Winbush and Princess Cole each notching two apiece.
 
How it Happened

• Dekoya Mack of Allen scored the first six points of the game to give the visiting Yellow Jackets the early 6-0 lead.
• The Seahawks outscored Allen, 10-4, over the remaining minutes of the opening quarter to knot the contest at 10 apiece heading into the second quarter.
• After Allen scored the first point of the second quarter, Keiser raced out on an 8-0 run to take the 18-11 advantage.
• The Seahawks stretched their lead to 10 after a knockdown triple from Claudia Reque, before the Yellow Jackets trimmed the deficit to six before intermission.
• With Allen trailing 33-25 with 2:31 left in the third, the Yellow Jackets outscored the Seahawks 10-1 to take their first lead since leading 11-10 at the beginning of the second quarter.
• Keiser chipped away at the deficit throughout the fourth quarter before taking the lead for good off a Patton layup that made it 41-40 in favor of the Seahawks.
• Keiser outscored Allen, 23-15, over the final 7:15 in the fourth quarter with 15 of the 23 points coming from the free throw line.

 
Team Leaders
Keiser
Points: Patton (16)
Rebounds: Winbush (12)
Assists: Cole (4)
 
Allen
Points: Thomas (26)
Rebounds: Thomas (8)
Assists: Thomas & Landers (3)
 
Inside the Box Score

• Keiser had a new look tonight with four newcomers seeing action in tonight's contest, accounting for 33 of the team's 64 points.
• The Keiser bench outscored the Allen bench 17-6, led by Midori Long's nine points off the bench for the Seahawks.
• The Seahawks had a whopping 30 points in the paint, holding the Yellow Jackets to just 14.

 
Ties: 7
Lead Changes: 5
Largest Lead: Keiser (10), Allen (6)
 
Up Next
The Seahawks will host Madonna University on Saturday at 7 p.m. inside the Student Life Center. The contest will be the last of two home games to start the season before playing three games away from the SLC.