Game Information
Score: Keiser 87, No. 20 Voorhees 89
Records: Keiser (1-1), Voorhees (2-0)
Location: Denmark, S.C.

Keiser men's basketball turned it up in the second half and erased a 19 point halftime deficit to come down-to-the-wire at No. 20 Voorhees, but the Tigers held off the Seahawks' surge.
 
How it Happened
First Half: Keiser 28, Voorhees 47

• Voorhees scored the game's first four points, but Keiser went in front for the first time two minutes in, 5-4, with Marko Radulovic's five early points.
• After a Tigers' three-pointer, Chance Anderson threw down a dunk to make it 7-7 with 17:06 on the clock.
• A 9-0 Voorhees run put the score at 16-7, but the run was halted by the Seahawks' second three-pointer of the game, this one off the hand of Marko Orlic.
• Germele Florent's jumper in the paint got Keiser to within four points, but the Tigers proceeded to go on an 8-0 spurt to build a 12-point lead, 28-16, with 7:47 remaining in the half.
• Malcolm Mabry's dunk with 6:31 to play got Keiser back to within single-digits, 28-20.
• However, the Tigers ended the half with a flurry, going on a 19-5 run before a Jermar Perkins' three-pointer at the buzzer sent the two teams' into the halftime break with the Seahawks facing a 47-28 deficit.

Second Half: Keiser 87, Voorhees 89

• The fast pace continued, and after the first five minutes of play in the second half, Voorhees maintained a 61-38 advantage over the Seahawks.
• Five of the next seven points also went to the Tigers, who were able to establish their largest lead of the game with 12:51 on the clock, 65-40.
• Keiser continued to battle, but still faced a 20-point deficit, 77-57 with just 6:39 remaining.
• In a span of just 3:19, however, Keiser forced five Voorhees turnovers and attacked the basket relentlessly for 17 unanswered points, drawing all the way to within three points, 77-74, with 3:20 still to play. All 17 KU points during the run came from inside the paint or at the free-throw line.  
• A Voorhees free-throw made it a two-possession game with 3:14 on the clock, but Anderson responded with another bucket inside to draw KU to with two points, 78-76.
• Perkins earned a steal on the ensuing Voorhees possession, and Orlic eventually fired up a three-pointer to potentially give Keiser a lead. It caromed off the rim, but CJ Fisher was in the right place at the right time for a tip-in to tie it at 78-78 with 2:59 remaining.
• A Voorhees layup was answered by yet another Anderson dunk, and the score then sat at 80-80 with 1:49 still to play.
• Two Voorhees free-throws put the Tigers in front once again, and on the next Keiser possession, a Perkins' go-ahead three-point attempt missed its mark.
• With just 53 ticks on the clock the Tigers' were able to execute offensively, producing a layup to go along with a KU foul.
• After the converted free-throw made it 85-80 Voorhees, the Seahawks called a timeout. Orlic got a look at a three-pointer with 27 seconds remaining, but after it bounced off the rim, Voorhees was able to control the defensive rebound and pass it ahead for a transition basket to make it 87-80.
• Four consecutive points from Perkins made it a one-possession game, 87-84, with seven seconds left. The Seahawks were forced to foul, and the Tigers were able to make both from the stripe to go ahead 89-84.
• A Malcolm Mabry three-pointer with four seconds left kept the game alive, but the Seahawks simply ran out of time after a foul and missed Voorhees free-throw with just one second on the clock.

 
KU Highlights

• 1: It was the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
• 4: Keiser was disruptive defensively in the fast-paced matchup. Both Anderson and Mabry finished the game with a game-high in blocks with four, while Orlic matched a career-high in steals with four as well.
• 14-13: Chance Anderson had his second consecutive double-double to start the season, contributing 14 points with a game-high 13 rebounds.
• 20-9: Mabry earned 20 points on an efficient 6-of-9 shooting performance, while also adding nine rebounds.
• 26: A game-high 26 points came off the hand of senior guard Jermar Perkins, who shot 50 percent from the floor on his way to leading the KU offense.
• 41: The Keiser bench produced 41 points, led by Perkins once again.
• 46: Both teams were able to get to the basket and finish in the lane with 46 points in the paint.
• 48-33-17: In each of Keiser's two games so far this season, the Seahawks have controlled the rebounding battle. This game saw Keiser hold a 48-33 advantage over Voorhees, with 17 of the 48 coming on the offensive end to create second-chance scoring opportunities.

Team Leaders
KU

• PTS: Perkins, 26
• REB: Anderson, 13
• A: Orlic, 4

VC

• PTS: Brooks, 17
• REB: Bailey, 6
• A: Diamond/Pierce, 4

 
Up Next
The Seahawks' next test will come against Governor's State in the University of the Virgin Islands Classic. That matchup is scheduled for Friday, November 8 at 5:30 p.m. in St. Thomas, USVI.