Score: No. 22 Keiser 74, Southeastern 83
Records: No. 22 Keiser (14-3, 6-1 TSC), Southeastern (14-5, 7-1 TSC)
Location: The Furnace, Lakeland, Fla.

No. 22 Keiser men's basketball suffered their first defeat in Sun Conference play on the road at Southeastern. The setback was also the first loss for the Seahawks in 2020, halting a three-game winning streak.




No. 22 Keiser 38, Southeastern 35 

• Keiser established an 11-6 lead in the early going on the strength of three connections from beyond the arc.
• The Seahawks offense was hampered by five early turnovers as Southeastern tallied ten unanswered points to grab a 16-11 lead with 13:51 on the clock.
• Keiser answered back with a 9-2 run to go back on top, 20-18 at the 11:47 mark. During the spurt, Mark Gordon scored five points with is tenth point of the game coming on a basket with a foul.
• With the game even at 22-22, Gordon broke the tie with a highlight-reel dunk off an offensive rebound at the 6:47 mark.
• After Southeastern tied the game up once again with a layup, the next three points went to the Seahawks by way of the free-throw line with Keiser leading 27-24 with 5:50 remaining.
• The lead would change hands four times before the Seahawks took a 38-35 lead into the halftime break. The final four points of the half came on a Marko Orlic post-up and Chance Anderson second chance stick back.
• The half featured seven ties and six lead changes, with Keiser holding a firm advantage in the rebounding category, 21-10, which turned into ten second chance points.
• Gordon paced KU offensively in the half with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting, 2-of-3 from downtown, and a perfect 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.

No. 22 Keiser 74, Southeastern 83

• After two Southeastern free-throws started the scoring, Keiser rattled off five unanswered points to establish their largest lead of the game, 43-37, on a Malcolm Mabry three-pointer and Gordon lay-in.
• The Fire came right back with an 8-0 run to go back on top, 45-43 at the 15:24 mark.
• Following a Jeremy Oppenheimer layup, Gordon drove to the basket and was fouled to even the game at 47-47 on a three-point play.
• After trading layups, the Fire went on an 11-2 run to take a 60-51 edge nearing the midway point of the half.
• The Seahawks trimmed the margin to single digits, 71-62, on a Gordon dunk but SEU scored the next six points, taking their largest lead of the game, 77-62, with 2:55 to go.
• Keiser trimmed their deficit to nine on two more occasions, but suffered their first conference loss of the season, 83-74 as the Fire sank their final 15 free-throw attempts in the game.

• 10: Mabry corralled a game-high ten rebounds.
• 13-8: Anderson finished with 13 points to go along with eight rebounds..
• 14-6: Orlic produced 14 points with three triples to go along with six rebounds.
• 15-27: Gordon netted 20+ points for the 15th consecutive game, pouring in a game-high 27.
• 19-6: Despite the setback, Keiser still holds a 19-6 advantage in the all-time series with the Fire.
• 21-9: Keiser produced 21 second chance points while holding Southeastern to just nine.
• 42-30: The Seahawks were +12 in the rebounding battle, 42-30.

No. 22 Keiser

• PTS: Gordon, 27
• REB: Mabry, 10
• A: Gordon/Sylvain, 2
• STL: Mabry/Radulovic/Sylvain, 2
• BLK: Mabry, 2

Southeastern

• PTS: Oppenheimer, 22
• REB: Oppenheimer, 6
• A: Morrow, 2
• STL: Minx, 4
• BLK: Minx, 1

 

St. Thomas will visit the Student Life Center to matchup with No. 22 Keiser on Thursday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m.