
Score: Keiser 72, Ave Maria 56
Records: Keiser (6-5, 3-3), Ave Maria (4-7, 1-4)
Location: Donahue Academy, Ave Maria, Fla.
Keiser University closed out 2020 with a 72-56 victory against Ave Maria on Thursday evening.
Keiser 16, Ave Maria 10
- Ave Maria held a 7-4 advantage at the first media timeout with 4:41 showing on the scoreboard.
- After trading buckets, back-to-back Shykim Gillion layups knotted the game at 10-10 with 2:08 remaining.
- Keiser then went 6-for-6 at the charity stripe to lead 16-10 at the end of the opening quarter.
Keiser 34, Ave Maria 25
- The Gyrenes twice got to within a possession but each time Antigonie Sanabria converted layups as KU led 22-18 with 6:46 to go.
- The Seahawks held a 25-20 advantage at the 4:26 media timeout as Chiara De Virgilio was fouled on a made layup.
- Keiser came out of the stoppage with an 8-0 run to lead 33-20 as AMU took a timeout with 1:45 left in the opening half. Sanabria led the way with six points including the opening four points.
- KU went on to hold a 34-25 advantage at the intermission as Sanabria had a game-best 13 points.
Keiser 56, Ave Maria 41
- Keiser opened the third quarter strong, using an 18-4 run to claim their largest lead of the game, 52-29, with 3:21 remaining.
- The Seahawks went on to hold a 56-41 advantage with one quarter remaining in the contest.
Keiser 72, Ave Maria 56
- AMU managed to get within 15 points on a pair of occasions but the Seahawks wouldn't let them any closer as they claimed the final game of 2020 by a final score of 72-56.
- Keiser narrowly outscored the home team in the final frame, 16-15.
- 3: Three Seahawks finished with double-digit points led by a game-best 21 points from Sanabria.
- 9: KU came away with nine steals led by a game-best four by Andressa Nascimento.
- 12: Angela Denis pulled down a game-best 12 rebounds with four coming on the offensive glass.
- 13: Keiser went 13-of-15 from charity stripe including a perfect 6-of-6 first quarter.
- 22: Keiser dominated on the glass this evening, out-rebounding Ave Maria, 53-31.
Keiser
- Points: Sanabria (21)
- Rebounds: Denis (12)
- Assists: Three Tied (3)
Ave Maria
- Points: T. Allen (15)
- Rebounds: Chambers (7)
- Assists: T. Allen (4)

Keiser vs. Webber International on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 2:00 p.m. in the Student Life Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.