Score: Keiser 68, St. Thomas 66
Records: Keiser (3-1, 2-1 SUN), St. Thomas (2-2, 0-2 SUN)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: David Pierce Jr. (G),
Core'von Lott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Quinton Glaspie (F),
Antonio Spencer (C).
St. Thomas Starters: Jonas Parker (F), Dwayne Russell (F), Kyle Feldman (G), Will Brown III (G), Justyn Rogers (G).
It was Deja Vu for both the Seahawks and the Bobcats as
Core'von Lott hit the game-winning shot with time winding down, leading Keiser to a 68-66 win on Thursday night. In a rematch of last year's Sun Conference Championship Game, it was Lott who again hit the "dagger" to give KU the victory over STU.
With the game tied a 66-66,
Core'von Lott converted a fast break layup to give the Seahawks a two-point lead with just 3.3 seconds left to play.
Marko Radulovic grabbed a big defensive rebound and found Lott for the fast break score.
Keiser 35, St. Thomas 32
- Keiser opened the game with an 11-1 run capped off by a pair of made free throws by David Pierce Jr. (16:47)
- A layup by STU's Augustus Stone cut the KU lead to 11-8 with 13:52 on the clock.
- Pierce Jr. converted a layup off a Quinton Glaspie steal to extend the Seahawk lead to 17-8 (12:27)
- Core'von Lott gave the Seahawks their biggest lead of the game following two made free throws with 10:57 left in the half.
- The Bobcats tied the game at the 8:25 mark after going on a 10-0 run.
- Christian Miller-Cardwell pushed KU's lead to five (25-20) with two successful trips to the line.
- Pierce Jr. put KU up by eight, 34-26, with a made jumper at the 3:15 mark.
- A trey by Stone brought the Bobcats within three (35-32) heading into intermission.
Keiser 68, St. Thomas 66
- St. Thomas took its first lead of the game with a layup by Stone with 17:43 on the game clock (36-35).
- Over the next eight minutes the lead changed hands five times.
- A jumper by Jahsim Floyd gave the Bobcats a 10-point lead with 7:03 left in the game (62-52).
- Two free throws by Marko Radulovic cut the STU lead to three, 64-41.
- After the Bobcats pushed their lead to five, Lott hit a jumper with 2:06 left to play to make it a one-score game, 66-63.
- With 1:11 on the game clock, Radulovic hit a game-tying three, drawing the Seahawks even with the Bobcats, 66-66.
- After a missed trey by Jonas Parker, Radulovic sent an outlet pass to Lott for the go-ahead bucket with 3.3 seconds left to play, 68-66.
- KU held onto the two-point lead en route to its second straight Sun Conference victory.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 3-1 on the year and 2-1 in Sun Conference action.
- For the second straight time, Lott hit the game-winning shot with less than four seconds on the game clock to lift KU over the Bobcats (hit the game-winner with one tick on the clock as Keiser claimed the 2021 Sun Conference Tournament Championship crown last season).
- The Seahawks improve to 20-15 all-time versus the Bobcats.
- Keiser improves to 16-14 all-time versus STU in Sun Conference games.
- Tonight marked the 17th meeting all-time between the two teams in West Palm Beach, Florida, with KU improving to 11-6 in those games.
- Four Seahawks scored in double-figures on Thursday (David Pierce Jr. - 14; Core'von Lott - 12; Christian Miller-Cardwell - 11; Marko Radulovic - 10).
- With 12 points today, Core'von Lott has reached double-figures in scoring in 30 games as a Seahawk.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 35.5 percent from the floor (22-of-62) and were 6-of-23 (26.1 percent) from beyond the arc.
- St. Thomas ended the night, shooting 36.8 percent from the field (25-of-68) and converted 19.0 percent (4-of-21) from downtown.
- David Pierce Jr. led the team with 14 points on 4-of-14 shooting (1-of-7 from 3-point range).
- Quinton Glaspie led the Seahawks seven boards.
- Antwan Claxton tallied a game-high five assists.
- Ties: 7
- Lead Changes: 6
- Largest Lead: Keiser (10); St. Thomas (10)
Keiser
St. Thomas
- Points: Jonas Parker (24)
- Rebounds: Two players (11)
- Assists: Jonas Parker (4)
Keiser travels to Miami Gardens to take on the Florida Memorial Lions on Saturday, November 18. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.
