Score: Florida Memorial 76, Keiser 70 (OT)
Records: Keiser (3-2, 2-2 SUN), Florida Memorial (4-4, 2-1 SUN)
Location: FMU Wellness Center (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: David Pierce Jr. (G),
Core'von Lott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Quinton Glaspie (F),
Antonio Spencer (C).
Florida Memorial Starters: Corey Benton (G), Brent Holcombe (F), Carington Campbell (G), Jethro Tshisumpa (C), Rodney Guillory (G).
Three Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring but it was not enough as the Keiser men's basketball team (3-2, 2-2 SUN) fell to the Florida Memorial Lions (4-4, 2-1 SUN), 76-70, in overtime on Saturday night.
A 3-pointer by FMU's Corey Benton with 2:16 left in overtime made it a two-possession game as Keiser was unable to take the lead, falling 76-70.
Keiser 34, Florida Memorial 31
- Keiser took its first lead of the contest with a layup by Core'von Lott with 16:59 left in the half, 6-5.
- A 3-pointer by David Pierce Jr. extended the Keiser lead to 9-5, 40 seconds later.
- After a 3-point bucket by Pierce Jr. (7:14), Christian Miller-Cardwell gave the Seahawks a 10-point lead with a fastbreak layup with 6:35 left to play. The bucket was the result of a steal by Marko Radulovic.
- A trey by Radulovic kept the KU lead to 10, 31-21, with 4:22 remaining in the half.
- The Seahawks took their largest lead of the game (12) following a jumper by Radulovic at the 3:28 mark (33-21).
- The Lions went on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 33-29 (1:27).
- A layup by Jacobi Gordon with 14 seconds left, cut the KU lead to 34-31, heading into halftime.
Keiser 60, Florida Memorial 60
- Keiser pushed its lead to seven following an Antonio Spencer layup with 19:03 on the clock (38-31).
- After a Quinton Glaspie basket in the paint (41-34 with 16:17 left in regulation), FMU went on a 5-0 run to cut the Seahawk lead to two.
- The lead for the Seahawks was pushed back to six after an Antwan Claxton layup with 12:45 left to play (45-39).
- Florida Memorial pulled within one following a 3-pointer by Anfrenee King with 9:40 remaining on the game clock.
- The Lions took their first lead since the first half with a layup by Brent Holcombe at the 9:10 mark, 48-47.
- KU regained the lead and went up by four as Claxton forced a Mubashar Ali turnover and took it coast-to-coast for the fastbreak score, 52-48 (7:29).
- With the score tied a 55-55, Pierce Jr. nailed a trey to give Keiser a 58-55 edge with 3:42 remaining.
- FMU scored five straight points to take a 60-58 lead with 2:17 left.
- Claxton tied the game at 60-all, with a put-back layup as just 1:02 remaining on the clock.
- Neither team was able to score the go-ahead bucket as time expired, sending the game to overtime.
Florida Memorial 76, Keiser 70
- The Lions jumped out to a 65-60 lead to begin the extra frame, capped off by a 3-pointer by King (3:24).
- Miller-Cardwell brought the Seahawks within two with a fastbreak layup, 65-63 (2:58).
- The Lions made two consecutive buckets to push their lead to 70-63 with 1:47 left in overtime.
- Two free throws by Corey Benton extended the Lion's lead to 72-63 (00:55).
- Lott was able to cut the FMU lead to four (72-68) with 00:22 left.
- The Lions iced the game going 4-of-4 from the line.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 3-2 on the year and 2-2 in Sun Conference action.
- The loss snaps an eight-game winning streak for the Seahawks over the Lions.
- The Seahawks fall to 28-6 all-time versus the Lions.
- Keiser falls to 27-5 all-time versus FMU in Sun Conference games.
- Tonight marked the 16th meeting all-time between the two teams in Miami Gardens, Florida, with KU falling to 11-5 in those games.
- Three Seahawks scored in double-figures on Saturday (David Pierce Jr. - 12; Christian Miller-Cardwell - 18; Antwan Claxton - 15).
- With 15 points today, Antwan Claxton has reached double-figures in scoring 26 times as a Seahawk.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 38.0 percent from the floor (27-of-71) and were 8-of-34 (23.5 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Florida Memorial ended the night, shooting 41.1 percent from the field (30-of-73) and converted 20.7 percent (6-of-29) from downtown.
- Christian Miller-Cardwell led the team with 18 points on 6-of-16 shooting (2-of-7 from 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line).
- Tonight marked Miller-Cardwell's third game of the season with 15-or-more points.
- Antonio Spencer led the Seahawks eight boards.
- Tonight was the first overtime game of the 2021-22 season for the Seahawks.
- Keiser is 10-11 all-time in overtime games.
- Ties: 4
- Lead Changes: 6
- Largest Lead: Keiser (12); Florida Memorial (9)
Keiser
Florida Memorial
- Points: Anfernee King (17)
- Rebounds: Mubashar Ali (11)
- Assists: Corey Benton (6)
The Seahawks will host the Keiser Thanksgiving Classic (Nov. 23-24). This year's Classic will feature Florida Memorial, Edward Waters, and Arizona Christian.
