Score: No. 4 Arizona Christian 85, Keiser 76
Records: Keiser (3-3), No. 4 Arizona Christian (7-1)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: Marco Radulovic (G),
Core'von Lott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Quinton Glaspie (F),
Antonio Spencer (C).
Arizona Christian Starters: Angelo Johnson (G), Dennis Flowers III (G), Micah Bradford (G), Robby Wilson (F), Bryce Davis (F).
The Keiser men's basketball team could not overcome 14 made 3-pointers by the No. 4-ranked Arizona Christian Firestorm, dropping the team's first game of the 2021 Seahawks Thanksgiving Classic, 85-76, on Tuesday night.
Core'von Lott and
Quinton Glaspie each reached the 20-point plateau in the game, posting 24 and 20 points, respectively, keeping the Seahawks within striking distance the entire contest.
Five unanswered points to close out the first half, gave the Firestorm a seven-point lead, heading into halftime. A jumper by ACU's Dominic Gonzalez as time expired extended to Firestorm's lead to 37-30 - KU stayed in striking distance the entire second half but got no closer that five points.
Arizona Christian 37, Keiser 30
- The Seahawks jumped out early, taking an 11-1 lead to start the game.
- The 11-1 run was capped off by a dunk by Shaquille Harris with 16:00 left in the half.
- ACU cut the Keiser lead to three (11-8) with a 3-pointer by Angelo Johnson (13:47).
- Core'von Lott converted an "and-1" with 13:17 left to play, extending the KU lead to 14-8.
- The Firestorm took their first lead of the game after Marcus Green converted 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, 15-14 (11:55).
- Christian Miller-Cardwell gave KU the lead, 16-15, with a made layup (10:42).
- Antwan Claxton followed that bucket up with a steal and a dunk to make the score, 18-5, with 10:28 on the clock.
- A six-point swing pushed the lead in the Firestorm's favorite with 9:42 remaining in the half.
- The Seahawks regained the lead with 7:43 on the clock following a Quinton Glaspie layup, 22-21.
- After Claxton made the score 24-21 with a bucket at the 6:39 mark, ACU went on a 9-0 run.
- KU cut the ACU lead to two (32-30) with a Glaspie basket with 00:48 remaining.
- The Firestorm scored the last five points on the half to take a 37-30 advantage.
Arizona Christian 85, Keiser 76
- The Firestorm pushed their lead to 11 with a 3-pointer by Dennis Flowers III (16:42).
- A 6-0 run by the Seahawks (capped off by a fastbreak layup by Claxton at the 14:46 mark) cut the ACU lead to five, 49-44.
- Arizona Christian pushed its lead back to double-digits with a dunk by Marcus Green, 56-46.
- Two-minutes later, KU was within five, 56-51, after Lott drained a shot from beyond the arc, 56-51.
- ACU tied its largest lead of the game (11) after Johnson made the score 74-63 with 5:20 left in the game.
- The Seahawks battled to cut the Firestorm lead but could only get within six.
- ACU held on to come away with the 85-76 win.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 3-3 on the year.
- Tuesday marked the first meeting between the two teams.
- With the loss, the Seahawks are now 52-46 all-time versus ranked opponents.
- Keiser falls to 24-20 all-time versus versus ranked opponents at the Student Life Center.
- Three Seahawks scored in double-figures on Tuesday (Core'von Lott - 24; Quinton Glaspie - 20; Antwan Claxton - 12).
- With 12 points tonight, Antwan Claxton has reached double-figures in scoring 27 times as a Seahawk.
- Scoring in double-figures, Lott has now scored 10-or-more points with Keiser 31 times.
- Lott's 24 points marked his 14th 20-point outing as a member of the Keiser men's basketball team.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 44.4 percent from the floor (28-of-63) and were 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Arizona Christian ended the night, shooting 52.1 percent from the field (25-of-48) and converted 48.3 percent (14-of-29) from downtown.
- The Firestorm accounted for 42 points from 3-point range.
- Core'von Lott scored a game-high 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting (2-of-6 from 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line).
- The 24 points were a season high for the product of Chicago, Illinois.
- Quinton Glaspie tied his KU career high in points with 20 versus the Firestorm (8-of-15 shooting from the floor and 4-of-7 from the charity stripe).
- Glapsie also grabbed nine boards
- Antonio Spencer led the Seahawks with a season-high 10 boards.
- The Seahawks out-rebounded the Firestorm, 34-32, and held a 12-5 edge on the offensive glass.
- Ties: 2
- Lead Changes: 5
- Largest Lead: Keiser (10); Arizona Christian (11)
Keiser
No. 4 Arizona Christian
- Points: Angelo Johnson (18)
- Rebounds: Robby Wilson (6)
- Assists: Patrick Fisher (4)
The Seahawks will continue play in the 2021 Seahawks Thanksgiving Classic, hosting the Edward Waters Tigers on Wednesday, November 24. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m.
