Score: Florida National 61, Keiser 59
Records: Keiser (5-6), Florida National (3-2)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: Marko Radulovic (G),
Jalen Scott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Quinton Glaspie (F),
Antonio Spencer (C).
Florida National Starters: Ryan Sanchez (G), Jeffrey Hernandez (G), Jordan Cardenas (C), Reggie Perez (G), Kobbie Perez (G).
The Keiser Seahawks fell to the Florida National Conquistadors, 61-59, on Tuesday evening. Despite leading for over 37 minutes, the Seahawks were unable to come away with the victory, as FNU scored the game-winning bucket with just five second left to play.
With the game tied 59-59, FNU's Ryan Sanchez converted a layup in the lane with just 5 second left in the contest.
Keiser 36, Florida National 23
- The Seahawks opened the game with a 15-0 run capped off with a layup by Antonio Spencer (13:37).
- FNU cut it to six, 15-9, following a layup by Sandro Noel with 8:52 left in the first half.
- Shaquille Harris pushed the KU lead back to double-digits with a 3-pointer at the 7:11 mark, 20-9.
- A trey by Marko Radulovic with 3:16 on the clock gave KU a 30-15.
- FNU's Jeffrey Hernandez pulled the Counquistadors within 10, 33-23, with a fast break layup with 10 second left in the half.
- Jalen Scott hit a 3-point buzzer-beater to send the Seahawks into the half up, 36-23.
Florida National 61, Keiser 59
- A 7-0 run by FNU to start the second half, cut the Seahawks lead to six, 36-30.
- A 3-pointer by Florida National's Nicolas Girondin made it a four-point game, 37-33 (17:15).
- Antwan Claxton brought the KU lead to eight, 43-35, with a layup at the 14:47 mark.
- After an FNU bucket, Claxton made the score 45-38 with a bucket in the paint (12:32).
- KU held into its lead until 3:37 left to play when a layup by Hernandez gave the Conquistadors their first lead of the game, 53-52.
- A traditional 3-point play by Harris gave the Seahawks their lead back, 55-53 (3:14).
- With the score tied, 59-59, FNU Ryan Sanchez drained the go-ahead layup with 00:05 left to play.
- With the loss, Keiser dropped to 5-6 on the year.
- With the loss, the Seahawks are now 8-4 all-time versus the Conquistadors.
- Keiser is now 5-3 all-time versus Florida National at the Student Life Center.
- Three Seahawks scored in double-figures on Saturday (Antwan Claxton - 16; Shaquille Harris - 15; Marko Radulovic - 11).
- It was the fourth straight game in which Claxton led the Seahawks in scoring.
- With the loss, Keiser dropped to 4-3 at home this season.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 42.9 percent from the floor (21-of-49) and were 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Florida National shot 50.0 percent from the field (26-of-52) and converted just 28.6 percent (4-of-14) from downtown.
- Antwan Claxton scored a team-high 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting (4-of-4 from the free-throw line).
- Shaquille Harris added 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 2-of-3 from the charity stripe.
- Marko Radulovic (11) went 3-of-8 from 3-point range and was 2-of-4 from the free-throw line.
- Antonio Spencer led the Seahawks in rebounding with five.
- KU led for 37:55 in the game.
- Keiser assisted on 14 of the team 21 made baskets.
- Claxton led all Seahawks with eight dimes.
- Ties: 3
- Lead Changes: 3
- Largest Lead: Keiser (15); Florida National (2)
Keiser
Florida National
- Points: Two players (17)
- Rebounds: Torrence Shelman (8)
- Assists: Ryan Sanchez (5)
The Seahawks will host Mount Vernon Nazarene on Thursday, December 16. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 7:30 PM.
