Score: Mount Vernon Nazarene 82, Keiser 77
Records: Keiser (5-7), Mount Vernon Nazarene (10-5)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: Marko Radulovic (G),
Core'von Lott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Quinton Glaspie (F),
Antonio Spencer (C).
Mount Vernon Nazarene Starters: Clay Hilliard (G), Kyle Kegley (C), Trace Ramsey (F), Eric McLaughlin (F), Kade Ruegsegger (G).
Trailing by as many as 18 points, the Keiser men's basketball team battled back to pull within two but it was not enough as the Seahawks suffered an 82-77 loss to Mount Vernon Nazarene on Thursday night.
As KU trialed, 77-73 with 1:18 left in the game, an offensive board by MVNU's Trace Ramsey resulted in a foul by
Antwan Claxton which sent the Cougar's forward to the line for two shots. Converting both attempts, Ramsey put the Cougars up by six, 79-73.
Mount Vernon Nazarene 47, Keiser 35
- MVNU opened the contest with a 7-0 run.
- Core'von Lott got the Seahawks on the board with a fastbreak layup off a steal with 18:01 on the clock.
- Trailing 12-6, Antwan Claxton cut the lead to four with 16:01 left in the half, forcing a turnover and taking it to the hole, 12-8.
- An 8-0 run by the Cougars pushed their lead to 20-8 with 12:17 remaining.
- After a Lott made jumper (11:36), MVNU scored eight straight to take a 28-12 lead.
- The Cougars maintained a double-digit lead for the remainder of the half, heading into intermission with a 12-point lead, 47-35.
- The Seahawks went on an 8-2 run to close out the first half.
Mount Vernon Nazarene 82, Keiser 77
- The Seahawks brought the deficit to single digits with a made jumper by Quinton Glaspie (16:14).
- After MVNU took a 16-point lead, 63-47, on a 3-pointer by Clay Hillard, the Seahawks went on a 19-6 run.
- The run was capped off by an "and-one" by Marko Radulovic with 6:06 left in the game (69-66).
- A trey by Shaquille Harris with 4:42 on the clock pulled KU within two, 71-69.
- A pair of made free-throw pushed the Cougar lead back to four, 73-69, with 4:25 left to play.
- The Seahawks pulled within two points, two more times before a jumper by Hillard gave the Cougars ad 77-73 lead with 1:55 remaining.
- KU spotted the Cougars but an offensive board by MVNU's Trace Ramsey resulted in a foul by Antwan Claxton which sent the Cougar's forward to the line for two shots. Converting both attempts, Ramsey put the Cougars up by six, 79-73.
- Unable to complete the comeback, KU fell, 82-77.
- With the loss, Keiser dropped to 5-7 on the year.
- With the loss, the Seahawks are now 0-1 all-time versus the Cougars.
- Keiser is now 84-28 all-time versus first-time opponents.
- The Seahawks drop to 5-2 all-time versus teams from Ohio.
- Four Seahawks scored in double-figures on Thursday (Antwan Claxton - 17; Shaquille Harris - 17; Quinton Glaspie - 12; Marko Radulovic - 10).
- It was the fifth straight game in which Claxton led the Seahawks in scoring.
- With the loss, Keiser dropped to 4-4 at home this season.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 44.4 percent from the floor (28-of-63) and were 8-of-20 (40.0 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Mount Vernon Nazarene shot 54.7 percent from the field (29-of-53) and converted just 37.5 percent (9-of-24) from downtown.
- Antwan Claxton scored a team-high 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting (3-of-4 from the free-throw line).
- Shaquille Harris also scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 4-of-4 from 3-point range.
- Quinton Glaspie added 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor and 4-of-4 shooting from the charity stripe.
- Marko Radulovic (10) went 3-of-10 from the floor and was 3-of-3 from the free-throw line.
- Claxton led the Seahawks in rebounding with seven.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (N/A); Mount Vernon Nazarene (18)
Keiser
Mount Vernon Nazarene
- Points: Two players (25)
- Rebounds: Kyle Kegley (15)
- Assists: Kade Ruegsegger (6)
The Seahawks will take on Taylor (Ind.) in a neutral-site game in Babson Park, Florida, on Tuesday, December 21. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
