Score: No. 24 Southeastern 89, Keiser 57
Records: Keiser (9-9, 3-5 SUN), Southeastern (16-3, 7-1 SUN)
Location: The Furnace (Lakeland, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: Marko Radulovic (G),
Core'von Lott (G),
Antwan Claxton (F),
Antonio Spencer (C),
Shaquille Harris (F).
Southeastern Starters: Jordan Gorman (G), Riley Matticks (G), Riley Minix (F), Devon Ford (C), Sean Shore (G).
The Keiser men's basketball fell to the No. 24-ranked Southeastern Fire, 89-57, on Saturday evening from the Furnace in Lakeland, Florida.
Antwan Claxton led all Seahawks with 25 points versus the Fire.
The Fire used a 13-0 run to end the first half and take a 49-27 lead into halftime.
Southeastern 49, Keiser 27
- Antonio Spencer recorded the first bucket of the game with 19:36 on the clock to give KU a 2-0 lead.
- A layup by Antwan Claxton at 18:47 gave the Seahawks a 4-0 edge.
- The Fire used a 14-0 run to take a 14-4 lead with 14:25 left in the first half.
- A 3-pointer by Shaquille Harris with 13:12 on the clock cut the Fire lead to 14-8.
- An 8-0 run by SEU pushed the deficit to 22-8 (11:15).
- SEU's Jordan Gorman hit a 3-pointer to extend the fire lead to 32-17 with 7:03 on the clock.
- Keiser cut the deficit to nine following a pair of made free throw by Core'von Lott (3:55).
- The Fire used a 13-0 run to close out the half and take a 49-27 lead into halftime.
Southeastern 89, Keiser 57
- Claxton hit triple to start the scoring in the second half, 49-30, with 18:57 on the clock.
- Riley Minix hit a 3-pointer at the 16:01 mark to give the Fire a 27-point lead, 59-34
- Claxton converted consecutive layups to cut the deficit to 59-38 with 14:15 remaining in the game.
- A made jumper by Claxton at the 10:17 mark cut the Fire lead to 18, 65-47, with 11:15 left in the second.
- A 10-2 run by the Fire made the score 78-51, with 6:08 left to play.
- SEU out-scored the Seahawks 11-5 in the remaining six minutes of action to come away with the victory.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 9-9 (3-5 SUN) on the year.
- With the loss, the Seahawks drop to 22-8 all-time versus the Fire.
- The Seahawks are now 8-4 all-time versus the Fire at the Furnace.
- Antwan Claxton led the Seahawks with 25 points.
- The 20-point game was the third of the season for the native of the Bronx, New York.
- The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Seahawks over the Fire.
- The loss moves Keiser to 1-4 in road games and 3-4 (road and neutral) in games away from the Student Life Center during the 2021-22 season.
- The Seahawks ended the game, shooting 35.7 percent from the floor (20-of-56) and were 5-of-16 (31.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Southeastern shot 53.1 percent from the field (34-of-64) and converted 40.5 percent (17-of-42) from the 3-point range.
- Two Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring (Antwan Claxton - 25; Quinton Glaspie - 12).
- Antonio Spencer produced a team-high five rebounds.
- KU was out-rebounded by Southeastern, 41-29, including 11-9 on the offensive glass.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 1
- Largest Lead: Keiser (4); Southeastern (35)
Keiser
Southeastern
- Points: Jordan Gorman (26)
- Rebounds: Two players (5)
- Assists: Devon Ford (5)
The Seahawks will host the Coastal Georgia Mariners on Thursday, January 20. Game time from the Furnace is set for 7:30 p.m.
