The Keiser women's basketball team (15-7, 6-4 SUN) hosts the Florida Memorial Lions (10-6, 6-2 SUN) in Sun Conference action on Thursday, January 27. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 5:30 p.m.
Keiser Seahawks (15-7, 6-4 SUN) vs.
Florida Memorial Lions (10-2, 6-2 SUN)
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 5:30 PM
Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
WATCH: The Sun Digital Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
ADMISSION: General Admission $8 / Students, Faculty, and Staff Free
- Thursday will mark the 34th meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Lions with Keiser holding an 18-15 edge in the series history.
- The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a 73-66 win for the Lions on November 20, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- In that contest, FMU went on a 14-0 run to close out the game and hand the Seahawks the 73-66 loss.
- The Seahawks have won three of the last five meeting with FMU.
- Thursday will be the 18th meeting all-time between the two teams in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the Seahawks owning a 12-5 mark in those contests.
- The Seahawks are averaging 68.79 points per game versus the Lions all-time.
- Keiser is looking to improve to 16-7 (7-4 SUN) on the year with a win on Thursday.
- The Seahawks are coming off an 87-54 win over Thomas on Saturday, January 22.
- KU currently sits fourth in the Sun Conference Standings.
- The Seahawks have won two straight and own an 11-3 mark at home this season.
- Angela Denis is coming off her fourth double-double of the season where she poured in a game-best 19 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds.
- Kaitlyn Fertig was named this week's Sun Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week (January 24), averaging 23.0 points per game, including a career-high 29 points in the team's 66-63 win over Coastal Georgia.
- Fertig is 33 points shy of scoring 1,000 for her college career (758 at Chatham University - NCAA DIII; 209 at Keiser - NAIA).
- KU is now averaging 69.6 points per game with an average margin of victory of +11.5 this season.
- The Seahawks are averaging 46.6 rebounds per game (No. 10 in the nation) and 17.6 offensive boards per contest (No. 8 in the nation).
- KU owns an average rebounding margin of +11.8 (No. 9 in the nation).
- Florida Memorial enters Thursday's game with a 10-6 record (6-2 SUN), coming off an 83-69 win versus St. Thomas on Saturday, January 22.
| Keiser |
2021-22 Stats |
Florida Memorial |
| 69.6 ppg |
Scoring |
74.7 ppg |
| .405 |
FG% |
.397 |
| .340 |
3PT% |
.300 |
| .652 |
FT% |
.641 |
| 46.6 rpg |
Rebounding |
44.1 rpg |
| 17.3 apg |
Assists |
14.3 apg |
| 10.9 spg |
Steals |
14.1 spg |
| 3.6 bpg |
Blocks |
3.4 bpg |
|
Leaders |
|
| Elise Ellison-Coons (11.0 ppg) |
Scoring |
Chantel Barnett (13.4 ppg) |
| Elise Ellison-Coons (.497) |
FG% |
Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (.525) |
| Chiara De Virgilio (.436) |
3PT% |
Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (.500) |
| Elise Ellison-Coons (.773) |
FT% |
Chantel Barnett (.784) |
| Two players (8.2 rpg) |
Rebounding |
Monique Esbrand (6.3 rpg) |
| Shykim Gillion (83) |
Assists |
Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (42) |
| Two players (35) |
Steals |
Chantel Barnett (40) |
| Angela Denis (31) |
Blocks |
Natalia Leguizamon (13) |
