Score: Keiser 66, Trinity Baptist 39
Records: Keiser (1-0), Trinity Baptist (0-1)
Location: Student Life
Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Julia Fitzwater (G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Andressa Nascimento (F).
Trinity Baptist Starters: Emma Parrish (G), Rachel Criscitello (G), Katia Bogun (F), Caroline Smith (F), Oceane Tabbak (C)
The Keiser women's basketball team opened the 2022-23 season with an impressive 66-39 win over the Trinity Baptist Eagles on Friday, October 28.
Three Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring, including
Elise Ellison-Coons, who registered her first double-double of the season (11 pts, 14 reb.). The Seahawks held a dominating 54-34 edge in rebounding (26-2 on the offensive glass).
An 8-0 run by the Seahawks late in the first quarter, highlighted by a pair of treys by
Julia Fitzwater.
Keiser 19, Trinity Baptist 10
- TBC took the first lead of game with a 3-pointer by Oceane Tabbak with 6:53 on the game clock.
- Keiser took the lead following four straight points by Elise Ellison-Coons.
- An 8-0 run by the Seahawks gave KU a 14-6 lead with 1:31 left in hte quarter after another Fitzwater trey.
- Andressa Nascimento hit the team's fifth triple of the quarter as time expired as KU took a 19-10 lead after one.
Keiser 32, Trinity Baptist 19
- Fitzwater extended the Keiser lead with a trey at the 9:22 mark, 22-10.
- Fitzwater gave the Seahawks their biggest lead (at the time) (+15) with a made jumper, 28-13 (6:22).
- A pair of made free throws by Taylor Jones with 46 seconds left in the half, gave Keiser a 32-17 lead.
- The Eagle's hit the final bucket of the half when Autumn Vineyard converted a fastbreak layup with 18 seconds on the game clock, 32-19.
Keiser 49, Trinity Baptist 28
- Ellison-Coons scored the first points of the half with a pair of made free throw, 34-19.
- After a mde jumper by TBC's Emma Parrish, Kennedy Schlabach hit her first 3-pointer as the Seahawk, giving KU a 37-23 lead.
- A made layup by Ellison-Coons followed by two made free throw by Jones made it a 41-26 game in favore of the Seahawks.
- Elliana Schaefer gave KU its then-biggest lead of the game with a made layup, 43-26.
- Back-to-back buckets by Jones pushed the lead to 21, 47-26, with 1:41 left in the third.
- Schaefer hit the final bucket of the quarter at the 1:00 mark, giving Keiser a 49-28 lead.
Keiser 66, Trinity Baptist 39
- Shykim Gillion extended the lead to 26 points with a made layup and a triple with 7:49 on the game clock.
- Janiece Thomas made it a 30-point game with back-to-back layups as the Seahawks led, 58-28, with 5:50 remaining in the contest.
- Baskets by Gillion and Thomas kept the lead at 30 (62-32) with 3:36 left in regulation.
- Schlabach converted a pair of free-throw attempts to make it a 64-36 game (1:09).
- Morgan Harper made the final buck of the contest, hitting a jumper with one second on the game clock, 66-39.
- The win moves Keiser to 1-0 on the season.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 11-6 all-time in home openers.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 1-0 at the Student Life Center this season.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 12-5 all-time in season-opening games.
- The Seahawks are now 7-0 all-time versus Trinity Baptist, including a 5-0 mark versus the Eagles at the SLC.
- Three players reached double-figures in scoring.
- Julia Fitzwater and Elise Ellison-Coons paced the Seahawks with 11 points each.
- Talyor Jones added 10 points.
- Ellison-Coons grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
- Kennedy Schlabach notched a game-high seven assists.
- Shykim Gillion posted a game-high five steals.
- The Seahawks out-rebounded the Eagles, 54-34, including a 26-2 edge on the offensive glass.
- The Seahawks forced 28 TBC turnovers resulting in 21 points for Keiser.
- Overall, KU shot 30.8 percent from the field and was 11-of-18 from the line (61.1 percent).
- Ties: 2
- Lead Changes: 1
- Largest Lead: Keiser (30); Trinity Baptist (3)
Keiser
Trinity Baptist
- Points: Emma Parrish (13)
- Rebounds: Katia Bogun (11)
- Assists: Three players (3)
Keiser hosts the Johnson (Fla.) Suns on Monday, October 31. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 5:30 p.m.
