Score: St. Thomas 82, Keiser 53
Records: Keiser (4-1, 0-1 SUN), (rv) St. Thomas (5-0, 2-0 SUN)
Location: Fernandez Family
Center, Miami Gardens, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Janiece Thomas (F),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Andressa Nascimento (F).
St. Thomas Starters: Kasey Gagan (G), Brooke Bogatz (G), Maya Moye (G), Connieya Bradford (F), Bria Brown (G).
The Keiser women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to the (rv) St. Thomas, 82-53, on Thursday night. The game was the first for the Seahawks after a 12-day layoff (due to Hurricane Nicole).
The Bobcats outscored the Seahawks in the first quarter, 24-7, as Keiser shot just .231 percent form the floor (3-of-13) in the first 10 minutes of action.
St. Thomas 24, Keiser 7
- The Bobcats opened the game with a 9-0 run over the first three minutes of the quarter.
- Elise Ellison-Coons scored the first bucket of the game for the Seahawks with a made jumper at the 6:41 mark.
- STU extended its lead to 14 following a layup by Paige McDonald with 4:08 left in the first.
- Kennedy Schlabach hit a three to cut the lead to 16-5 (3:48).
- The Bobcats closed out the quarter with an 8-2 run.
St. Thomas 38, Keiser 28
- STU made it a 20-point game, 30-10, following a layup by Mya Moye (6:30).
- A three-point play by Schlabach cut the Bobcat lead to, 32-15, with 5:47 remaining in the half.
- Elliana Schaefer hit a trey with 4:42 on the game clock to make it a 36-21 contest.
- Schaefer hit another jumper to cut it to a 36-23 game with 3:30 on the clock.
- A 5-2 run by the Seahawks cut the STU lead to 10 (38-28) heading into halftime.
St. Thomas 65, Keiser 44
- Shykim Gillion scored three points on an "and-1" to cut the Bobcat's lead to single-digits, 38-31 with 9:29 on the clock.
- STU pushed its lead back to double-digits following a layup by Kasey Gagan off a Keiser turnover (8:27).
- A jumper by Gillion at the 7:05 mark made it a seven-point game, 42-35.
- Schlabach went to the line and converted both attempts to pull within five, 42-37, with 6:10 left in the third.
- An 11-2 run by the Bobcats extended the St. Thomas lead to 53-39 (3:53).
- STU outscored KU, 12-5 in the fin four minutes of the quarter to take a 21-point lead into the final frame.
St. Thomas 82, Keiser 53
- STU opened the quarter on an 8-0 run.
- Schlabach (6:33) and Gillion (5:12) scored back-to-back buckets for the Seahawks followed by two made free throws by Taylor Jones (3:24).
- The Bobcats closed out the game on a 10-2 run to hand Keiser its first loss of the season.
- The loss moves Keiser to 4-1 on the season; 0-1 in Sun Conference action.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 10-25 all-time versus the Bobcats.
- The loss snaps a two-game winning streak versus STU.
- With the loss, the Seahawks move to 2-16 all-time versus STU in Miami Gardens.
- The Seahawks move to 1-1 on the road this season.
- Kennedy Schlabach led all Seahawks with a game-high 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting.
- Schlabach also led Keiser with six rebounds and five assists.
- Jessica Jenkins tied Schlabach for the team lead in rebounds with a career-high six boards.
- Also scoring in double-figures were Elliana Schaefer (12) and Shykim Gillion (10).
- Overall, KU shot 34.6 percent from the field and was 3-of-15 from 3-point range (20.0 percent).
- KU outrebounded STU, 38-37.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (0); St. Thomas (30)
Keiser
St. Thomas
- Points: Kasey Gagan (13)
- Rebounds: Marta Franco (7)
- Assists: Marta Franco (6)
Keiser returns home to host the Florida Memorial Lions on Saturday, November 19. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 5:00 p.m.
