Score: Warner 81, Keiser 76
Records: Keiser (5-4, 0-3 SUN), Warner (4-4, 2-2 SUN)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Janiece Thomas (G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Andressa Nascimento (F).
Warner Starters: Chanelle McDonald (F), Megan Peterson (G), Jasmine Edwards (F), Tatiana Ortiz (G), Dianis Hurtado (G).
Hot shooting by the Warner Royals in the first half was too much to overcome as the Keiser women's basketball team fell, 81-76, on Thursday night. The Royals shot over 70 percent from the floor in the first half and pushed their lead to 25 midway through the third quarter. The Seahawks used a dominating fourth quarter to pull the contest to one possession in the final 35 second but their comeback fell short for the five-point loss.
Down three with seven second left in the contest,
Kennedy Schlabach's game-tying 3-point shot attempt was unseccessful as Warner rebounded the ball and hit two free throws to seal the win.
Warner 25, Keiser 15
- Andressa Nascimento got the scoring started with a 3-pointer at the 9:27 mark, giving Keiser a 3-0 lead.
- After back-to-back buckets gave the Royals a one-point lead (4-3), Nascimento drained her second bucket of the game to give KU a 5-4 lead with 7:45 on the clock.
- Warner made it a four-point game following a 3-pointer by Jasmine Edwards with 5:19 left in the first.
- Shykim Gillion pulled the Seahawks to within two, 11-9, after a made layup with 4:16 on the game clock.
- Back-to-back treys by Warner extended the Royal's lead to 17-9 (3:20).
- Warner closed out the first, pushing its lead to double-digits with a layup by Edwards as time expired, 25-15.
- The Royals finished the first shooting 11-of-15 from the floor (73.3 percent).
Warner 52, Keiser 32
- Elliana Schaefer cut the Royals lead to seven with a 3-pointer at the 8:30 mark (27-20).
- Warner used a 6-1 run to take a 33-21 lead with 5:58 left in the half.
- The Royals out-scored the Seahawks 13-5 over the next three minutes to take a 46-26 lead.
- WU maintained its lead 20-point lead, heading into the half up 52-32.
- Again the Royals shot a blistering 70.0 percent from the floor in the quarter (7-of-10).
Warner 72, Keiser 53
- The Seahawks spent most of the third trying to chip away at the Warner lead.
- However, a pair of made free throw by Audre'Anna Judie pushed the Royal's lead to 25, 65-40, with 5:01 remaining in the quarter.
- A 3-pointer by Nascimento brought the lead down to 20 (65-45) with 3:41 on the game clock.
- Julia Fitzwater hit a triple with 1:17 on the clock to cut the Warner lead to 70-53.
Warner 81, Keiser 76
- Kennedy Schlabach hit a 3-pointer with 9:45 left to play to cut the deficit to 72-56.
- She followed that up with a made jumper at the 8:52 mark, 72-58.
- Both of her baskets sparked a 9-0 run that made it a 10-point game (72-62) with 7:54 remaining.
- Taylor Jones cut it to a single-digit deficit, 75-66, with a made layup with 5:54 on the game clock.
- Trailing 79-68 with 2:49 on the clock, Keiser went on an 8-0 run to cut the Warner lead to 79-76 with 35 second on the clock.
- A game-tying, 3-point attempt by Schlabach was unable to drop with seven second left in the game.
- The rebound was collected by Warner with three second on the game clock.
- A pair of made free throws by Tatiana Ortiz sealed the victory for the Royals.
- The loss drops Keiser to 5-4 on the year (0-3 in Sun Conference action).
- The loss moves Keiser to 24-10 all-time versus the Royals.
- With the loss, the Seahawks have now won eight of the last 10 meetings.
- The Seahawks are now 14-3 all-time versus WU in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- The Seahawks are now 23-10 versus the Royals in Sun Conference action.
- Three Seahawks were tied for the team lead in scoring (Kennedy Schlabach, Janiece Thomas, and Shykim Gillion) with 13.
- Also scoring in double-figures were Andressa Nascimento (11) and Elise Ellison-Coons (10).
- Ellison-Coons led all Seahawks with 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.
- Schlabach notched a game-high eight assists.
- Overall, KU shot 28-of-66 from the floor (42.4 percent) and was 8-of-28 from 3-point range (28.6 percent).
- KU out-rebounded WU, 35-28, including a 18-3 edge on the offensive glass.
- It marked the fourth straight game in which the Seahawks out-rebounded their opponent and the eighth time this season.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 3
- Largest Lead: Keiser (3); Warner (25)
Keiser
Warner
- Points: Chanelle McDonald (13)
- Rebounds: Three players (5)
- Assists: Audre'Anna Judie (5)
The Seahawks will travel to Babson Park, Florida, to face the Webber International Warriors on Saturday, December 3. Game time is set for 2:00 PM.
