The Keiser women's basketball team (18-11, 8-8 SUN) hosts the Ave Maria Gyrenes (15-11, 8-8 SUN) in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Sun Conference Women's Basketball Championship on Tuesday, February 22. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 5:30 p.m.
SUN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
Keiser Seahawks (18-11, 8-8 SUN) vs
Ave Maria Gyrenes (15-11, 8-8 SUN)
Tuesday, February 22, 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
- Tuesday will mark the 33rd meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Gyrenes with Keiser holding a 17-15 edge in the series history.
- The last meeting between the two teams resulted in an 60-59 win for the Gyrenes on February 19, 2022, in Ave Maria, Florida.
- In that contest, the Seahawks had a drought of 3:13 to close out the game, falling by one point, 60-59.
- Tuesday will be the fourth time these two teams have met in the Sun Conference Women's Tournament with Ave Maria owning a 3-0 mark in the series history.
- Keiser has won four of the last six meetings between the two schools.
- The series is tied 7-7 between the two schools in West Palm Beach, Fla.
- The Seahawks are averaging 61.78 points per game versus the Gyrenes all-time.
- The winner of this game will take on the No. 1-seeded Southeastern Fire in the Sun Conference Semifinals on Friday, February 25.
- Keiser is looking to improve to 19-11 on the year with a win on Tuesday.
- KU is 3-4 all-time in SUN quarterfinal games.
- The Seahawks are looking for their second consecutive quarterfinals victory - KU defeated Coastal Georgia last season in the SUN quarters, 67-44.
- Tuesday will mark the Seahawks' fifth Sun Conference Tournament game hosted at the SLC (3-1 all-time).
- Angela Denis enters Thursday with 77 blocked shots during her KU career, ranking No. 3 all-time in the program's record books.
- KU is now averaging 68.5 points per game with an average margin of victory of +9.4 this season.
- The Seahawks are averaging 46.3 rebounds per game (No. 9 in the nation) and 17.2 offensive boards per contest (No. 8 in the nation).
- KU owns an average rebounding margin of +10.5 (No. 11 in the nation).
| Keiser |
2021-22 Stats |
Ave Maria |
| 68.5 ppg |
Scoring |
68.4 ppg |
| .395 |
FG% |
.385 |
| .334 |
3PT% |
.275 |
| .664 |
FT% |
.649 |
| 46.6 rpg |
Rebounding |
45.7 rpg |
| 17.0 apg |
Assists |
13.0 apg |
| 10.2 spg |
Steals |
9.7 spg |
| 3.7 bpg |
Blocks |
3.7 bpg |
|
Leaders |
|
| Shykim Gillion (9.6 ppg) |
Scoring |
Lavariah Armstead (12.9 ppg) |
| Angela Denis (.451) |
FG% |
Colleen Shanahan (.509) |
| Chiara De Virgilio (.402) |
3PT% |
Gianna Santacroce (.363) |
| Elliana Schaefer (.784) |
FT% |
Emily Rapacz (.694) |
| Angela Denis (8.6 rpg) |
Rebounding |
Colleen Shanahan (10.6 rpg) |
| Shykim Gillion (114) |
Assists |
Casey Humphrey (73) |
| Shykim Gillion (52) |
Steals |
Emily Rapacz (55) |
| Angela Denis (42) |
Blocks |
Colleen Shanahan (44) |
