Box Score

Ave Maria AMU 16-11

Keiser KUW 18-12

Ave Maria AMU

16-11

Final

Feb. 22, 2022

Keiser KUW

18-12

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Ave Maria AMU	4	16	8	20	48
Keiser KUW	17	3	8	16	44

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/22/2022 7:48:00 PM

Women's Basketball Falls to Ave Maria in SUN Quarterfinals

Score: Ave Maria 48, Keiser 44
Records: Keiser (18-12), Ave Maria (16-11)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G), Chiara De Virgilio (G), Andressa Nascimento (F), Kaitlyn Fertig (F), Angela Denis (C).
Ave Maria Starters: Gianna Santacroce (F), Lavariah Armstead (G), Casey Humphrey (G), Colleen Shanahan (F), Emily Rapacz (F)

The Keiser women's basketball's season ended on Tuesday with a 48-44 loss to the Ave Maria Gyrenes in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

With the loss, KU ended the year with an 18-12 overall record, finishing fourth in the Sun Conference Standings.

Trailing by one, 45-44, Shykim Gillion grabbed an offensive rebound off of her own miss. A strong defensive play by Lavariah Armstead forced a Seahawk turnover resulting in a foul and two shots for the Gyrenes at the free-throw line. Armstead made both shots, pushing AMU lead to three, 47-44 with 1:19 left in the game.

Keiser 17, Ave Maria 4

Shykim Gillion scored the first bucket of the game to give the Seahawks a 2-0 lead with 9:00 remaining in the quarter.
The Seahawks used a 15-4 run to close out the first.

Keiser 20, Ave Maria 20

AMU used a 9-0 run to pull within four, 17-13, with 5:38 on the game clock.
Angela Denis made it a four-point game, 20-16, with a bucket in he paint (2:44).
The Gyrenes went on a 4-0 run to tied the game, heading in to halftime, 20-20.

Keiser 28, Ave Maria 28

Neither team could find their rhythm as each team netted eight points in the quarter.

Ave Maria 48, Keiser 44

The Gyrenes jumped out toa 34-28 lead with 6:34 left to play.
A 3-pointer Gillion (4:33) and layup by Denis (3:43) brought the Seahawks to within one, 39-38.
AMU pushed its lead to 45-38 following a Monica Behrend 3-pointer with 3:06 left in the game.
A triple by Fertig cut the Ave Maria lead to 45-44 with 2:22 on the clock.
Trailing by one, 45-44, Shykim Gillion grabbed an offensive rebound off of her own miss (1:22).
A strong defensive play by Lavariah Armstead forced a Seahawk turnover resulting in a foul and two shots for the Gyrenes at the free-throw line with 1:19 left to play.
Armstead made both free throws, 47-44.

With the loss, Keiser ends the 2021-22 season with an 18-12 (8-8 SUN) record.
With the loss, Keiser drops to 13-6 away at the Student Life Center this season.
With the loss, Keiser falls to 17-16 all-time against versus the Gyrenes.
With the loss, Keiser drops to 8-7 all-time versus the Gyrenes in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Chiara De Virgilio scored a team-high 10 points and grabbed a team-best eight rebounds..
Andressa Nascimento added nine points followed by Shykim Gillion and Kaitlyn Fertig with eight apiece.
Fertig led KU with seven assists.
On the glass,the Seahawks out-rebounded the Gyrenes, 44-43.
Overall, KU shot 25.0 percent from the field and was 3-of-6 from the line (50.0 percent).

Ties: 3
Lead Changes: 1
Largest Lead: Keiser (13); Ave Maria (7)