Score: Webber International 59, Keiser 53
Records: Keiser (16-9, 7-6 SUN), Webber International (17-4, 9-2 SUN
)
Location: Sabbagh Athletic Center, Babson Park, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Chiara De Virgilio (G),
Taylor Jones (F),
Kaitlyn Fertig (F),
Angela Denis (C).
Webber International Starters: Dasia Wandick (G), LeAndra Franklin (G), Jaida Burgess (G), Samantha Pacheco (G), Rushell Jacob (C)
The Keiser women's basketball team dropped a 59-53 decision at Webber International on Thursday evening.
Angela Denis and
Shykim Gillion combined for 24 points in the road loss.
A 13-2 by the Warriors to start the fourth quarter put the home team ahead by 19 with 3:08 left to play.
Webber International 13, Keiser 11
- Shykim Gillion drained a 3-pointer to give the Seahawks a 3-2 lead with 8:07 left in the quarter.
- Taylor Jones extended the Keiser lead to 5-2 following a made jumper at the 7:29 on the clock.
- The Warriors went on a 7-0 run to take a 9-5 lead with 5:20 on the clock.
- A pair of made free throws by Samantha Pacheco gave the Warriors a 13-7 advantage with 2:30 remaining.
- A 4-0 run by the Seahawks drew Keiser to within two, 13-11, to close out the quarter.
Keiser 29, Webber International 26
- Gillion tied the game, 13-13, with the quarter's first bucket at the 8:39 mark.
- Both team's exchanged buckets before De Virgilio gave the Seahawks a 17-15 lead with 7:05 left in the half.
- The game saw four ties over the next six minutes.
- Kaitlyn Fertig gave KU a 23-22 lead with a made free throw (1:35).
- Dasia Wandick gave WIU the lead, 24-23, with a made layup at the 1:14 mark.
- Julia Fitzwater responded for the Seahawks with a layup to give KU a 25-24 lead (1:03).
- KU maintained its lead to close out the half up, 29-26.
Keiser 40, Webber International 39
- After the lead exchanged hands twice in the first five minutes of the quarter, tow made free throws pushed KU's lead to three, 35-32, with 4:25 left in the quarter.
- WIU regained the lead, 39-37 with a layup by Pacheco with 2:22 on the clock.
- Denis gave the Seahawks a 40-39 lead with an "and-one" with 1:13 on the game clock.
Webber International 59, Keiser 53
- The Warriors used a 13-2 run to take a 10-point lead with 3:08 left in the game.
- A trey by Julia Fitzwater cut the Warrior lead to four, 57-53, with 00:34 remaining in the game.
- Amaya Small scored the final bucket of the game, with a layup with 19 second on the clock to give WIU a 59-53 lead.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 16-9 (7-6 SUN).
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 17-17 all-time against versus the Warriors.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 8-10 all-time in Babson Park, Florida.
- Kaitlyn Fertig scored five points on Saturday, moving the Pittsburgh native to just four points shy of 1,000th for her college career (758 at Chatham University - NCAA DIII; 238 at Keiser - NAIA).
- Two Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring led by Angela Denis with 13.
- Shykim Gillion chipped in 11.
- On the glass,the Seahawks out-rebounded Webber International, 43-42.
- Denis led the Seahawks with eight boards.
- Kaitlyn Fertig recorded a game-high six assists.
- Overall, KU shot 35.2 percent from the field and was 11-of-20 from the line (55.0 percent).
- Ties: 10
- Lead Changes: 12
- Largest Lead: Keiser (3); Webber International (10)
Keiser
Webber International
- Points: Jaida Burgess (13)
- Rebounds: Amaya Small (11)
- Assists: LeAndra Franklin (5)
Keiser hosts the Warner Royals on Saturday, February 5. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 2:00 p.m.
