Score: Keiser 70, Thomas (Ga.) 59
Records: Keiser (13-9, 4-6 SUN), Thomas (Ga.) (1-17, 0-9 SUN)
Location: TU Gymnasium, Thomasville, Ga.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Julia Fitzwater(G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Andressa Nascimento (F).
Thomas (Ga.) Starters: Destiny Hill (G), Jade Studamire (G), Lenise Santiago (G), Sierra Bell (G), Dejah Wilson (G).
Led by
Julia Fitzwater's career-high 21 point, the Keiser women's basketball team cruised past the Thomas Night Hawks, 70-59, on Saturday afternoon. With two players scoring 20+ points (Fitzwater - 21,
Kennedy Schlabach - 20), the Seahawks went on a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead to the team's fourth conference victory of the season.
After trailing by two (43-41) after three quarters of action, the Seahawks used a 22-0 run to begin the fourth and put the game out of reach.
Thomas (Ga.) 20, Keiser 12
- Lenise Santiago gave the Night Hawks an early 3-0 lead with the game's first bucket at the 9:04 mark.
- Thomas (Ga.) extended their game-opening 8-0 run with Santiago's second 3-pointer (6:56).
- A layup by Santiago gave the Night Hawks a 10-0 lead after three minutes of action.
- Kennedy Schlabach notched the first bucket of the game for the Seahawks with a 3-pointer, 10-3.
- Thirty seconds later, Schlabach hit her second straight 3-pointer to make it 10-6 with 5:27 left in the first.
- The Night Hawks pushed their lead back to 10, 18-8, following a pair of made free throws by Jade Studamire (3:49).
- Elise Ellison-Coons made the final bucket of the quarter with a layup with 51 seconds remaining (20-12).
Keiser 26, Thomas (Ga.) 24
- A tip-in by Elliana Schaefer cut the Night Hawk's lead to 20-14 with 9:42 on the game clock.
- Sparked by Schaefer's tip-in, the Seahawks used an 8-2 run to pull within two points, 22-20, (5:58).
- After a jumper by TU's Santiago made it a 24-20 game, Schlabach nailed a shot from downtown to make it a one-point game with 2:33 remaining in the half.
- With 53 second left in the first half, Schlabach gave KU the lead with her fourth 3-pointer, 26-24.
Thomas (Ga.) 43, Keiser 41
- Julia Fitzwater extended Keiser's lead to 29-24 with her second 3-pointer of the game (9:30).
- Ellison-Coons hit a jumper with 6:54 to give the Seahawks a 34-31 lead (6:54).
- A 6-0 run by the Night Hawks gave Thomas a 37-34 lead with 4:23 on the game clock.
- Taylor Jones used an "And-1" situation to give Keiser a 41-40 lead (1:07).
- TU's Jade Studamire hit a 3-pointer to give the Night Hawk's a 43-41 lead after three quarters.
Keiser 70, Thomas (Ga.) 59
- Keiser put the game out of reach with a 22-0 run to start the fourth.
- During that run, the Seahawks shot 6-of-9 from the floor, 6-of-6 from the free-throw line and was 4-of-5 from beyond the arc.
- The run - that lasted 5:45 - saw Fitzwater score nine points, Schlabach post six, and Ellison-Coons add five.
- TU's Studamire hit a 3-pointer to end the run, making it a 63-46 game in favor of the Seahawks with 3:21 remaining.
- The Seahawks maintain their double-digit lead for the final three minutes to claim their fourth conference victory.
- The win improves Keiser to 13-9 overall this season and 4-6 in Sun Conference action.
- The win snaps a three-game losing skid for the Seahawks.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 14-7 all-time versus the Night Hawks.
- With the win, Keiser has now won seven of the team's last eight games versus TU.
- The win marks the Seahawk's third straight over the Night Hawks.
- The Seahawks are now 7-4 all-time versus the Night Hawks in Thomasville, Georgia.
- The Seahawks are now 14-6 all-time versus TU in Sun Conference action.
- Keiser is now 2-3 in road conference games this season.
- Julia Fitzwater scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the floor (6-of-14 from 3-point range).
- Kennedy Schlabach added 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting from the floor (5-of-11 from 3-point range).
- It marked the second time in the last three games in which two Seahawks reached the 20-point plateau in the same game.
- Janiece Thomas led all Seahawks with eight rebounds.
- Schlabach led Keiser with seven assists increasing her league-leading total to 94.
- Schlabach is second in the conference in free-throw percentage (.859).
- The Seahawks out-rebounded the Night Hawks, 44-32, including a 12-8 edge on the offensive glass.
- Ties: 2
- Lead Changes: 7
- Largest Lead: Keiser (20); Thomas (Ga.) (10)
Keiser
Thomas (Ga.)
- Points: Two players (18)
- Rebounds: Dejah Wilson (11)
- Assists: Destiny Hill (4)
The Seahawks travel to Miami Gardens, Florida, to take on the Florida Memorial Lions on Thursday, January 26. Tipoff is set for 5:30 PM.
