Score: Florida Memorial 79, Keiser 63
Records: Keiser (13-10, 4-7 SUN), Florida Memorial (15-5, 9-1 SUN)
Location: FMU Wellness Center, Miami Gardens, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Julia Fitzwater(G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Andressa Nascimento (F).
Florida Memorial Starters: Nyah Johnson (G), Jasmine Worthy (F), Tianna Ayulo (G), Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (G), Chantel Barnett (G).
The Keiser women's basketball team suffered a 79-63 loss at the Florida Memorial Lions on Thursday night. A run by the Lion late in the third quarter led to the Seahawk's fourth loss in their last five outings.
Kennedy Schlabach led all Seahawks with 20 points - her second straight game of 20-or-more points and her third in the last four outings.
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Julia Fitzwater 3-pointer with 3:47 left in the third gave Keiser a 50-49 lead. However, the Lions went on a 10-0 run to close out third and never look back.
Florida Memorial 26, Keiser 22
- FMU's Nyah Johnson scored the first bucket of the game with a layup to take a 2-0 lead (9:16).
- Julia Fitzwater hit back-to-back 3-pointers as Keiser took a 6-2 lead (8:29).
- After a made jumper by the Lions, Shykim Gillion converted the "And-1" for the 9-4 lead with 7:21 left in the first.
- Kennedy Schlabach extended the Seahawk's lead to 11-4 with 6:48 on the game clock.
- A 5-0 run by the Lions cut the KU lead to 11-9 with 5:05 remaining in the first.
- Schlabach drew the foul after a made layup at the 4:52 mark, 13-9.
- After the media time out, Schlabach made it 14-9 with the made free-throw.
- FMU tied the game, 14-14, with a 3-pointer by Tianna Ayulo (3:58).
- A Taylor Jones layup at the 3:33 mark, gave KU a 16-14 lead.
- The Lions took a 17-16 lead following a 3-pointer by Quameerah Peterson-Gray (3:17).
- Down by four, Gillion made a pair of free throws to pull Keiser within two, 20-18 (1:51).
- The Lions jumped back out to a five-point lead but a jumper by Elliana Schaefer cut it to a three-point deficit (23-20) with 45 second remaining.
Florida Memorial 45, Keiser 38
- Andressa Nascimento got the scoring started in the second with a made layup at the 9:34 mark (26-24).
- Peterson-Gray pushed the Lions lead to 29-24 with made 3-pointer (9:18).
- KU responded as Schlabach hit a shot from downtown with 8:57 left in the half, 29-27.
- Janiece Thomas brought the Seahawks within two with a made layup, 31-29 (7:53).
- After an FMU 3-pointer, Schaefer made her first 3-pointer of the contest to make it a 34-32 game (5:32).
- Schaefer tied the game with a layup, 34-34, with 4:59 on the game clock.
- FMU went on a 5-0 run to take a 39-34 lead.
- Elise Ellison-Coons got on the board with a bucket at the 2:01 mark (39-36).
- The Lions pushed their lead to 43-36 before Thomas scored her second bucket of the game, with 27 seconds on the game clock.
- FMU took a 45-38 lead into halftime after two made free throws by Ahmad.
Florida Memorial 59, Keiser 50
- Jasmine Worthy extended the FMU lead with a made layup (9:36), 47-38.
- With a 49-38 lead for the Lions, Gillion notched the first bucket of the half for the Seahawks, 49-40 (7:58).
- Schlabach connected on her second triple of the game to cut the FMU lead to 49-43 (7:08).
- Gillion extended the Seahawk's run to 7-0 with a layup (6:08), 49-45.
- Both Jones and Gillion went 1-of-2 from the line to push the Keiser run to 9-0.
- A 3-pointer by Fitzwater gave KU a 50-49 lead (3:47).
- The Lions used a 10-0 run to close out the third quarter, 59-50.
Florida Memorial 79, Keiser 63
- Ellison-Coons hit 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to cut the FMU lead, 51-59 (9:40).
- The Lions made it a 10-point lead with a jumper by Lameez Kahn (9:17).
- A Schaefer layup made it an eight-point game, 61-53 (8:52).
- With 8:33 remaining in the game, FMU took an 11-point lead with a 3-pointer by Barnett, 64-53.
- The FMU lead extended to 13 with a made basket by Ahmad (6:55).
- Ahmad capped off a 8-0 run for the Lions with a made layup at the 4:31 mark (70-53).
- Schlabach knocked down a 3-pointer with 4:14 on the game clock, 70-56.
- Schlabach hit another three, 72-60, with 2:20 left to play.
- The loss improves Keiser to 13-9 overall this season and 4-7 in Sun Conference action.
- With the loss, the Seahawks have now lost four of their last five in conference action.
- With the loss, the series history is now tied, 18-18..
- With the loss, Keiser has now lost four straight versus the Lions.
- The Seahawks are now 6-10 all-time versus the Lions in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- The Seahawks are now 18-17 all-time versus FMU in Sun Conference action.
- The Seahawks are now 4-6 in the last 10 meetings with the Lions.
- Keiser is now 2-4 in road conference games this season.
- Kennedy Schlabach scored 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting (5-of-10 from 3-point range).
- It marked the second straight game which Schlabach reached the 20-point plateau and the third in her last four outings.
- Shykim Gillion added 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting from the floor and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe.
- She also led the Seahawks with five assists.
- Elise Ellison-Coons led Keiser with six rebounds.
- Schlabach increased her league-leading total to 98.
- Schlabach is second in the conference in free-throw percentage (.861).
- The Seahawks were out-rebounded by the Lions, 42-34, including a 15-12 edge on the offensive glass.
- Ties: 3
- Lead Changes: 4
- Largest Lead: Keiser 7); Florida Memorial (19)
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Florida Memorial
- Points: Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (23)
- Rebounds: Three players (7)
- Assists: Aliyah-Deen Ahmad (10)
The Seahawks return home to host the St. Thomas Bobcats on Saturday, January 28. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 2:00 PM.
