Score: Keiser Seahawks 82, Fort Lauderdale Eagles 48
Records: Keiser (8-6), UFTL (1-13)
Location: Student Life Center,
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Mimmi Hahne (G),
Taylor Jones (F),
Julia Fitzwater (G),
Elise Ellison (F),
Elliana Schaefer (G).
Fort Lauderdale Starters: Esther Joseph (G), Alicia Loesch (F), Kouraje Johnson (G), Emily Bryan (F), Britney Carver (G).
The Keiser women's basketball team closed out the New Year's Classic and the 2023 calendar year with an 82-48 win over the Fort Lauderdale Eagles on Saturday afternoon.
Double-doubles by
Elise Ellison and
Taylor Jones highlighted the team performance as five Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring. Keiser produced 23 assists and forced 20 UFTL turnovers in the team's fourth largest margin of victory this season (34).
The Seahawks opened the game on a 7-0 run and never looked back.
Keiser 26, Fort Lauderdale 13
- The Seahawks opened the game on a 7-0 run (7:30).
- Keiser took its largest lead of the quarter (13 points) following a layup by Zariah Jenkins with 4:41 on the game clock.
- A 3-pointer by Elliana Schaefer kept the Keiser lead at 13 points, 24-11, with 1:17 left in the quarter.
- Elise Ellison hit the final bucket of the stanza with a layup (00:22) to give the Seahawks a 26-13 edge.
Keiser 45, Fort Lauderdale 21
- A 10-2 run to start the second, extended Keiser's lead to 36-15.
- A made jumper by Jenkins capped off a 9-2 run to put Keiser ahead 43-17 with 2:31 left in the half.
- The Eagles' Britney Carver hit a buzzer-beater as the Seahawks entered halftime up 45-21.
Keiser 65, Fort Lauderdale 35
- Schaefer hit back-to-back 3-pointers as Keiser led by 30 (51-21 - 8:20).
- A Mimmi Hahne steal and score with 4:51 left in the quarter, gave Keiser its largest lead of the game, 59-23.
- The Seahawks maintained a 30-point lead for the remainder of the quarter.
Keiser 82, Fort Lauderdale 48
- The Eagles attempted to cut into the Keiser lead, pulling within 22 (67-45) with 6:49 left in the game.
- Keiser closed out the game on a 15-3 run to earn the 34-point victory.
- With the win, Keiser moves to 8-6 on the season.
- Wit the win, the Seahawks improve to 2-0 all-time versus the Eagles.
- This season, Keiser has outscored Fort Lauderdale, 192-101, this season.
- For the second straight day, five Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring.
- Elliana Schaefer led all Seahawks with 14 points followed by Kyra Long (13).
- Mimmi Hahne (12), Elise Ellison (12), and Taylor Jones (10) rounded out the leading scorers.
- Keiser recorded 51 total rebounds in the game, led by Ellison and Jones, who each grabbed 10.
- It marked the sixth game of 50-or-more rebounds for the Seahawks this season.
- Both Ellison and Jones registered double-doubles in the game.
- For Ellison it was her sixth of the season while Saturday's was the first for Jones this year.
- Seven Seahawks recorded at least one assists in the game as Keiser produced 23 in the contest.
- Hahne led all Seahawks with four steals.
- Keiser recorded 11 steals in the game, resulting in 27 points for the Seahawks.
- With the win, the Seahawks improved to 6-2 at home this season.
- With the victory, Head Coach Pam Oswald improves to 126 career wins at Keiser.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (36); Fort Lauderdale (N/A)
Keiser begins Sun Conference play, hosting the Webber Int'l Warriors on Saturday, January 6. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 2:00 PM.
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