The Keiser women's basketball team host the Ave Maria Gyrenes in the Sun Conference Quarterfinals on Tuesday, February 21. Game time from the Student Life Center is set for 5:30 p.m.
This will mark the third meeting between KU and AMU this season with both teams claiming victories on their home courts. The winner will take on the No. 1-seeded Florida Memorial Lions in the Sun Conference Semifinals on Friday, February 24.
SUN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
Keiser Seahawks (17-11, 8-8 SUN) vs.
Ave Maria (17-11, 8-8 SUN)
Tuesday, February 21 - 5:30 PM
Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
WATCH: The Sun Digital Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
ADMISSION: General Admission $8 / Students, Faculty, and Staff Free
- Saturday marks the 36th meeting all-time between Keiser and Ave Maria.
- Keiser leads the all-time series history, 18-17.
- Both teams split the season series this year - each winning on their home courts.
- The last meeting between the two teams resulted a 43-39 win for the Seahawks on February 18, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- In that game, the Seahawks were led by Kennedy Schlabach who scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Sophomore Elise Ellison-Coons posted 15 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
- Tuesday will be the fifth time these two teams have met in the Sun Conference Women's Tournament with Ave Maria owning a 4-0 mark in the series history.
- The Seahawks are 8-8 all-time versus the Gyrenes in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- The Seahawks are averaging 60.43 points per game all-time versus the Gyrenes.
- Over the last 10 contests, the series is tied, 5-5.
- The winner of this game will take on the No. 1-seeded Florida Memorial Lions in the Sun Conference Semifinals on Friday, February 24.
- Keiser enters Saturday's contest with a 17-11 record.
- The Seahawks enter as the No. 4 seed in this year's Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.
- KU is 3-5 all-time in SUN quarterfinal games.
- Tuesday will mark the Seahawks' sixth Sun Conference Tournament game hosted at the SLC (3-2 all-time).
- The Seahawks enter Tuesday having won four straight.
- The Seahawks are coming off 43-39 win over the Ave Maria Gyrenes on Saturday, earning a spot in this year's SUN tourney.
- In that game, Kennedy Schlabach scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor.
- Also scoring in double-figures was Elise Ellison-Coons, who contributed 15 points.
- The native of Lexington, Kentucky, led the team with nine boards.
- Both Shykim Gillion and Julia Fitzwater grabbed seven rebounds apiece.
- Gillion also led the team in assists with six.
- With four 3-pointers made in the game, Schlabach increased her team-leading total to 82 this season - No. 2 in the Keiser single-season record books.
- Schlabach leads the conference in free-throw shooting percentage (.869).
- Entering Saturday, Schlabach ranks No. 7 in the conference in scoring (15.8 ppg).
- Elise Ellison-Coons currently ranks No. 6 in the SUN in rebounds per game (8.1).
- Schlabach leads in the conference in free-throw percentage (.869). She also is No. 2 in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (36.0), averaging a league-best 2.9 treys per game.
- The native of Berlin, Ohio, also ranks No. 2 in total assists (113), averaging 4.0 per game.
- Gillion, who leads the team in steals (62), ranks No. 4 in the conference in steals per contest (2.2).
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