Score: Ave Maria 59, Keiser 56
Records: Keiser (17-12), Ave Maria (18-11)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Julia Fitzwater(G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Elliana Schaefer (G).
Ave Maria Starters: Casey Humphrey (G), Emily Rapacz (G), Gianna Santacroce (G), Grace Field (F), Abbey Phibbs (G).
The Keiser women's basketball team suffered a 59-56 loss to the Ave Maria Gryenes on Tuesday night. With the loss, Keiser dropped to 17-12 on the season as was eliminated from the Sun Conference Tournament.
Taylor Jones led all Seahawks with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
Julia Fitzwater grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
The Gyrenes out-scored the Seahawks 16-8 in the fourth quarter to come away with the three-point win. Keiser held a five-point lead heading into the final frame but struggled from the field in the fourth, scoring just two points in 18 minutes of action.
Keiser 18, Ave Maria 9
- Elise Ellison-Coons got the scoring started with a made jumper at the 9:00.
- A 3-pointer by AMU's Casey Humphrey made it a 5-2 game in favor of the Gyrenes (8:04).
- The Seahawks used a 8-0 run capped off by a made jumper by Janiece Thomas to give KU a 10-5 lead with 4:04 on the game clock.
- Keiser closed out the quarter with a 6-0 run to take an 18-9 lead after one quarter of play.
Keiser 31, Ave Maria 24
- A layup by Kennedy Schlabach with 6:14 remaining in the half pushed Keiser's lead to 12 after a 6-0 run.
- The Gyrenes brought the Keiser lead down to six, with a 6-0 run.
- Back-to-back 3-pointers by Julia Fitzwater (4:03 and 4:03) extended the Seahawk's lead to 13 (their largest of the game).
- AMU closed out the half with a 6-0 run as Keiser maintained a seven-point lead heading into the break.
Keiser 48, Ave Maria 43
- Ellison-Coons opened the second half with a bucket at the 9:42 mark (33-24).
- AMU tied the game with a 3-pointer by Emily Rapacz, 38-38 (5:53).
- With 3:11 remaining in the third, Taylor Jones gave Keiser a 42-39 lead with made layup off an assist from Elliana Schaefer.
- After the Gyrenes cut it to a one-point game (42-41), the Seahawks out-scored the Gyrenes, 6-2, to take a six-game lead going into the final 10 minutes of action.
Ave Maria 59, Keiser 56
- The Gyrenes tied the game with a jumper by Grace Field, 48-48, with 8:11 on the game clock.
- AMU took its first lead since early in the first quarter on a layup by Rapacz (7:10).
- Ellison-Coons responded with a layup off a pass by Schlabach to tie the game, 50-50 (6:54).
- The Seahawks were held scoreless over the next six minutes as AMU took a seven-point lead, 57-50.
- A 3-pointer by Schlabach with 53 seconds left in the game, cut the Gyrene's lead, 57-53.
- After a layup by AMU's Field, Schaefer hit a 3-pointer with 00:04 on the game clock (59-56).
- The Seahawks had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer but were unable to get the shot off, falling 59-56.
- Keiser ends the season 17-12 overall.
- The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Seahawks.
- With the loss, Keiser moves to 3-6 all-time in the Sun Conference Quarterfinals.
- Keiser is now 3-3 in Sun Conference Tournament Game held at the SLC.
- With the loss, the series moves tied, 18-18.
- The Seahawks are now 8-9 all-time versus the Gyrenes in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- The Seahawks are now 0-5 all-time versus the Gyrenes in the Sun Conference Tournament.
- Over the last 10 contests, the series is tied, 5-5.
- Taylor Jones scored a game-high 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor.
- Also scoring in double-figures were Kennedy Schlabach (11) and Elise Ellison-Coons (10).
- Julia Fitzwater led all Seahawks with eight rebounds.
- Seven different Seahawks grabbed at least three boards in the game as KU out-rebounded the Gyrenes, 37-35.
- The Seahawks finished the night shooting 40.0 percent from the floor (20-of-50) and converted 5-of-17 from 3-point range.
- Keiser was 11-of-14 from the free-throw line.
- Ties: 5
- Lead Changes: 3
- Largest Lead: Keiser (13); Ave Maria (7)
Keiser
Ave Maria
- Points: Three players (14)
- Rebounds: Grace Field (16)
- Assists: Grace Field (6)
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