Score: Keiser Seahawks 60, Coastal Georgia Mariners 59
Records: Keiser (11-7, 3-1 SUN), Coastal Georgia (6-9, 1-3 SUN)
Location: Coffin Gym - Brunswick, Ga.
Keiser Starters: Mimmi Hahne (G),
Zariah Jenkins (F),
Julia Fitzwater (G),
Elise Ellison (F),
Elliana Schaefer (G).
Coastal Georgia Starters: Andranique Voorhies (F), Jasmin Worsley (G), Morgon Webb (G), Sonia Forney (F), Kelsey Leedle (F).
Trailing by one with four seconds left in the game, forward
Kyra Long hit the game-winning, buzzer-beater to give Keiser the 60-59 victory over the Coastal Georgia Mariners on Wednesday night.
The win marked the first conference road victory of the season for the Seahawks. Keiser was led by
Zariah Jenkins, who posted a career-high 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
Elliana Schaefer, who led the team with six assists, added 12 points in the road win.
Trailing by one with four seconds left in the game, forward
Kyra Long hit the game-winning, buzzer-beater to give Keiser the 60-59 victory.
Keiser 16, Coastal Georgia 16
- A jumper by Zariah Jenkins gave Keiser a 10-6 lead with 4:28 left in the first.
- CCGA tied the game at 16-16 with a layup by Madison Aguilera at the 1:18 mark.
- The Seahawks closed out the quarter shooting 53.3 percent from the floor.
Keiser 37, Coastal Georgia 29
- Elliana Schaefer opened the stanza with a 3-pointer to give Keiser a 19-16 lead (9:14).
- Keiser extended its run to 7-0 following 3-pointer by Julia Fitzwater (23-16 with 7:41 remaining).
- Mimmi Hahne gave the Seahawks a nine-point lead with a made jumper at the 4:18 mark (31-22).
Keiser 52, Coastal Georgia 45
- Back-to-back buckets by Hahne (9:23) and Schaefer (8:48) gave Keiser a 41-29 lead.
- The Mariners used a 5-0 run to cut the Keiser lead to 46-41 with 3:24 left in the third.
- A 3-pointer by Schaefer ended a drought of 3:02 to extend Keiser lead to 49-41.
Keiser 60, Coastal Georgia 59
- Neither team scored in the early part of the quarter until a pair of made free throws by CCGA's Aguilera at the 7:19 mark.
- Kyra Long scored the Seahawk's first points of the quarter, converting a pair of free throws with 5:09 left in the game, 54-47.
- The Mariners scored four straight points to pull within three, 54-51 (3:52).
- Elise Ellison scored four straight points to give Keiser a 58-53 lead with 2:11 left to play.
- Iesha Rhodin his a 3-pointer to pull CCGA within one, 58-57, with 1:20 on the game clock.
- The Mariners took their first lead (since 9:10 in the first) with a made jumper by Jasmin Worsley with four seconds left to play.
- After a Keiser timeout advanced the ball, Long hit the game-winning shot as time expired to give Keiser the win.
- With the win, Keiser moves to 11-7 on the season (3-1 SUN).
- With the win, the Seahawks improve to 8-8 all-time versus the Mariners.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 3-6 all-time versus CCGA at Coffin Gym.
- Keiser has now won seven of the last eight versus the Mariners.
- Making the first start her Keiser career, Zariah Jenkins led the team with a career-high 18 points.
- Also scoring in double-figures was Elliana Schaefer, who added 12 points.
- Schaefer led the team with six assists.
- Elise Ellison grabbed a team-best eight rebounds in the contest.
- The win was the first conference road victory of the season for the Seahawks.
- Keiser improves to 3-3 in road games this season.
- With the win, Head Coach Pam Oswald improves to 129 career wins at Keiser.
- Ties: 4
- Lead Changes: 3
- Largest Lead: Keiser (12); Coastal Georgia (2)
The Seahawks will travel to Lake Wales, Florida, to take on the Warner Royals. Tipoff is set for 2:00 PM.
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