Score: Keiser Seahawks 82, Webber International Warriors 48
Records: Keiser (9-6, 1-0 SUN), Webber Int'l (2-10, 0-1 SUN)
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).
Webber Int'l Starters: Samantha Pacheco (G), Triniti Lee (C), Janaina Goncalves (F), Kori Wimberly (F), Jermaisa Klopsis (G).
The Keiser women's basketball team recorded their first Sun Conference win of 2024 with a wire-to-wire victory against Webber International.
Six Seahawks scored in double-figures including a 19-point performance by
Julia Fitzwater.
Taylor Jones notched her second straight double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. The 98 points scored is the third-highest total this season for Keiser, which is leading the Sun Conference, averaging 82.9 points per game.
The Seahawks opened the game on a 9-0 run and kept control of the entire contest.
Keiser 30, Webber International 16
- The Seahawks controlled the game early on, jumping out to a 9-0 lead.
- Julia Fitzwater connected on jump shots on four straight possessions.
- Elliana Schaefer hit a three pointer to put Keiser up 30-16. (0:25).
Keiser 47, Webber International 24
- KU went on an efficient 14-0 run starting with 7:20 on the board.
- Webber finally broke the run with a jump shot with 1:46 on the clock.
- Mimmi Hahne sunk two free throws for the final points of the half.
Keiser 68, Webber International 53
- The two squads traded buckets back and forth, and a 14-7 WIU run cut the Keiser lead to 14 with 3:28 left in the quarter.
- A three-point play by Kayla Collins with 1:33 remaining in the quarter pushed the Seahawk's lead to 19 (64-45).
- KU maintained its double-digit lead for the rest of the quarter, 68-53.
Keiser 98, Webber International 79
- The Warriors pulled within 13 following a layup by Kori Wimberly (8:21).
- Keiser used a 9-3 run to regain a 19-point lead, 79-60, with 5:52 left to play.
- Five straight made free throws by the Seahawks late in the quarter pushed the advantage to 23 points (96-73).
- With the win, Keiser moves to 9-6 on the season (1-0 SUN).
- With the win, the Seahawks improve to 20-17 all-time versus the Warriors.
- The Seahawks have won three straight over the Warriors as well as four of the last five.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 11-7 all-time versus the Warriors at the Student Life Center.
- For the third straight game, Keiser had at least five Seahawks reach double-figures in scoring.
- Six Seahawks notched 10 or more points on Saturday led by Julia Fitzwater with 19.
- Mimmi Hahne added 18 while Elliana Schaefer and Taylor Jones netted 15 points each.
- Elise Ellison (13) and Kyra Long (10) rounded out the leading scorers.
- For the second straight game, Keiser had a rebounding margin greater than +15, holding rebounding edge of 17 in the contest.
- The Seahawks grabbed 45 boards and held a 34-17 advantage over WIU in defensive rebounds.
- Keiser tied its season high for free throws made, converting 31 on Saturday.
- With the win, the Seahawks improved to 7-2 at home this season.
- With the victory, Head Coach Pam Oswald improves to 127 career wins at Keiser.
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (25); Webber Int'l (N/A)
Keiser continue Sun Conference play, traveling to Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, January 10 to face Southeastern. Tipoff is set for 5:30 PM.
Get the latest information on the team by following
KUSeahawksWBB on Instagram and
KUSeahawksWBB on Twitter.
General athletic news can be found at
KUSeahawks on Facebook,
kuseahawks on Instagram, and
kuseahawks on Twitter.
