Score: Keiser Seahawks 92, Fort Lauderdale Eagles 48
Records: Keiser (4-1, 0-1 SUN), Fort Lauderdale (1-4)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Keiser Starters: Elliana Schaefer (G),
Mahiro Oyama (G),
Elise Ellison (F),
Avrie Schmidt (G),
Jade Simpson (F)
Fort Lauderdale Starters: Samiya Morris (G), Nina Solomon (G), Kindal Glanton (G), Maiya Petit (G), Brinyia Rolax (C)
The Keiser women's basketball team jolted Fort Lauderdale tonight with a commanding 44-point win over the Eagles. The Seahawks' dominant victory marks their second consecutive 44-point triumph against the Eagles at home, the previous one occurring in the season opener on October 27. Keiser was led by senior forward Elise Ellison, who notched her 23rd career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
The Seahawks will return to action this Saturday against Warner in Sun Conference play, with tip-off set for 5:00 p.m.
In the third quarter, Keiser's 11-point run featured three three-pointers from
Aly Avrach, with the last coming at 5:43.
Fort Lauderdale 6, Keiser 19
- The Seahawks opened with a six-point run to take an early lead over the Eagles
- Keiser followed with another run, scoring eight points, including six from junior Jasmyn Hale
- Two free throws and two layups by the Eagles highlighted the opponent's scoring
- With one minute remaining in the first quarter, Aly Avrach made a layup assisted by Jade Simpson
Fort Lauderdale 17, Keiser 44
- Back-to-back threes from Elliana Schaefer opened the second quarter with 8:14 on the clock
- Elise Ellison followed with two layups to extend Keiser's lead to 29-6
- A three-pointer by the Eagles' Kindal Glanton added three points for Fort Lauderdale
- With 20 seconds remaining before halftime, Aly Avrach scored a layup assisted by Mahiro Oyama
- The Seahawks led by 27 at halftime
Keiser 69, Fort Lauderdale 37
Keiser 92, Fort Lauderdale 48
- Keiser got the scoring started two minutes in with a layup from Jade Simpson
- Elliana Schaefer's hot shooting continued as she hit another three-pointer with 7:47 on the clock, assisted by Caidyn Cannon
- After a jumper from Fort Lauderdale, the Eagles called a 30-second timeout
- Caidyn Cannon scored her first points of the night with a layup at 6:09 off an offensive rebound
- With 1:50 remaining, Amalia Vamvakitis come up with a layup for the final points of the game
- The Seahawks are now 4-1 at home this season, dominating the Eagles by 44 points tonight
- Keiser now holds a 3-0 record at home against Fort Lauderdale
- This marks the second consecutive game against the Eagles in which the Seahawks won by 44 points
- Elise Ellison scored 24 points in tonight's victory
- The senior from Lexington, Ky., recorded her 18th career double-double (24 points, 10 rebounds)
- She is now third all-time for career double-doubles
- Elliana Schaefer recorded 15 points tonight, going 5-for-7 from beyond the arc, shooting 71.4%
- She led Keiser in assists with eight
- The Seahawks went 9-for-22 from three-point range, shooting 49%
- Aly Avrach had a season-high performance, scoring 14 points, including three from outside the arc
- Five Seahawks recorded 10 or more points in this evening's victory
- The Seahawks' bench contributed 33 points
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (46)
The Seahawks will continue their eight-game home stand with Warner this weekend on Saturday, November 23rd. Tip-off is set for 5:00PM.
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