Score: No. 21 Keiser Seahawks 82, Thomas Night Hawks 56
Records: Keiser
(9-1), Thomas (Ga.) (6-6)
Location: TU Gymnasium - Thomasville, Ga.
Keiser Starters: Calvin Sirmans (G),
Tyreon Payne (G),
Cameron Stitt (F),
Loghan Downie (G),
Vincent Miszkiewicz (F)
Thomas Starters: Ja'Vian Baker (G), Joshua Robertson (G), Andre Lightbourne (F), Tyson Anderson (G), Jordan Howe (F)
Playing their first game with a ranking next to their name, No. 21 Keiser men's basketball was dominant on Saturday afternoon, defeating Thomas on the road, 82-56. The Seahawks were led by an unlikely pair as
Cameron Stitt and
Chris Roth tied for a team-leading 17 points each. Just behind them was
Calvin Sirmans, who tallied 12 points and led all players with six assists.
Vincent Miszkiewicz only played 22 minutes for KU but did record a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. On the defensive side of the ball, Keiser continues to put a stranglehold on opponents, holding the Night Hawks nearly 30 points below their season average and holding them to just 16 points in the first half.
Keiser will head back to West Palm Beach, Fla. for their first home game since November 26, when they face Hastings on Tuesday, December 17. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 4:00 p.m.
The Seahawks kicked off the game with a 12-0 run over the first four minutes. The lead would not drop below 10 points in the final 34 minutes of the game.
Keiser 40, Thomas 16
- Vincent Miszkiewicz opened the game with a layup fed by Loghan Downie before Miszkiewicz blocked a jumper on the other end
- The layup started a 12-0 run to begin the game with Thomas still scoreless until Tyson Anderson hit a pair of free throws with 16:33 on the clock
- Cameron Stitt got going from there with six of Keiser's next 15 points as the Seahawks extended their lead to 27-11
- Keiser would only allow five points for the remainder of the half, taking a 40-16 lead into the break
Keiser 82, Thomas 56
- Thomas had a better start to the second half, opening the half on an 8-5 run before Stitt drained a three to make it 48-24 with 15:12 left
- The Night Hawks began to creep back closer, but a three from Roth extended the lead back to 28 with just under 11 minutes left
- Keiser would put it into cruise control as another three from Roth would give Sirmans his sixth assist and put KU up by 28 with 6:35 to play
- The final six minutes would be a glorified shootaround for both sides with Keiser closing out another win
- The Seahawks move to 9-1 on the year
- Their record through 10 games is the best since the 2019-20 season when the Seahawks started 12-1
- Keiser improves to 4-0 on the road this season averaging 79.25 points per game
- Cameron Stitt and Chris Roth led the way for Keiser with 17 points each
- The two combined 12-of-13 from the floor and 7-of-8 from three-point range with Roth going a perfect 5-of-5 from distance
- The 13 total three-pointers made by KU marked a new season high for the squad
- Sirmans continues to distribute the ball with six assists on the day
- Miszkiewicz was able to take a backseat for most of the game but still managed 10 points and 10 rebounds
- Brady Canfield came into the game late for the Seahawks and scored the first five points of his varsity career
- Keiser outrebounded Thomas 46-34 on the day
- The wire-to-wire win was the first of the season for the Seahawks
- Ties: 0
- Lead Changes: 0
- Largest Lead: Keiser (30); Thomas (N/A)
Keiser will head back to West Palm Beach, Fla. for their first home game since November 26, when they face Hastings on Tuesday, December 17. Tipoff from the Student Life Center is set for 4:00 p.m.
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