The Keiser women's basketball team will begin postseason play on Friday, taking on the Ave Maria Gyrenes in the Sun Conference Semifinals. Tipoff from the Furnace in Lakeland, Florida, is set for 7:00 PM.

The winner of this game will go on to face the winner of the Southeastern/St. Thomas semifinal in the Sun Conference Championship Game scheduled for Saturday, March 2 (7:00 PM). 

Keiser comes into Friday's action having won four straight and six of the team's last seven outings. 
 

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No. 2 seed Keiser Seahawks (18-10) vs. No. 3 Ave Maria Gyrenes (20-9)
Friday, March 1 - 7:00 PM
The Furnace - Lakeland, Fla.

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• Friday will mark the 39th meeting all-time between Keiser and Ave Maria. 
• The series is tied a 19-19 all-time.
• The last meeting between the two teams resulted in an 80-63 loss for the Seahawks on February 10, 2024, in Ave Maria, Florida.
• In that contest, the Seahawks struggled from the field in the first half (21.9 percent) while the Gyrenes hit 17-of-29 (58.6 percent) in the first 20 minutes of action. 
• On the year, the teams split the season series.
• Friday's game will mark the first meeting between the two teams at a neutral site. 
• Keiser is 0-2 in neutral site games this season.
• The Seahawks are 0-5 all-time versus the Gyrenes in the Sun Conference Tournament.
• Friday will mark Keiser's eighth appearance in the SUN Semifinals.
• The Seahawks are averaging 68.76 points per game all-time versus the Gyrenes.

 

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• Keiser is making their 20th appearance in the Sun Conference Tournament.
• The Seahawks are 7-12 all-time in SUN postseason play.
• Keiser enters Thursday with an 18-10 overall record.
• The Seahawks finished the 2023-24 regular season with a 10-4 record in conference action and the No. 2 seed in the Sun Conference Tournament. 
• The 10 conference wins by the Seahawks are the most since the 2020-21 season (11-9).
• The Seahawks have won four straight in conference play and six of the last seven.
• The .714 conference winning percentage in conference play is the best under Coach Oswald and is the highest since the 2009-10 season (13-1; .928).
• The Seahawks are coming off a 69-67 win over Florida Memorial on Saturday, February 24.
• Elise Ellison led all Seahawks with 13 points.
• In all, five Seahawks reached double-figures in scoring, including Kyra Long (11), Elliana Schaefer (10), Julia Fitzwater (13), and Zariah Jenkins (10).
• With a team-high 10 rebounds, Fitzwater notched the second double-double of her Keiser career. 
• Keiser had four Seahawks earn All-Sun Conference honors this week.
• Elise Ellison (first team), Elliana Schaefer (first team), Mimmi Hahne (second team), and Taylor Jones (second team) were honored for their play this season.
• Schaefer ranks No. 5 in the conference in scoring (14.0 ppg)
• Schaefer ranks No. 2 in the conference in free-throw percentage. (.822)
• Ellison currently ranks No. 3 in the conference in rebounding (8.8 rpg).
• Ellison also leads the conference in shooting percentage (.557).
• Head Coach Pam Oswald enters Saturday with 136 career wins at Keiser.

 

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Keiser	2023-24 Stats	Ave Maria
76.3 ppg	Scoring	69.2 ppg
.412	FG%	.400
.295	3PT%	.357
.749	FT%	.675
43.9 rpg	Rebounding	42.7 rpg
16.0 apg	Assists	14.4 apg
7.8 spg	Steals	8.7 spg
3.1 bpg	Blocks	3.8 bpg
	Leaders
Elliana Schaefer (14.0 ppg)	Scoring	Ella Thompson (15.0 ppg)
Elise Ellison (.557)	FG%	Ella Thompson (.524)
Julia Fitzwater (.328)	3PT%	Maria Kuhlman (.429)
Elliana Schaefer (.822)	FT%	Maria Kuhlman (.875)
Elise Ellison (8.8 rpg)	Rebounding	Colleen Shanahan (7.0 rpg)
Elliana Schaefer (106)	Assists	Casey Humphrey (91)
Elliana Schaefer (48)	Steals	Casey Humphrey (48)
Kyra Long (24)	Blocks	Isabella Starzyk (24)

 
 

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