Final Score: No. 9 Keiser Seahawks 87, Florida Memorial Lions 52
Records: No. 9 Keiser (23-3, 13-2 SUN), Florida Memorial (18-10, 10-6 SUN)
Location: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Jonathan Paul (F), Jackson Slater (G), Jackson Kennedy (G), Camerin James (F), Nadir Myers (G)
Florida Memorial Starters: Devin Carter (G), Jeffery Selden (F), Sehmaj Mentor (G), Cameron Noel (G), Morgan Brewer (F)

No. 9 Keiser men's basketball capped Senior Night in dominant fashion, rolling past Florida Memorial 87-52 on Wednesday evening in West Palm Beach, improving to 23-3 overall and 13-2 in Sun Conference play. The victory kept the Seahawks tied atop the Sun Conference standings and improved their home record to 15-1 on the season. With a win Saturday at Coastal Georgia, Keiser would clinch the top spot in the conference standings and earn the right to host the Sun Conference Tournament.

Before tip-off, the program honored seniors Jackson Slater, Jackson Kennedy and Jonathan Paul for all of their contributions to the program.

The night's first highlight came early as on his very first basket of the game, Camerin James reached 1,000 career points, becoming the latest Seahawk to achieve the milestone. 

Keiser got off to a fast start as Nadir Myers drained a three-pointer early to push the lead to 5-0, and James capped a quick 7-0 run with his milestone layup. The Lions clawed back behind a physical effort from Jeffery Selden, who scored eight points in the first half. Kennedy punctuated the half with back-to-back dunks in the 11th minute to keep Keiser ahead, and James added a pair of free throws in the closing minutes to push the Seahawk advantage to six at the break.

The second half was all Keiser. The Seahawks outscored the Lions 60-31 to turn a competitive game into a rout. Myers opened the second half with a jumper to push the lead to eight, and the floodgates quickly opened. James was simply unstoppable, rattling off two fast-break dunks in a stunning 90-second stretch to blow the game open. Jaylen Lee was equally electric off the bench, recording multiple steals and converting them into easy finishes. Myers added three second-half triples to cap a 16-point night on 4-of-6 shooting from deep. Cameron Baldwin provided a massive lift off the bench, throwing down two dunks and finishing with eight points and eight rebounds. Keiser's largest lead of the game ballooned to 37 points with just over two minutes remaining.

Keiser hits the road for their final game of the regular season when they travel to play Coastal Georgia in Brunswick. Tipoff from Coffin Gym is set for 4:00 p.m.

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• Keiser improves to 23-3 overall and 13-2 in Sun Conference play, remaining tied atop the standings
• The Seahawks are 15-1 at home this season
• A win Saturday at Coastal Georgia would clinch the outright Sun Conference regular-season title and the right to host the Sun Conference Tournament
• James scored his 1,000th career point on his first basket of the game
• He finished with a game-high 23 points and filled the stat sheet with three rebounds, four steals and two blocks
• Myers added 16 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting
• Lee contributed 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four steals off the bench
• Mathew Shea's nine rebounds are the most in a game in his Keiser career
• Slater dished out a team-high eight assists to go with two steals
• Keiser's bench outscored Florida Memorial's bench 36-13
• The Seahawks shot 56.4% from the field (31-55) and 84.0% from the free throw line (21-25)
• Keiser recorded 16 steals and held Florida Memorial to 32.1% shooting from the field, a season low for the Lions
• The 52 points allowed are the second-fewest all season for KU and the lowest amount scored by FMU this season
• Keiser has now won six games this season by 30 or more points
• The Seahawks dominated the paint 50-22 and scored 14 fast-break points to Florida Memorial's 4

 

• Ties: 0
• Lead Changes: 0
• Largest Lead: Keiser (37); Florida Memorial (0)

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