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FMU player
Max Zilberberg
83
Winner Florida Memorial FMUW 3-2, 3-1
80
Keiser University KUW 0-4, 0-2
Winner
Florida Memorial FMUW
3-2, 3-1
83
Final
80
Keiser University KUW
0-4, 0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F
Florida Memorial FMUW 18 14 18 23 10 83
Keiser University KUW 21 18 17 17 7 80

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | J.T. Wilcox, Sports Information Director

Lions Rally Back, Take Down Keiser University 83-80 In Overtime

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Trailing by seven early in the fourth quarter on the road, Florida Memorial University's women's basketball team could've folded its proverbial tent and rolled over.
 
Instead, the Lady Lions showed resilience and mental fortitude – rallying back from the fourth quarter deficit and ultimately capturing a hard-fought 83-80 victory over host Keiser University Saturday afternoon in KU's Student Life Center.
 
After jumping out to a five-point lead through the first two minutes of overtime, FMU saw Keiser tie the game at 80 with 1:13 left in the extra period. With the game hanging in the balance, the Lions came up with two big defensive stops – forcing a pair of turnovers – while junior guard Unique Tate made two free throws (in four attempts) to give Florida Memorial an 82-80 lead.
 
Keiser did have a chance to either tie or go-ahead with 12 seconds left as Shykim Gillion drove to the basket, but saw her layup rim out. FMU's Jamari Tillman grabbed the rebound, took a foul, and all but iced the game as she sank one of her two free throws with two seconds remaining, sealing the 83-80 margin and denying the Seahawks their first win of the season.
 
The Lions, who will play an exhibition game at Florida Gulf Coast University this coming Wednesday (Nov. 25), were led by Keaynna Tolbert's game-high 29 points – extending her streak of games scoring at least 18 points to five – but had to play the entire overtime without the junior as she fouled out in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
 
Tillman picked up the slack and continued her own streak of games with 10 or more points, totaling 19 points (6-of-7 from the free throw line) and a game-high 7 steals. Chantel Barnett and Heather Durand each added 10 points while senior Anjelie Tirone tied for the game-high with 10 rebounds – playing in her first game back after missing the previous two for an undisclosed reason.
 
Florida Memorial (3-2, 3-1 The Sun Conference) methodically erased the Seahawks' lead through the fourth quarter – tying the game at 66 with just over two minutes left and even took a 71-68 lead with 1:33 left.
 
The game then became a free throw shooting contest. Keiser regained the lead (72-71) after it knocked down a pair of free throws, forced a Lions turnover, then sank another pair of free throws. Durand gave FMU the lead once again (73-72) when she calmly dropped a pair of free throws with 22 seconds left in the fourth.
 
Both teams actually had opportunities to win the game in regulation.
 
Keiser's chance came at the free throw line. The Seahawks drew a foul on FMU's Tolbert – her fifth and disqualifying foul – sending Gillion to the line. Gillion made the first, tying the game at 73, but missed the second. Florida Memorial called a timeout with 12 seconds left, but had its possession end before it could even attempt a shot – with Cheyanne Whitfield being called for traveling.
 
With six seconds left, the Seahawks threw up a desperation heave that fell well short – sending the game into overtime.
 
The Seahawks (0-4, 0-2) also had four players score in double digits Saturday, led by Emily Patton's 25 points. Patton, who has been a thorn in the Lady Lions' paw the past two years, was also a perfect 5-of-5 from the three-point line. Keiser's undoing was the 38 turnovers it committed.
 
Of those 38 turnovers, 12 came from steals generated by the full court press that Florida Memorial head coach Gregory Stanback used for long stints of Saturday's game.
 
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