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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Brewton-Parker Lady Barons basketball program opened the Keiser Thanksgiving Classic on Tuesday afternoon with a challenge against the hosts Keiser (Fla.).

The Lady Barons (5-3) fell to the Seahawks (7-2) in a narrow 75-73 defeat. Keiser utilized a second-half surge to knock down Brewton-Parker.

Head Coach Steve Edwards gave his thoughts after the close game. "Keiser beat us today because we are not ready to win games late," Edwards said. "We have been poor from the free-throw line all season and we have not finished games well."

"We must be better defensively, and we have to find the right group that will get things done late in the game," Edwards added. "I take the responsibility of putting the right group on the floor in close games and we will get this figured out."

How It Happened

Early in the game, Keiser opened with the lead with Brewton-Parker answering with an equalizing shot. Both teams responded in an early back-and-forth to open the game. After a three-pointer, the Lady Barons controlled the scoreline with a 7-4 lead.

Throughout the quarter, Brewton-Parker slowly built up a lead that would eventually amount to double-digits with around two minutes left. With under two to play, the Lady Barons built a 13-point lead, but Keiser pulled it back to 10 just before the period ended. BPC led 21-11 after the first 10 minutes of action.

The Lady Barons continued to control the scoreline in the second quarter. Brewton-Parker quickly returned to a double-digit lead after the Seahawks opened with a three-pointer. Shortly after, Keiser began decreasing the deficit, but the Lady Barons responded by moving their lead to 12 with about seven minutes remaining.

Despite holding the lead, Brewton-Parker's advantage diminished quickly to just three points as the Seahawks surged in the final minutes. Brewton-Parker managed to hold on to the lead at the break with a 40-36 advantage over Keiser.

In the third quarter, Keiser followed two free throws from the Lady Barons with a 6-0 run to even the game at 42-42. Brewton-Parker answered quickly with an 8-0 run pulling out to an eight-point lead with four minutes to play. For the remainder of the quarter, both teams traded scoring opportunities, but the Barons held on to a six-point, 55-49 after three quarters.

Keiser began to quickly minimize the deficit until they captured the lead just two minutes into the fourth quarter. Both teams traded scores and lead changes for the next minute before the game was drawn to a 63-63 stale mate. The Seahawks built a four-point lead with four minutes to play but Brewton-Parker responded quickly with a three-point advantage.

Keiser flipped the score around yet again with back-to-back threes to recapture the lead with the Lady Barons continuing to answer by leveling the score at 73-73 with just 1:30 left to play. Unfortunately, Brewton-Parker struggled to produce anything offensively and were forced to foul to give the Seahawks a chance to take advantage. Keiser managed to gather a free throw on two separate trips to pull off the 75-73 win.

Inside The Statistics

As a team, Brewton-Parker shot for 35.7% (25-of-70) from the field, 37.5% (9-of-24) from distance, and 58.3% (14-of-24) from the charity stripe.

Micah Bess led the team in scoring with 14 points while Angel McRae and Madison Evans both notched 13 points apiece. McRae also completed a double-double performance with 13 boards on the afternoon.

Brewton-Parker outrebounded Keiser 43-38 on the afternoon as well as held the advantage in turnovers, 14-19.

Other Notables

The Lady Barons produced 23 points from the bench.

In addition, Brewton-Parker led with 17 points off the 19 turnovers from Keiser while also holding an 11-7 advantage in steals.

Next Up

Brewton-Parker will return to play tomorrow as they play Florida Memorial at 1 p.m. ET to close out their time at the Keiser Thanksgiving Classic.

Courtesy BPC Athletics.

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