Edward Waters College Athletics recently issued the following announcement.
The Edward Waters men's basketball squad's losing streak unfortunately grew to three after their 80-71 loss to rival Florida Memorial at the Keiser University Holiday Classic at the Countess de Hoernle Student Life Center.
Edward Waters (3-4) held on to a six point lead with 13:01 left in the first half but with basketball being the ultimate game of runs, Florida Memorial (5-4) went on an 11-2 run to take a 20-17 lead with 8:54 left, a lead they would not relinquish. The Lions lead grew to nine as they took a 35-26 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The second half was none to kind to the Purple & Orange either, as the Florids Memorial lead grew to 20 at 52-32 with 16:08 remaining in the contest. The Tigers fired back with a run of their own and cut the FMU lead down to a little as nine with 7:08 remaining. Florida Memorial was able to keep considerable distance from Edward Waters, sending the Tigers to their third consecutive loss.
The Tigers were outshot 42% to 37% from the floor and were outrebounded 47-42 in the contest. FMU scored 34 points in the paint to 30 for EWU and the Lions reserved thorougly out scored the Tigers' bench 36-5. Edward Waters did score 20 points off 12 Florida Memorial turnovers.
Elias Harden led all scorers on the night with 25 points on 9-of-21 shooting. Rounding out the Tigers' double digit scorers were Jordan Jackson with 19 and a season high 14 points from Jonathan Kayanga.
Edward Waters will close out Keiser Holiday Classic play on Wednesday against the host institution, (RV) Keiser University, at 7:30pm.
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