North Miami, Fla. – Kahlil Ozuna notches 6
th double-double of the year and ranks NAIA D-II 19
th in total rebounds.
Melton Sanders puts up 9
th game of the season with 20 points or more while ranking NAIA D-II 23
rd in overall scoring.
The Royals offense was singing from the get go as they took a 19 point lead following the 1
st half. Kahlil Ozuna and
Denzell Osson combined for a heavy 1
st half work load as Ozuna had 11 points and 7 rebounds and 1 block, Osson had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals. The Royals held the Wildcats to just 25 points in the first half.
The 2
nd half tilted towards the Wildcats as they doubled their 1
st half points outscoring the Royals 52-45.
Melton Sanders heated up for the Royals in the 2
nd half and threw up 17 points and 4 rebounds. Kahlil Ozuna finished out his 6
th double-double of the year with 2
nd half totals of 10 points and 5 rebounds. The Royals took the game with a final score of 89-77.
Warner improves to a (13-6) (TSC 5-3) which sits them in a Sun Conference 4
th place. With 10 TSC game remaining on the schedule, the Royals trail 3 top-25 teams in the very powerful Sun Conference. (14) St. Thomas (Fla.), (#15) Southeastern that fell to St. Thomas last night and (25) Kesier. Warner was just 7 points shy of cracking the top-25 in the last poll so they trail just shy of Keiser for that ranking. Which leads to this Saturday's matchup, the (RV) Royals will welcome the visiting #25 Seahawks in the matchup of the 25
th and 26
th teams in the country.
(25) Keiser enters on a 4 game hot streak. The Royals are 9-2 at home while the Seahawks travel for just the 3
rd time this year falling both times on the road previously. Tomorrow's game will take place at 4:00 p.m. at Warner University in the TAC.