{"id":19559,"date":"2013-03-06T18:52:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=19559"},"modified":"2013-03-06T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:52:44","slug":"fgcu-moves-on-after-asunmbb-quarterfinal-win-vs-unf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/03\/fgcu-moves-on-after-asunmbb-quarterfinal-win-vs-unf\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU Moves On After #ASunMBB Quarterfinal Win vs. UNF"},"content":{"rendered":"

FGCU Moves On After #ASunMBB Quarterfinal Win vs. UNF<\/p>\n

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FGCU at the podium post game, Coach Enfield, B.Thompson, C. Fieler and S. Brown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second-seeded FGCU Eagles advanced to the 2013 General Shale Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball Championship Semifinals for the second-straight year with a 73-63 victory vs. No. 7 North Florida in the opening quarterfinal game.<\/p>\n

Second-Team All-Conference member, Chase Fieler led the Eagles in both points (22) and rebounds (9), while teammate Bernard Thompson, the A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year, added 18 points with three steals.<\/p>\n

The Eagles stretched their lead to as large as 12 points with two minutes remaining in the second half. The A-Sun Player of the Year, Sherwood Brown finished the quarterfinal with 14 points and seven rebounds. The win moves the Eagles to 22-10 on the season, which increased the Eagles’ Division I record for victories.<\/p>\n

UNF’s Parker Smith, a first-team all-conference selection, led all scorers with 29 points as the senior sharp-shooter hit 7-of-9 three pointers. Smith scored 13 of his points in the first half, while adding 16 in the second stanza with five trifectas. The senior ends his season with 117 three-pointers; the most in conference single-season history. His 303 career three-pointers are second-most in league history.<\/p>\n

Travis Wallace was best on the Ospreys for rebounds with eight, while Will Wilson dished out six assists to tie FGCU’s Brett Comer for the game-high. The Ospreys finish the season with a 13-19 record.<\/p>\n

The Eagles will now face the winner of the Stetson – ETSU contest, which will be played on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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