{"id":34346,"date":"2015-01-03T11:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=34346"},"modified":"2015-01-03T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T16:29:06","slug":"fgcu-mbb-win-over-ave-maria-but-wasnt-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/01\/fgcu-mbb-win-over-ave-maria-but-wasnt-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU MBB Win Over Ave Maria, But Wasn’t Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"

By BILL LEVY<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"It wasn\u2019t easy, but the Florida Gulf Coast men\u2019s basketball team ended a three-game losing streak with a 49-36 victory over Ave Maria at the Alico Arena before a crowd of 4,071\u00a0on Friday\u00a0night. After trailing at halftime 13-12, the Eagles (10-5) outscored the Gyrenes 11 to 7 to open the second half and claim a 23-20 advantage. Ave Maria (7-6), a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) then answered with a bucket to make it 23-22. FGCU then took control of the game by going on a 12-0 run, that featured three alley-oop dunks by Demetris Morant, with each one coming off Brett Comer passes, and a 3-pointer from Christian Terrell.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Comer to Morant connection proved to be a common theme of the second half as the duo combined for seven Morant alley-oop dunks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI try to look for (Morant) every time,\u201d Comer said. \u201cNo one we play has anyone as athletic as him. I though he did a better job of sealing (in the second half).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For the game, Morant finished with 14 points while Comer had 12 assists and five points.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe came out ready to start the game,\u201d Gyrenes head coach Ken Dagostino said. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t have it the last 20 minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dagostino also admitted his team had a tough time finding an answer for Comer and Morant in the second half.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were just throwing it over the top of us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt reminded me of (recreation) soccer. When they tried to run their stuff at us it wasn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Eagles coach Joe Dooley said the game came down to who controlled the tempo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt (the game) set basketball back a few years,\u201d Dooley joked. \u201cThey did a good job of controlling the tempo in the first half and we were flat. When you are flat, that sometimes causes you to miss shots. We were 1 for 11 in the first half but we had about nine good looks. We controlled the tempo in the second half and did some of the things we need to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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