{"id":39223,"date":"2016-03-13T22:47:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=39223"},"modified":"2016-03-13T22:53:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:53:03","slug":"and-the-clock-struck-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/03\/and-the-clock-struck-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"And The Clock Struck Midnight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39224\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39224\" title=\"FGCU v JU ASun Final 03\/13\/16\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FGCU-v-JU-ASun-Final-03-13-16-DD4_7698_70293-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FGCU-v-JU-ASun-Final-03-13-16-DD4_7698_70293-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FGCU-v-JU-ASun-Final-03-13-16-DD4_7698_70293-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FGCU-v-JU-ASun-Final-03-13-16-DD4_7698_70293-1.jpg 1973w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Captive Photons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Dick Allen<br \/>\nAll that needs to be said is that 2,133 very unhappy FGCU fans filed out of Alico Arena in disbelief as Jacksonville erased a 13 point deficit\u00a0with\u00a04:46\u00a0remaining in the 3rd period and beat the Lady Eagles 56 &#8211; 54 qualifying the Dolphins for the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting a paltry 34.7 percent from the field, the Eagles held Jacksonville to 38.7 percent, and just 27.3 percent from beyond the arc while hitting 7 &#8211; 14 three pointers of their own, but they were badly outshot 62-49 and out rebounded 49 &#8211; 29. With only 2 tied scores, and 4 lead changes, the Eagles were in control for extended periods of time. But in the end their inability to score in the paint told the story.<br \/>\nKaneisa Atwater led all scorers with 22 before fouling out in the fourth period. Whitney Knight had 17 points with a perfect 6-6 from the charity stripe and 3-5 from beyond the arc. Leading scorer for Jacksonville was Brandi Buie with 16 points. Known for their deep, talented bench, FGCU found but 5 points from the reserves while the Dolphins bench added only 9 points as the starters from both teams carried the scoring load.<\/p>\n<p>So, sadly, the NCAA tournament careers of 9 beloved Lady Eagle seniors comes to an unexpected end.<br \/>\nPerhaps\u00a0Monday\u00a0night will reveal a miracle, but most likely a NIT bid is in their future, and perhaps an opportunity to play before their adoring fans for one last time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dick Allen All that needs to be said is that 2,133 very unhappy FGCU fans filed out of Alico Arena in disbelief as Jacksonville erased a 13 point deficit\u00a0with\u00a04:46\u00a0remaining&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}