National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida Gulf Coast 63, Miami-Florida 51
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Where: Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida
Officials: # Jerry Heater, # Frank Raposa, # Brian Shey
Attendance: 7962

Florida Gulf Coast University 63, Miami 51: Sherwood Brown and Eric McKnight pitched in 14 points apiece and the host Eagles never trailed after the 7:51 mark of the first half in a stunning upset over the Hurricanes.

Florida Gulf Coast overcame an early 15-5 deficit for the historic win in its home opener. Brown paced the Eagles (1-1) with 10 first half points during a dominant 23-2 run on the way to a 32-25 halftime lead.

Shane Larkin led the Miami offense with 14 points and Kenny Kadji pitched in 13 but the Hurricanes (1-1) were unsteady throughout, shooting less than 30 percent from the floor (16-for-55).

Miami jumped out to a 14-7 second half start and rallied to tie the game at 39-39 on a jumper from Larkin 6:31 in. The Eagles never ceded the lead, however, and the closest the Hurricanes would get down the stretch would be a five-point deficit with 7:08 to play.

Brown added seven rebounds for FGCU, which scored 22 points off of 17 Miami turnovers.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Florida Gulf Coast is now 1-3 against Miami and 1-4 against teams from the ACC... The Hurricanes also struggled against another Atlantic Sun Conference squad in their opener, ultimately withstanding a late challenge from Stetson... The Eagles set an Alico Arena attendance record with a crowd of 4,552.
Top Game Performances
 
Miami-Florida   Florida Gulf Coast
Shane Larkin 14 Scoring Sherwood Brown 14
Shane Larkin 4 Assists Brett Comer 8
Reggie Johnson 10 Rebounds Eric McKnight 8
Kenny Kadji 4 Free Throws Made Brett Comer 4
Bishop Daniels 2 Steals Bernard Thompson 4
Rion Brown 1 Blocks Eddie Murray 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Miami-Florida 51 29.1 8-26 11-21 10 31 2 7 17
Florida Gulf Coast 63 49.0 1-11 12-15 12 37 3 9 18