National Basketball Association
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
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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 |