With its 14-point win over Hartford on Nov. 12, FGCU began the 2013-14 season in eeirly similar fashion as last year when it dropped its opener at VCU by 23 but rebounded to beat Miami by 12. This year it started the season by losing by 24 at Nebraska.
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@FGCU_MBB Info graphic Ga me Notes Until its 15-turnover game against Ave Maria on Nov. 23, FGCU had posted three straight games of singledigit turnovers (8 vs. Hartford, 8 @ Furman, 9 vs. Eckerd). Dating back to the beginning of the program in the 2002-03 season, never had an FGCU team even had back-to-back single-digit turnover contests.
FGCU grabbed 19 offensive rebounds at Furman on Nov. 15, tied for the second-most in nonconference D-I program history.
FGCU 2014-15 INCOMING RECRUITING CLASS Christian Terrell | 6-4 | G Providence hs (jACKSONVILLE)
ERIC MOELLER | 6-11 | C DE SMET hs (ST. LOUIS) CENTRAL FLORIDA (JUCO)
2013-14: Led to team to an appearance in the state semifinal. Moeller, who will have three years of eligibility, was a preferred walk-on at 2012-13: First made national headlines Missouri last season after averaging 11 this past summer for a soaring dunk points and 5 rebounds per game as a sewhich has nearly 1.3 million views on nior at De Smet High School in his native YouTube. The combo guard averaged St. Louis. Moeller is currently at Central 11.2 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists Florida in Ocala, the reigning National per game last season as a junior at Junior College Champions, and originally Providence High School, helping lead had scholarship offers from the Eagles the program to the Class 3A Champion- and a pair of mid-major programs coming ship in 2012-13. out of high school before choosing FGCU. Terrell is ranked in the top 35 in the state at No. 34 by SourceHoops, a ranking sure to go up as he enters his senior season on a team selected by the same outlet as the best in 3A. Terrell chose FGCU over a few BCS programs.
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Moeller is one of three current Central Florida players who have already signed to play at the Division-I level, with several more expected to follow suit. While at De Smet, Moeller was teammates with current Butler freshman Nolan Berry.
ZACH JOHNSON | 6-2 | G NORLAND hs (MIAMI) 2013-14: Led Norland High to its third straight 6A State Championship. 2012-13: Rated the No. 1 prospect in South Florida by RMF Magazine, the 8th-best prospect in the entire state by Future 150 and a 4-star recruit by the same outlet, Johnson averaged 13.3 points, 4.1 assists and 2.7 steals per game. He erupted for a game-high 29 points against Pines Charter in the 6A Regional semifinals and then earned State Final Four MVP after leading the Vikings to their second consecutive 6A Championship in the highest level of high school basketball in Florida. Johnson, who is ranked as one of the top 100 players in the entire nation and No. 27 at his position by Future 150, chose FGCU over a pair of Atlantic 10 schools.
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