2014-15 MEN’S BASKETBALL #DUNKCITY INFOGRAPHIC GAME NOTES Contact: Jason MacBain | Email: jmacbain@fgcu.edu | Cell: 315.750.0236 | Office: 239.590.7061 | Twitter: @JaBain
2013: Atlantic Sun Tournament Champions | 2014: Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champions
2013: SWEET SIXTEEN (First No. 15 Seed) | 2014: NIT SCHEDULE / RESULTS NOVEMBER 15
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN
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UC SANTA BARBARA
W, 63-51 W, 81-75 (OT)
19 OHIO
W, 79-62
24 vs. Marist^
W, 58-43
25 vs. San Francisco^
W, 62-47 L, 59-45
30 South Dakota State!
W, 71-58
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1st-Place Votes
DECEMBER FLORIDA TECH
W, 77-58
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at Massachusetts#
W, 84-75
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FIU
L, 69-63
19 FURMAN
W, 83-78
23 at Iona 28 at Xavier 30 at Pittsburgh
L, 86-67 4 PM 7:30 PM
JANUARY 2
AVE MARIA
5
at UC Santa Barbara
10 STETSON*
7 PM 10 PM
at North Florida*
7 PM
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JACKSONVILLE*
7 PM 2 PM
29 LIPSCOMB*
7 PM
31 NORTHERN KENTUCKY*
7 PM
FEBRUARY at Stetson*
12
at Northern Kentucky*
14
at Lipscomb*
3:30 PM 7 PM 5 PM
19 KENNESAW STATE*
7 PM
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7 PM
USC UPSTATE*
25 NORTH FLORIDA*
7 PM
28 at Jacksonville*
2 PM
ATLANTIC SUN CHAMPIONSHIP 3 Quarterfinals
TBD
5 Semifinals 8
Final
Leads the nation in assist rate (51.7%)
NCAA Active Career Assist Leader (699) 4th Among All Active D-I Players With 231 Career Steals
7 PM
24 at Kennesaw State*
7
Only active player with at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds & 225 steals
7 PM
14
22 at USC Upstate*
A-Sun Preseason Favorites BRETTCOMER
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TBD 2 PM
^ Gulf Coast Showcase (Germain Arena - Estero, Fla.) ! Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) # Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase (MassMutual Center - Springfield, Mass.) * Atlantic Sun Conference Game
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BERNARDTHOMPSON
26 vs. Green Bay^
FGCU (No. 14 Mid-Major Poll) @ XAVIER Cintas Center (10,250) | Cincinnati, Ohio TV: FOX Sports 1 DirecTV: 219 DISH: 150 Comcast: 450, 69 (SD) PxP: Tim Brando | Analyst: Bob Wenzel Live Stats: GameTracker Hashtags: #FGCUvsXU | #DunkCity | #ASunMBB @FGCU_MBB Note: 1st Meeting (8th 1st-time opponent this year) @XavierMBB 9-3 | RPI: 120 Head Coach: Joe Dooley Head Coach: Tim Cluess 8-3 | RPI: 70
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BRETT COMER (G)
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Sr. | 6-3 | 202 | Winter Park, Fla. 1) Brett Comer is just one 12.2 ppg | 3.3 rpg | 7.5 apg | 30 mpg assist shy of 700 for his Has led FGCU in assists 105 of 116 career games career. 2) FGCU has allowed its BERNARD THOMPSON (G) last three opponents to Sr. | 6-3 | 175 | Conyers, Ga. shoot better than 40 percent, something which oc15.3 ppg | 3.8 rpg | 2 spg | 31.2 mpg curred just once through 8 multi-steal games this year, 5 games of 3 or more the first nine games. 3) FGCU will be without JULIAN DEBOSE (G) Jamail Jones (11.1 ppg, 6.1 R-Jr. | 6-4 | 197 | Washington, D.C. rpg) as he is serving the 11 ppg | 3.6 rpg | 1.6 apg | 27.4 mpg third of a six-game sus5 straight double-figure point games snapped at Iona (8) pension for a violation of team rules. 4) After finishing 189th in DEMETRIS MORANT (F) the nation in 3-point perR-So. | 6-9 | 209 | Miami, Fla. centage defense last year 4 ppg | 3.8 rpg | 1 bpg | 17.3 mpg (34.6), FGCU is third in the Career-high 13 points on 6-9 vs. Furman (5 dunks) country this year (25.4). 5) All three of FGCU’s losses have come when they NATE HICKS (C) have been out-rebounded R-Sr. | 6-10 | 227 | Panama City Beach, Fla. and their opponents have 4.2 ppg | 4.5 rpg | 1.1 bpg | 16.7 mpg shot better than 40 per15 of 49 rebounds on the year came vs. FIU and Furman cent.
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