FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Chase Fieler scored 16 points and Florida Gulf Coast made 2 of 4 free throws in the last minute to hold off Alcorn State 50-48 Wednesday night.
The Eagles (3-2) led 26-15 at intermission of the Battle 4 Atlantis game, but the Braves (1-4) chipped away, taking a 37-36 lead with 9:18 remaining.
The game was tied five times in the second half, with Josh Nicholas hitting two Alcorn State free throws with 1:11 left to make it 48-48.
After Sherwood Brown made the front end of a 1-and-1 with 58 seconds remaining, the Braves' Anthony Evans missed a 3-pointer.
Christophe Varidel, who finished with 10 points, also hit the first of two foul shots for Florida Gulf Coast, then Evans missed another 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Evans had 19 points, making 3 of 12 from long range.
Florida Gulf Coast scored 23 points off 20 Alcorn State turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Alcorn State (1-4) | 15 | 33 | 48 |
| Florida Gulf Coast (3-2) « | 26 | 24 | 50 |
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| Alcorn State Braves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Nicholas, F | 27 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| M. Starks, F | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Evans, G | 39 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| L. Luckett, G | 33 | 5-13 | 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Nieves, G | 33 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Raquil | 21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Hampton | 16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Hester | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Hunt | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Myles | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sanders | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-48 | 9-15 | 40 | 6 | 20 | 48 | |
| 37.5% | 60% | ||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 33 | 5-14 | 6-7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| E. McKnight, F | 31 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| S. Brown, G | 35 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Thompson, G | 33 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Comer, G | 22 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Varidel | 21 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| E. Murray | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| D. Graf | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Livingston | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Blessig | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-52 | 13-23 | 35 | 10 | 18 | 50 | |
| 34.6% | 56.5% | ||||||
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