KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) - Sherwood Brown scored 19 points as Florida Gulf Coast squandered an early lead, then rallied to defeat Kennesaw State 68-59 Monday in the Atlantic Sun Conference opener for both teams.
The Owls (1-12), who have lost 11 straight, led most of the second half and were ahead 50-48 with 7:13 left.
The Eagles (9-5) then held Kennesaw State without a field goal while building a 62-53 lead. Delbert Love broke the Owls' drought with a 3-pointer with 1:33 to go, but Florida Gulf Coast made 6 of 8 free throws down the stretch to win.
The Eagles, who have won three of their past four, jumped out to a 21-5 lead at the 11:44 mark.
The Owls (1-12) fought back, scoring the last eight points of the first half to lead 36-35 at the break.
Love's 16 points led Kennesaw State and Aaron Anderson had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (9-5) « | 35 | 33 | 68 |
| Kennesaw State (1-12) | 36 | 23 | 59 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. McKnight, F | 27 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| C. Fieler, F | 18 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| B. Thompson, G | 37 | 3-7 | 6-8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Brown, G | 33 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| B. Comer, G | 33 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| E. Murray | 16 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Varidel | 11 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Graf | 7 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 20-43 | 21-27 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 68 | |
| 46.5% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Kennesaw State Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Cummings, F | 33 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| A. Anderson, F | 30 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Osemhen, C | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Love, G | 40 | 4-12 | 4-4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| M. Hamilton, G | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Y. Brown | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Dawson | 18 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| N. Pruitt | 18 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Montgomery | 12 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 16-24 | 33 | 12 | 19 | 59 | |
| 38% | 66.7% | ||||||
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