FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Bernard Thompson scored 18 points and Chase Fieler finished a rebound shy of a double-double as Florida Gulf Coast opened a massive first-half advantage and cruised over Jacksonville 78-55 in Atlantic Sun Conference action Saturday.
Thompson was 7-of-12 shooting while Fieler scored 10 points with nine rebounds and three blocks for the Eagles (10-6, 2-1).
Glenn Powell led the Dolphins (7-9, 2-1) with 19 points and Kordario Fleming had 11 rebounds and four assists on top of seven points.
Florida Gulf Coast opened with a 13-2 lead capped by Sherwood Brown's jumper just over 5 minutes into the game. The Eagles closed the half on a 26-10 run and held the Dolphins to a single field goal over the final 6 minutes for a 43-17 intermission advantage.
Florida Gulf Coast is now 8-0 at home this year, tying the program's Division I record for consecutive home victories.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Jacksonville (7-9) | 17 | 38 | 55 |
| Florida Gulf Coast (10-6) « | 43 | 35 | 78 |
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| Jacksonville Dolphins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Fleming, F | 31 | 1-9 | 5-7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| D. Fritsch, F | 30 | 5-17 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| G. Powell, F | 26 | 7-9 | 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| J. Haywood, G | 24 | 1-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Powell, G | 22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Graham | 20 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| K. McDougald | 14 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Bell | 13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bogus | 11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Alderman | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| C. Spurling | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-63 | 15-21 | 41 | 10 | 19 | 55 | |
| 28.6% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 23 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| E. McKnight, F | 20 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Brown, G | 25 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| B. Thompson, G | 25 | 7-12 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| B. Comer, G | 22 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Graf | 20 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Varidel | 19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 16 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Murray | 14 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Blessig | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Livingston | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Blake | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-61 | 17-24 | 46 | 13 | 21 | 78 | |
| 44.3% | 70.8% | ||||||
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