FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Chase Fieler and Sherwood Brown scored 14 points apiece to help Florida Gulf Coast rally and edge North Florida 75-73 Monday night in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
Christophe Varidel came off the bench for 13 points, Eric McKnight added 12 and Bernard Thompson 11 for the Eagles (11-6, 3-1), who led 40-29 at halftime but watched North Florida build a 66-60 lead with 6 minutes left to play.
McKnight and Fieler hit back-to-back layups to spark an 11-2 run that put Florida Gulf Coast up 71-68 with 2:31 left.
A Parker Smith 3-pointer tied the game at 71 with 1:45 left to play but Fielder made a layup to put his team ahead 73-71. North Florida (7-10, 2-2) then missed three straight shots - a layup and two 3-pointers -on the same possession before Brown grabbed the rebound.
The senior guard sank 1 of 2 attempts to seal it.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Florida (7-10) | 29 | 44 | 73 |
| Florida Gulf Coast (11-6) « | 40 | 35 | 75 |
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| North Florida Ospreys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jeune, F | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| T. Wallace, F | 23 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| P. Smith, G | 35 | 5-14 | 7-7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| W. Wilson, G | 33 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Beech, G | 32 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Diaz | 20 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| C. McRoy | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Naylor | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Rodriguez | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Daniels | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-58 | 13-15 | 39 | 16 | 18 | 73 | |
| 43.1% | 86.7% | ||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 32 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| E. McKnight, F | 28 | 4-5 | 4-7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| S. Brown, G | 35 | 5-12 | 3-10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| B. Thompson, G | 34 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| B. Comer, G | 23 | 1-7 | 3-6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Graf | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Varidel | 13 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| E. Murray | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-64 | 11-24 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 75 | |
| 45.3% | 45.8% | ||||||
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