SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Chase Fieler made a layup with 2 seconds left in overtime to lead Florida Gulf Coast to a 72-71 victory over South Carolina Upstate in an Atlantic Sun Conference game on Thursday night, snapping the Spartans' four-game winning streak.
The Spartans had tied it a 64-all on Ty Greene's 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in regulation.
Florida Gulf Coast's Bernard Thompson led five double-figure scorers with 19 points, Fieler scored 17, Sherwood Brown had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Eric McKnight chipped in 12 and Brett Comer 10 for the Eagles (12-6, 4-1), who are off to their best start in A-Sun play since joining the league in 2007.
Torrey Craig had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Spartans (8-9, 2-1), and Greene scored 20 points.
SC Upstate trailed 38-29 at the half but pulled to 53-51 on Babatunde Olumuyiwa's layup with 5:53 left.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (12-6) « | 38 | 26 | 8 | 72 |
| South Carolina Upstate (8-8) | 29 | 35 | 7 | 71 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 38 | 5-9 | 7-8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| E. McKnight, F | 31 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| S. Brown, G | 43 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| B. Comer, G | 35 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| B. Thompson, G | 32 | 7-15 | 1-5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Graf | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Varidel | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-56 | 14-24 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 72 | |
| 46.4% | 58.3% | ||||||
| South Carolina Upstate Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Craig, F | 37 | 9-19 | 3-4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| J. Maxey, F | 33 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| R. Glenn, F | 32 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Greene, G | 41 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| M. Blessing, G | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rodgers | 26 | 3-10 | 1-1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Olumuyiwa | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| F. Miller | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Elam | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-60 | 9-12 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 71 | |
| 43.3% | 75% | ||||||
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