JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Lester Wilson scored 21 points and East Tennessee State rallied from a 19-point, second-half deficit to beat Florida Gulf Coast 85-75 Saturday in Atlantic Sun Conference action.
The Buccaneers (4-13, 2-2), who have won two of their past three contests following a nine-game skid, trailed 55-36 with 16:52 remaining. Their subsequent 39-13 run rivaled Duke's 30-0 spurt in an 88-67 win over the Eagles on Nov. 18.
Mario Stramaglia hit two free throws with 3:56 left to cap the burst, giving East Tennessee State a 75-68 lead.
Florida Gulf Coast got to 77-75 with 44 seconds left, but the Buccaneers hit 8 of 8 free throws, denying the Eagles their first four-game A-Sun winning streak.
Sherwood Brown's 17 points and 11 boards paced Florida Gulf Coast (12-7, 4-2), which set season highs for first-half points - the Eagles led 45-32 at the break - and made 3-pointers (14 of 33).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (12-7) | 45 | 30 | 75 |
| E. Tennessee State (4-13) « | 32 | 53 | 85 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 27 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| E. McKnight, F | 23 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Brown, G | 34 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| B. Comer, G | 28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Thompson, G | 26 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Varidel | 24 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 16 | 2-11 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Graf | 13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Murray | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 26-59 | 9-12 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 75 | |
| 44.1% | 75% | ||||||
| E. Tennessee State Buccaneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Wilson, F | 32 | 6-11 | 5-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| H. Harris, F | 20 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| J. Jones, G | 37 | 7-13 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| P. McClain, G | 32 | 3-8 | 4-6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| R. Rembert, G | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Walton | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Stramaglia | 22 | 3-4 | 6-6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| K. Gadsden-Gilliard | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Y. Barrueta | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-52 | 22-25 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 85 | |
| 51.9% | 88% | ||||||
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