JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Brett Comer, Sherwood Brown and Bernard Thompson combined for 59 points as Florida Gulf Coast earned its fourth straight victory, an 81-78 win over Atlantic Sun Conference foe Jacksonville.
Comer scored 21, Brown 20 and Thompson 18 for the Eagles (16-8, 8-3), who set a program record for wins in a season as a Division I team and swept the season series with Jacksonville for the second straight year. The four-game, in-conference win streak is Florida Gulf Coast's longest as an A-Sun member. The team is averaging 84.8 points during that span.
The Eagles and Dolphins (12-12, 7-4) were part of a four-way tie with Mercer and South Carolina-Upstate atop the A-Sun standings entering Saturday.
Russell Powell's two free throws cut the Eagles' lead to 79-78 with 1:16 left, but the Dolphins missed two field goals and two free throws in the final minute.
Jacksonville's Jarvis Haywood had 16 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (16-8) « | 46 | 35 | 81 |
| Jacksonville (12-12) | 42 | 36 | 78 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 21 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| E. McKnight, F | 20 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| S. Brown, G | 37 | 6-10 | 4-4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| B. Thompson, G | 34 | 4-12 | 8-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| B. Comer, G | 28 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 19 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Varidel | 12 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Graf | 11 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Blake | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-49 | 29-35 | 33 | 12 | 23 | 81 | |
| 44.9% | 82.9% | ||||||
| Jacksonville Dolphins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Powell, F | 30 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Alderman, F | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Powell, G | 34 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Haywood, G | 27 | 5-11 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| K. McDougald, G | 10 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Fleming | 26 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Fritsch | 23 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Dawson | 20 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Graham | 15 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| J. Bogus | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-55 | 26-32 | 35 | 14 | 24 | 78 | |
| 40% | 81.3% | ||||||
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