HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) - Chase Fieler scored 19 points and Bernard Thompson added 18 as Florida Gulf Coast won its seventh straight game, beating Northern Kentucky 60-53 Thursday night to hold onto first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference
Florida Gulf Coast (19-8, 11-3) opened the game on an 8-0 run but Northern Kentucky trailed by just one at halftime, 24-23, and took its largest lead of the game, 46-41, on an Eshaunte Jones 3-pointer midway through the second half.
But Thompson answered with five straight points to tie it, Fieler made a free throw and a dunk then Thompson hit a 3-pointer with 5 minutes remaining to give the Eagles the lead for good, 52-47.
Florida Gulf Coast outshot the Norse 44 percent (23 of 52) to 39 percent (19 of 49) and improved to 7-0 when holding opponents under 60 points.
Jones paced Northern Kentucky (8-13, 6-7) with 20 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (19-8) « | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| Northern Kentucky (8-13) | 23 | 30 | 53 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 32 | 7-9 | 4-6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| E. McKnight, F | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Brown, G | 35 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Thompson, G | 30 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| B. Comer, G | 29 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Varidel | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Graf | 11 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 9-13 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 60 | |
| 44.2% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Northern Kentucky | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Watson, F | 31 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Staley, F | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Faulkner, G | 40 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| E. Jones, G | 40 | 6-15 | 4-6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| C. Jackson, G | 35 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. White | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Johnson | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Flournoy | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 8-12 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 53 | |
| 38.8% | 66.7% | ||||||
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