DELAND, Fla. (AP) - Joel Naburgs scored a career-high 27 points and Stetson closed the game with nine unanswered points to defeat Florida Gulf Coast 80-71 Friday night, splitting the season series.
The Hatters (13-14, 10-6 Atlantic Sun Conference), who have won four of their past five, avenged a 96-65 stomping by the Eagles on Jan. 25.
With the game tied 71-71 with 2:16 left, Stetson made 7 of 8 free throws and a layup while Florida Gulf Coast missed four shots and a free throw.
Trailing 36-34 at the break, Naburgs hit two of his six 3-pointers as part of a 10-0 Stetson burst to open the second half. The Eagles regained the advantage with a 13-0 run and the teams exchanged the lead until the Hatters' final burst.
With 173 career 3-pointers, Naburgs became Stetson's all-time leader.
Bernard Thompson's 19 points led Florida Gulf Coast (19-10, 11-5), which has lost two straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (19-10) | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| Stetson (13-14) « | 34 | 46 | 80 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 32 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| E. McKnight, F | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| S. Brown, G | 37 | 7-19 | 0-1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| B. Thompson, G | 35 | 7-17 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| B. Comer, G | 32 | 4-15 | 1-3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Graf | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Varidel | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-69 | 6-11 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 71 | |
| 40.6% | 54.5% | ||||||
| Stetson Hatters | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Green, F | 33 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Pegg, C | 35 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Naburgs, G | 36 | 8-12 | 5-5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| C. Perez, G | 35 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| H. Miller, G | 27 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Graham | 17 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| L. McInerney | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Diaz | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-48 | 17-22 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 80 | |
| 54.2% | 77.3% | ||||||
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