FORT MEYERS, Fla. (AP) - Bernard Thompson scored 14 points as Florida Gulf Coast beat Mercer 60-57 Thursday night in Atlantic Sun Conference play.
Chase Fieler added 11 to help Florida Gulf Coast (20-10, 12-5) to its first 20-win season in its Division I history.
Ahead 55-54, Langston Hall made two free throws with 1:05 remaining to push Mercer's lead to 57-54. Mercer missed its final three shots and did not score again.
Thompson made two free throws to make it 57-56, and Eric McKnight made two free throws with 18 seconds left to give Florida Gulf Coast the lead, 58-57.
Christophe Varidel made two foul shots with 3 seconds remaining to push the lead to 60-57.
Though the Eagles shot just 37 percent (10 of 27) in the second half, they outscored the Bears 14-4 on second chance points in the period.
Daniel Coursey and Travis Smith scored 14 for Mercer (20-10, 13-4).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mercer (20-10) | 25 | 32 | 57 |
| Florida Gulf Coast (20-10) « | 27 | 33 | 60 |
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| Mercer Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gollon, F | 18 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Coursey, C | 30 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| T. Smith, G | 32 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| B. Thomas, G | 30 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Hall, G | 27 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Hallice | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Smith | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Canevari | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A. White Jr. | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Brown | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Moten | 6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 20-46 | 12-13 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 57 | |
| 43.5% | 92.3% | ||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 32 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| E. McKnight, F | 22 | 2-3 | 3-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Thompson, G | 34 | 5-15 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| S. Brown, G | 33 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Comer, G | 26 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 18 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Graf | 17 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Varidel | 10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-49 | 16-22 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 60 | |
| 40.8% | 72.7% | ||||||
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