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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
FGCU getting cute with that dunk city crap. A deflection and a 3. BOOM!
02-13-2014 08:11 PM
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
C'mon ETSU.... It's only a 7 point game now with 12:00 to go. ETSU making that 3 pointer at the start of the 2nd half may be their undoing. A little overconfident now...Since then it's been miss after miss after miss. Hang on Bucs!!

EDIT -- It's now ten consecutive missed 3's for the Bucs. 7:00ish to go. They are due to start dropping....

2nd EDIT -- FINALLY!!! After eleven misses, they hit one with 3:30 to go! Put them away!!
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
HUGE 3 right there by Lester! Final stretch up 7.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
Nice game, great effort. Shots falling cures a lot of ills.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
great win!
02-13-2014 09:03 PM
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
Big win. RR with a great game.
Much, much more energy tonight.
02-13-2014 09:04 PM
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast
Great win right there...but we were down one player and Murry decided to never play anyone except our normal rotation. We will be gassed for Stetson.
02-13-2014 09:05 PM
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Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
Great win, but I can't believe we only played 7 players
02-13-2014 09:17 PM
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
(02-13-2014 09:17 PM)Bucster Wrote:  Great win, but I can't believe we only played 7 players

Why can't you believe that? Have you not been following the Bartow era?

The game tonight was about as good as we can play. We outhustled them, out shot them, and would have won by 25 if not for the terrible, terrible officials (worse ive seen in years, and I don't complain about officials).

This game, the Stephen F. Austin game, and the Mercer loss at Mercer was our best performances of the year.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
It was a great win tonight for sure. But for the rest of the season we need consistency. That starts with winning Saturday.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
I think it was easily the best conference win of the year. SFA probably the best win of the year overall. Played w/ a lot of energy and purpose. If we bring 75% of that vs Stetson it should be enough. Rembert was fantastic.

Playing only 7 players was surprising, but hell, that was one more than in the rotation last year @ times. We could have @ least gone to Banks to rest either Harris or Poderis. Could have gone to Devin Harris to get a spell for either Riley or McClain. So when next year rolls around, those guys will have to show us their learning curve when their performance is critical, versus being a role player now in a few mins on the court. Classic Bartow's inability to develop players. I guess "trial by fire" is better? That's sarcasm.

I will say Harris also played a particularly stellar game and so did Merriweather. Where we would be without him? Riley still tends to force things. And back to Merriweather - good grief, those rebounds he was getting were true "skys." He made so many good defensive plays and/or rebounds it's difficult to count them all.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
(02-13-2014 09:17 PM)Bucster Wrote:  Great win, but I can't believe we only played 7 players

Gulf Coast played only 8 players.
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(02-13-2014 10:13 PM)BucDoctor Wrote:  
(02-13-2014 09:17 PM)Bucster Wrote:  Great win, but I can't believe we only played 7 players

Gulf Coast played only 8 players.

But we only played 7. As fan said we are going to be gassed against Stetson.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
And we know how Stetson games go. Hopefully Senior Night will be enough to get us through it.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
Most complete, 40-minute effort of the season. Just a terrific win. So many keys to this win, both individual and team-wise, but I think rebounding was the biggest key. We were relentless on the glass. AJ was an animal.

I give the unsung game balls to Petey and Lukas. Petey found the open man all night (8 assists/2 TO's) and chipped in 4 rebounds, 2 points. Lukas contributed 6 strong rebounds, great interior defense, and 3 points.
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
Loved the "Punk City" sign too!
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
Just when you’re about ready to give up on this Bucs team, they turn around and give us the best game of the season since Stephen F. Austin against a talented FGCU team, and help erase the sting of the second half collapse against USCU.

They posted strong numbers, even in areas that are usually problems. Like 17 assists (tied for second highest of the season) against only 9 turnovers (tied for second lowest of the season). Like grabbing 48 rebounds, their highest total of the season, to outrebound the much taller FGCU team 48-40. They also did well in their strong points, grabbing 11 steals, and sticking the Golden Eagles with 15 turnovers. And they did it without one of their key players as KGG sat out the game nursing an injured knee.

Nobody exemplified the turnaround better than Hunter Harris, who broke out of a 4 game slump with a double-double – 14 points on 5-10 shooting, 12 rebounds against the 6-9, 6-9, 6-8 and 6-10 front line of FGCU, with 3 blocks and 3 steals. He owned the middle against Dunk City. To put this game in perspective, he totaled more points, more rebounds, more steals and more blocks than he had in the previous 4 games put together. We really have to have him playing like this for the vertically challenged Bucs to be competitive against Mercer, USCU or FGCU.

A.J. Merriweather, whose string of fine games was broken after a nasty fall and blow to the head against USCU, returned to form in a big way with his own double-double with 11 rebounds against the tall trees of FGCU, 10 points on 4-8 from the field, and terrific defense with a block and 3 steals. If only A.J. had not been injured – could his energy have helped avoid the second half power shortage against USCU?

Lester Wilson nearly got a double-double as well with 7 rebounds and 18 points on 6-15 from 3. His late 3 in the second half blunted the FGCU comeback and secured the game for the Bucs. But even when the 3’s weren’t falling, Lester kept hustling, on the boards, and on defense, corralling 3 steals. Lester started in place of KGG, who sat out with an injured knee.

Rashawn Rembert got a season high 31 points on 10-20 from the field, 6-12 from 3 and 5-6 from the line. He’s closing in on the ETSU season record for made 3’s in a season. But this was a solid all around game for Rashawn, who also played good defense (though only credited with 1 steal) and took it strong to the hoop.

Lester and Rashawn were redhot in the first half. Jalen Riley was not. But Jalen was strong in the second half, controlling the ball, getting a stellar 6 assists and only 1 turnover, grabbing 3 rebounds, and getting most of his 11 points when the other Bucs were struggling to get scores down the stretch. Even though his shot was not falling, Jalen found ways to make a difference.

Petey McClain was also big without scoring. 8 big assists with only 2 turnovers, pushing the ball hard up the court to create transition opportunities, and snagging 2 steals. And when he went to the line late, he sank both free throws..

Even Lukas Poderis contributed with 6 BIG rebounds, and 3 points on 3-4 from the line, with some big late free throws.

Murry stuck with more man-to-man than I remember seeing all season, which was very effective in creating steals, turnovers and transition opportunities. It may also have helped us be in better position to grab all those rebounds. Then he went to a little 1-3-1 late when Cvjeticanin and Thompson started finding 3 point range from the top of the key. It’s an effective way to interfere with those open 3’s.

The second half against USCU left such a bad taste, that I was not hopeful against FGCU – especially with KGG out. But when the Bucs are rebounding, defending and shooting like this, they can beat anyone in the ASun. I wonder what that second half would have looked like against USCU with Hunter clicking on all cylinders and A.J. not injured? Glad I didn’t let the weather (and disappointment over the 2nd half with USCU) make me miss this one.

Here’s hoping for the same effort on the floor versus Stetson.
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http://johnsoncitypress.com/article/1146...gulf-coast
“This is payback; that’s all it is,” said Rembert, the junior guard whose previous scoring high was 26 points.

WJHL Highlights:
http://www.wjhl.com/story/24721427/etsu-...-over-fgcu
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RE: Official Game Thread: Florida Gulf Coast (W 89-81)
The Bucs did Mercer a major favor here, giving them a 1 game advantage over FGCU.

Mercer could return the favor by doing a little better at home against North Florida than they did in their first game, which they dropped 83-89 in Jacksonville.

The Bears definitely don't want to be playing tournament games in Fort Myers this year (or Spartanburg for that matter - but the enigmatic Spartans are too inconsistent to make that a real possibility).

The Bucs best shot at a tournament home game is probably maintaining an advantage over North Florida down the stretch. That means taking care of business at home against Stetson, and picking off a road win or two themselves in northern Florida. Boy, would it be sweet to get a little payback at Spartanburg. But UNC Asheville (13-12 and 4th in the Big South) is the only team to break through against USCU at home this year.
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