Florida Gulf Coast vs. Northern Kentucky: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Florida Gulf Coast 60

(19-8, 6-7 away)

Northern Kentucky 53

(8-13, 3-5 home)

Venue: Bank of Kentucky Center

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, February 14, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Florida Gulf Coast	24	36	60
Northern Kentucky	23	30	53

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Florida Gulf Coast	C Fieler 19	S Brown 8	B Comer 4
Northern Kentucky	E Jones 20	C Jackson 7	E Jones 6

Florida Gulf Coast won on the road versus Northern Kentucky 60-53 in Atlantic Sun action on Thursday, Feb. 14. With a record of 2-0, the Eagles stay undefeated against Northern Kentucky this season. Chase Fieler played brilliantly for the Eagles and put up a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds. Bernard Thompson had 18 points and added four rebounds. For the Norse, Eshaunte Jones got a game-high 20 points and six assists. Florida Gulf Coast (19-8, 11-3 Atlantic Sun) takes on Lipscomb (9-15, 4-9 Atlantic Sun) on Saturday, Feb. 16 on the road.

Florida Gulf Coast Game Notes

The win over Northern Kentucky extended the Florida Gulf Coast winning streak to seven games.
The Eagles have won 79 percent of the time this season (11-3) after recording 37 or more rebounds.
FGCU has won every game this season (6-0) when opponents record 53 or fewer total points.
FGCU has won every game this season (11-0) after holding an opponent to under 38.8 percent field goal percentage.
This season Florida Gulf Coast has won 80 percent of the time (4-1) when Chase Fieler plays 32 minutes or more, 77 percent of the time (10-3) when Eric McKnight has six rebounds or more, and 73 percent of the time (16-6) when Brett Comer has four assists or more.
The Eagles have outshot their opponents in field goal percentage for the past seven games.
Chase Fieler accounted for 31.6 percent of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Chase Fieler and Sherwood Brown) accounted for 43.2 percent of the rebounds.
Chase Fieler has led the team in scoring nine times and in rebounding 8 times in 27 games this season.

Northern Kentucky Game Notes

Eshaunte Jones accounted for 37.7 percent of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Chad Jackson and Ernest Watson) accounted for 46.1 percent of the rebounds.
Eshaunte Jones has led the team in scoring 13 times in 21 games this season.
Chad Jackson has led the team in rebounding six times in 21 games this season.
This marks the seventh 20-point game of Eshaunte Jones's career.
Eshaunte Jones has seven straight double-digit point games.
Chad Jackson has six straight double-digit point games.
This was the third foul out of the season for Chad Jackson.

FGCU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Chase Fieler	32	19	8	1	0	2	1
A	B. Thompson	30	18	4	3	2	0	1
B	Dajuan Graf	11	4	2	2	0	0	0
B	Sherwood Brown	35	6	8	3	1	0	3
C	Brett Comer	29	4	4	4	1	0	3
C	Eric McKnight	20	4	6	0	0	0	2
C-	Eddie Murray	19	3	1	0	0	0	0
D	C. Varidel	17	2	0	0	0	0	0
-	F. Cvjeticanin	7	0	0	0	0	0	1

NoKY Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Eshaunte Jones	40	20	4	6	1	0	1
B	Chad Jackson	35	13	7	0	0	0	2
B	Ethan Faulkner	40	6	3	3	2	0	1
C+	Ernest Watson	31	6	5	1	0	1	0
C	Jack Flournoy	10	3	2	0	1	0	1
C	Todd Johnson	12	3	1	1	0	0	0
C-	Tyler White	27	2	3	1	1	0	2
-	John Staley	5	0	0	1	0	0	0