

Florida Gulf Coast (5-11) @ Charleston Southern (6-6)
CSU Fieldhouse
January 4, 2008
FGCU (5-11) came into CSU Fieldhouse and shut down the struggling Charleston Southern (6-6) offense in a 70-45 win. After starting so well at home (5-0), the Buccaneers have now dropped three straight.
A poor shooting effort all around led to only four players connecting on multiple shots. Sheldon Strickland had a particularly poor night, shooting just 1-15 from the field including 0-9 from three. Of the bench, Saah Nimley had his best game of the season as he finished with 10 points and 2 rebounds.
As for FGCU, Brett Comer scored a game and season-high 27 points, adding 2 rebounds and 3 steals. CSU couldn't contain his outside shooting as he went 7-10 from downtown. Kevin Cantinol was a defensive menace and on the mind of the Buccaneer shooters all evening, finishing with 12 rebounds and a block.
The Buccaneers finish up non-conference play above .500 on January 7th as they visit Belmont who are also out of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Charleston Southern Buccaneers | |||
Jan 4, 2008 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
Florida Gulf Coast (5-11) | 36 | 34 | 70 |
Charleston Southern (6-6) | 22 | 23 | 45 |
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | ||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
Christophe Varidel | 22 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Brett Comer | 25 | 9-14 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
Anthony Banks | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Filip Cvjeticanin | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Kevin Cantinol | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
Bernard Thompson | 19 | 4-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Sherwood Brown | 20 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Ed Rolax | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Marlon Rivera | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Murray | 25 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Marcus Blake | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chase Fieler | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TEAM TOTALS | 23-56 | 14-25 | 10-16 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 70 | |
Charleston Southern Buccaneers | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
Jeremy Sexton | 27 | 5-15 | 2-11 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
Sheldon Strickland | 30 | 1-15 | 0-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Kenny Mitchell | 32 | 4-10 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
Paul Gombwer | 25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Cedrick Bowen | 33 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
Dominique Williams | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Jonathan Brooks | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Saah Nimley | 15 | 4-11 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Zimmy Nwogbo | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Chris Grier | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Arlen Harper | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Matt Kennedy | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Mitchell Deter | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
Greg Dorleus | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 18-60 | 4-32 | 5-8 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 45 |
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