Ga. Southern avenges earlier loss, beats Florida Gulf Coast

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Ike Smith, Tookie Brown and Mike Hughes combined for 43 points as Georgia Southern pulled away from Florida Gulf Coast for a 72-59 win on Tuesday night.

Georgia Southern (5-5) snapped Florida Gulf Coast's six-game win streak and avenged an 85-82 loss 10 days earlier.

Smith had 16 points and seven rebounds. Brown was 6 of 10 from the floor for 15 points and Hughes added 12 points with four assists.

The Eagles took the lead when B.J. Gladden drilled a 3 with 14:13 left in the first half and never trailed again. They led 34-25 at the break.

Florida Gulf Coast shot 57 percent or better over its last four games, but was held to 39.2 percent (20-51) by the Eagles. Georgia Southern was 25-of-59 (42.4 percent).

Zach Johnson and Brandon Goodwin had 13 points apiece for Florida Gulf Coasts (7-4).

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Rosga's 25 leads comeback; Denver tops South Alabama, 64-51

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Joe Rosga knocked down 5 of 10 3-pointers and scored 25 points as Denver pulled away from South Alabama in the second half for a 64-51 victory Tuesday night.

Georgi Boyanov's 3-point play with 1:06 left in the first half gave South Alabama the lead and the Jaguars went into intermission with a 26-22 advantage.

Daniel Amigo and C.J. Bobbitt each hit jumpers to open the second half to knot the score at 26-26, and Thomas Neff knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Pioneers the lead for good, 31-28.

Rosga hit 8 of 16 from the field and was 4 of 6 from the line in leading Denver (5-5). Amigo added 11 points and Bobbitt added another 10.

Ken Williams scored 15 points to lead the Jaguars (6-4), who shot 17 of 54 from the field (31.5 percent), but just 2 of 22 from distance (9.1 percent).