A 27-to-2 first half run led to the most points in a half this season as the FGCU men's basketball team went into its holiday break with an 84-62 win over St. Thomas on Saturday night at Alico Arena. The 52 points scored by the Eagles in the first half were the most for any half this season.
FGCU (3-11) will break for seven days before playing at Southern California on Dec. 29 (10 PM ET). The game will be available on the PAC-12 Network.
"A win is always good to get, especially after our recent stretch, and it is definitely encouraging to see the ball go through the net the way it was tonight," said head coach Michael Fly. "I thought we did a good job responding to how St. Thomas started the game. Before the game we talked about getting to the foul line - something that hasn't been happening as much recently. We got to the line 26 times tonight which I think shows us being aggressive around the rim."
Sophomore Zach Scott, junior Jalen Warren, and sophomore Caleb Catto led the Eagles with a combined 50 points. Scott scored a team-high 19 points, while Warren added 16 points, six rebounds and four assists. Junior Brian Thomas had seven points in his first home game of the year.
Justin Brown led St. Thomas (8-3) with a game-high 24 points while Ahmad Gilbert added 16 points.
After St. Thomas scored the first seven points of the game, the Eagles went on a 27-to-2 run over a nine minute stretch to go up 27-9 at the 7:40 mark. FGCU played stifling defense holding the Bobcats to 0-of-14 from the floor in that stretch while the Eagles hit 10-of-17 shots.
The Eagles closed the first half with a 9-to-1 run taking a 52-19 lead into the intermission. Scott led FGCU with 15 points in the opening half while Warren had 13 along with five rebounds and three assists.
Overall for the game, FGCU hit 29-of-60 field goals while the Bobcats went 20-of-61 from the floor. The Eagles held a 43-to-26 rebounding advantage which led to a 12-to-5 edge in second chance points. FGCU had a season high 21 assists.
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