Box Score WINTER PARK – Chuck Harper's layup with 30 seconds left was just enough to give Mansfield University a 56-54 win over Flagler College in the consolation game of the 38th annual Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament Sunday afternoon at Warden Arena.

Mansfield snapped its two-game losing streak and improved to 3-6 overall. Flagler suffered its fourth consecutive loss and dropped to 4-5.

Harper scored a team-high 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds and tallied for assists for the Mountaineers. Joe Bell recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Bell earned all-tournament team honors. Tremaine Bowman and Onyema Utti each chipped in with nine points.

Mansfield forced 14 Flagler turnovers and turned those into eight points. The Mountaineers perimeter defense held the Saints to 8.3% (1-12) shooting from 3-point range, Flagler's lowest percentage from long range since 6.7% (1-15) performance against the University of West Florida (11/21/09). The Mountaineers bench contributed 20 points.

Ante Gospic recorded his second consecutive double-double with 18 points and 16 rebounds. He earned all-tournament team honors. Adam Jones scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and he added seven rebounds. Matt Clark chipped in with 10 points. Matthias Sigurdarson tallied a season-high five assists.

Flagler made 82.6% (19-23) of its free throws.    

The game featured 10 ties and four lead changes. Gospic drew a foul on Bell with 44 seconds left and made both free throws to tie the game at 54. Harper took the inbounds pass and drove through the lane for a layup to put Mansfield up by a basket with 30 seconds left.

The Saints called timeout after the ball got past half-court and then called another timeout with 8.1 seconds left. The pass to Gospic at the low-post went off of his hands and Taijay Williams came away with the ball as the horn sounded.

Flagler will head to the University of Montevallo and resume Peach Belt Conference play on Thursday (Jan. 3).

Flagler vs Mansfield
12/30/12 12 p.m. at Winter Park, Fla.
At Winter Park, Fla.

MANSFIELD 56, FLAGLER 54

FLAGLER (4-5)
Ante Gospic 5-12 8-10 18; Adam Jones 7-11 4-4 18; Matt Clark 2-6 6-6 10;
Matt Conway 2-6 0-0 5; Matthias Sigurdarson 1-3 0-1 2; Desmond Gibson 0-0
1-2 1; Ryan Barnes 0-6 0-0 0; Jordan Warner 0-0 0-0 0; Jarrod Branco 0-0 0-0
0; Richard Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-45 19-23 54.

MANSFIELD (3-6)
Chuck Harper 7-16 2-4 16; Joe Bell 4-14 3-6 12; Tremaine Bowman 3-7 0-0 9;
Onyema Utti 3-8 3-4 9; Kevonte McClain 2-6 0-0 4; Taijay Williams 2-6 0-0 4;
Charles Becoats 1-4 0-0 2; Kenny Johnson 0-1 0-0 0; Kamil Parzych 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 22-64 8-14 56.

Flagler.......................   26   28  -   54
Mansfield.....................   30   26  -   56

3-point goals--Flagler 1-12 (Matt Conway 1-3; Adam Jones 0-2; Matt Clark
0-1; Matthias Sigurdarson 0-1; Ryan Barnes 0-5), Mansfield 4-17 (Tremaine
Bowman 3-5; Joe Bell 1-3; Taijay Williams 0-2; Charles Becoats 0-2; Kamil
Parzych 0-1; Onyema Utti 0-3; Chuck Harper 0-1). Fouled out--Flagler-None,
Mansfield-None. Rebounds--Flagler 37 (Ante Gospic 16), Mansfield 39 (Joe
Bell 10). Assists--Flagler 12 (Matthias Sigurdarson 5), Mansfield 8 (Chuck
Harper 4). Total fouls--Flagler 14, Mansfield 21. Technical
fouls--Flagler-None, Mansfield-None. A-197
38th Annual Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament
Consolation