Box Score

ST. AUGUSTINE – Robert Huntington came off the bench to score a team-high 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field as Nova Southeastern University defeated Flagler College 76-66 in a non-conference men's basketball game Tuesday night at Flagler Gym.

Nova Southeastern snapped its three-game losing streak and evened its record at 4-4. Flagler was dealt its first loss of the season and dropped to 6-1.

Alex Gynes added 16 points, including seven coutresy of free throws for the Sharks. Lukas Roesch added 10 points and five rebounds while Ross Allsop nearly completed the double-double with eight points and nine rebounds.

Kenny Moore (Vero Beach, Fla., Vero Beach HS) recorded his fourth double-double of the year with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and a game-high 14 rebounds. Eddie Fowler (Deltona, Fla., Pasco-Hernando CC) added 10 points while D.J. Ferguson (Orlando, Fla., Bishop Moore Catholic HS) chipped in with 11 points and tallied a game-high nine assists.

Nova Southeastern opened the game with an 11-4 lead and led and by as many as 13 points (26-13) after a jumper from Gynes. Flalger trimmed the deficit to two points (28-26) after Dave Clark's (St. Augustine, Fla., Pedro Menendez HS) jumper with 3:03 left, but an 11-3 run by the Sharks gave them a 10-point advantage (39-29) at the break. NSU shot 46.9% (15-32) from the field in the first half.

In the second half, the Saints trailed 46-35 with 15:35 to play but went on a 17-5 run over the next 4:45. Ryan Barnes (Oviedo, Fla., Newberry College) capped the run with a three-pointer giving the Saints a 52-51 advantage. It would be the last time Flagler had a lead. NSU responded with a 9-2 run to regain control, 60-54. Moore answered with a lay-up and a free throw to get Flagler to within three (60-57), but Nova Southeastern countered with a 13-6 run to put the game away. Seven of the points the Sharks scored in the run came from the free throw line.

Nova Southeastern held Flagler to 18.5% (5-24) shooting from three-point range and a season-low 40.3% (25-62) shooting from the field.

Flagler returns to action on Dec. 29, at 5 p.m., against Winston-Salem State University at the Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament in Winter Park, Fla.



Nova Southeastern vs Flagler
12/14/10 7:30 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla.
At St. Augustine, Fla.

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN 76, FLAGLER 66

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN (4-4)
HUNTINGTON, Robert 6-11 4-6 17; GYNES, Alex 4-10 7-10 16; ROESCH, Lukas 4-5
0-0 10; ALLSOP, Ross 3-7 2-3 8; PAPENDIECK, Max 3-7 1-2 7; TASSY, Teddy 1-4
4-4 6; REED, Jacob 2-2 0-0 6; DYER, Lemar 3-8 0-0 6; DENNISON, Cody 0-1 0-0
0; BROOKS, John 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 18-25 76.

FLAGLER (6-1)
Moore, Kenny 8-12 4-5 20; Ferguson, D.J. 4-10 2-4 11; Fowler, Eddie 5-9 0-0
10; Barnes, Ryan 3-11 0-0 9; July, Chad 2-8 3-5 7; Pietkiewicz, John 1-7 2-2
5; Branco, Jarrod 1-3 0-0 2; Clark, Dave 1-1 0-0 2; Stokes, Justin 0-1 0-0
0; McNeil, Jamal 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 11-16 66.

Nova Southeastern............. 39 37 - 76
Flagler....................... 29 37 - 66

3-point goals--Nova Southeastern 6-17 (REED, Jacob 2-2; ROESCH, Lukas 2-2;
GYNES, Alex 1-4; HUNTINGTON, Robert 1-2; DYER, Lemar 0-2; TASSY, Teddy 0-1;
PAPENDIECK, Max 0-3; ALLSOP, Ross 0-1), Flagler 5-27 (Barnes, Ryan 3-11;
Pietkiewicz, John 1-7; Ferguson, D.J. 1-4; Branco, Jarrod 0-1; Fowler, Eddie
0-3; Moore, Kenny 0-1). Fouled out--Nova Southeastern-None, Flagler-July,
Chad. Rebounds--Nova Southeastern 36 (ALLSOP, Ross 9), Flagler 35 (Moore,
Kenny 14). Assists--Nova Southeastern 17 (DYER, Lemar 4), Flagler 13
(Ferguson, D.J. 9). Total fouls--Nova Southeastern 16, Flagler 20. Technical
fouls--Nova Southeastern-None, Flagler-None. A-178