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ST. AUGUSTINE – Chad July (Fort White, Fla., Bridgton (Maine) Academy) scored 12 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds to help Flagler College rally past Webber International University 82-68 in a non-conference men's basketball game Monday at Flagler Gymnasium.

Flagler improved to 1-0 and was its third consecutive season-opening win. Webber International suffered its fourth consecutive loss of the season and dropped to 2-4.

Ante Gospic (Zadar, Croatia, Polk State College) scored 14 points grabbed 18 rebounds while Jarrod Branco (Hudson, Fla., Hudson HS) scored a game-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field. Matt Clark (St. Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine HS) came off the bench to score 16 points and sank three 3-pointers. Addison Smith dished out a game-high seven assists.

Johnson Mesidor scored a game-high 18 points and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Dave Marlar added 13 points while Taula Koloamatangi chipped in with 10 points and five rebounds.

Flagler outrebounded Webber International 57-36, and 41 rebounds were off the defensive glass. The Saints held the Warriors to 30.7% (23-75) shooting from the field, including a 29.5% (13-44) mark in the second half.

The first half was close throughout with nine ties and 10 lead changes. The Warriors had the largest lead of the half (22-16) after a Mesidor 3-pointer, but back-to-back threes by Ryan Barnes (Oviedo, Fla., Newberry College) and Clark, coupled with July's old-fashioned three-point play wiped out the deficit for the Saints and gave Flagler a 25-22 lead with 7:59 to go in the half.

Flagler went into the locker room ahead 36-35.

A David Swan layup with 15:01 left in the game gave Webber International a 48-42 lead, but a pair of July free throws and back-to-back fastbreak layups by Branco sparked a 21-2 run by Flagler, culminating in a 63-50 lead with 10:25 left.

A Koloamatangi layup with 4:26 left rallied the Warriors back to within two possessions (67-63), but the Saints countered with a 7-0 run over the next 1:52 to put the game away.

Flagler hosts Clearwater Christian College on Friday (Nov. 18) at 7 p.m. at Flagler Gymnasium.

Webber Int'l vs Flagler
11/14/11 7 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)
At St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)

FLAGLER 82, WEBBER INT'L 68

WEBBER INT'L (2-4)
Johnson Mesidor 5-14 6-6 18; Dave Marlar 6-12 1-3 13; Taula Koloamatangi
5-13 0-2 10; Gabriel Rutledge 2-4 5-6 9; David Swan 3-12 2-2 8; Troy Simmons
1-5 5-6 7; Tyler Auerbacher 1-8 0-0 2; Jay Philippe 0-4 1-2 1; David Wynn
0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-75 20-27 68.

FLAGLER (1-0)
Jarrod Branco 9-13 2-2 20; Matt Clark 4-8 5-6 16; Ante Gospic 5-10 4-4 14;
Chad July 3-7 6-11 12; Addison Smith 0-6 6-6 6; Ryan Barnes 1-5 2-2 5;
Justin Stokes 2-3 0-0 4; Louis Ricker 1-3 0-0 3; Jordan Warner 1-1 0-0 2;
Desmond Gibson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 25-31 82.

Webber Int'l..................   35   33  -   68
Flagler.......................   36   46  -   82

3-point goals--Webber Int'l 2-12 (Johnson Mesidor 2-5; David Swan 0-1; Tyler
Auerbacher 0-5; Jay Philippe 0-1), Flagler 5-14 (Matt Clark 3-5; Ryan Barnes
1-3; Louis Ricker 1-1; Addison Smith 0-1; Ante Gospic 0-2; Jarrod Branco
0-2). Fouled out--Webber Int'l-None, Flagler-None. Rebounds--Webber Int'l 36
(Gabriel Rutledge 9), Flagler 57 (Chad July 19). Assists--Webber Int'l 12
(Troy Simmons 4), Flagler 18 (Addison Smith 7). Total fouls--Webber Int'l
23, Flagler 24. Technical fouls--Webber Int'l-None, Flagler-None. A-424