Box score
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. − Ty Rowland led five players in double figures with 18 points and also dished out eight assists as Georgia College & State University defeated Flagler College 80-69 in a Peach Belt Conference men’s basketball game Monday night at Flagler Gym.
GCSU won its eighth game in a row and improved to 14-2 overall and is the lone undefeated conference team with a record of 7-0. Flagler lost its third consecutive game and fell to 7-9 overall and 2-5 in the league.
Graham Martin and Jake Rios each contributed 13 points for the bobcats while Josh Hurst recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds and also dished out four assists. Ryan Aquino tallied 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
GCSU shot 51.1% (24-47) from the field and made 38.1% (8-21) from 3-point range. The Bobcats held the Saints to just 37.7% (26-69) shooting from the field and 20.8% (5-24) from 3-point range.
Eddie Fowler (Deltona, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC) scored a game-high 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field.
Kenny Moore (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach HS) recorded his third double-double of the season, and second in as many games, with 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
John Pietkiewicz (Winter Park, Fla./New Hampton (N.H.) Prep) added 13 points while
D.J. Ferguson (Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore HS) notched his fourth double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 assists.
Cody Shuffler (Valdese, N.C./East Burke HS) sank a five-foot jumper with 3:23 left in the first half to cut the deficit to four points (24-20), but GCSU went on a 10-1 spurt over the next 1:43 and took a 36-25 lead into the half.
In the second half, Fowler’s alley-oop dunk got the home crowd back into the game and put the Saints to within nine points (48-39), but the Bobcats answered with a 13-3 run to take its largest lead of the game, 19 points (61-42) after a Rowland trey.
Flagler hosts North Georgia College & State University in a Peach Belt Conference game on Thursday (Jan. 28) at 7:30 p.m. The game will also serve as a fundraiser as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” Weekend. Donations will be accepted to support the American Cancer Society’s fight to find a cure for cancer.
Georgia College vs Flagler
01/25/10 7:45 p.m. at St. Augustine, FL
At St. Augustine, FL
GEORGIA COLLEGE 80, FLAGLER 69
GEORGIA COLLEGE (14-2, 7-0 PBC)
Rowland, Ty 5-8 6-7 18; Rios, Jake 4-11 4-4 13; Martin, Graham 3-7 7-10 13;
Aquino, Ryan 5-6 0-0 11; Hurst, Josh 4-6 0-0 10; Fildes, Trent 3-5 0-2 8;
Mikell, Andre 0-2 7-8 7; Thomas, Robert 0-1 0-0 0; Hamilton, Nate 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 24-47 24-31 80.
FLAGLER (7-9, 2-5 PBC)
Fowler, Eddie 8-15 1-1 19; Pietkiewicz, John 5-17 0-1 13; Moore, Kenny 4-9
3-3 11; Ferguson, D.J. 3-13 5-6 11; Dixon, Adam 2-3 2-2 6; Stokes, Justin
2-2 1-2 5; July, Chad 1-3 0-2 2; Shuffler, Cody 1-5 0-0 2; Clark, David 0-1
0-0 0; Branco, Jarrod 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-69 12-17 69.
Georgia College............... 36 44 - 80
Flagler....................... 25 44 - 69
3-point goals--Georgia College 8-21 (Rowland, Ty 2-5; Fildes, Trent 2-4;
Hurst, Josh 2-2; Aquino, Ryan 1-1; Rios, Jake 1-5; Mikell, Andre 0-2;
Martin, Graham 0-2), Flagler 5-24 (Pietkiewicz, John 3-8; Fowler, Eddie 2-8;
Ferguson, D.J. 0-4; Shuffler, Cody 0-2; Branco, Jarrod 0-1; Moore, Kenny
0-1). Fouled out--Georgia College-None, Flagler-Branco, Jarrod.
Rebounds--Georgia College 38 (Hurst, Josh 11), Flagler 34 (Moore, Kenny 10).
Assists--Georgia College 19 (Rowland, Ty 8), Flagler 17 (Ferguson, D.J. 10).
Total fouls--Georgia College 16, Flagler 20. Technical fouls--Georgia
College-None, Flagler-None. A-1009