Sunday, February 18, 2007

Belmont Bruins

• Sophomore Andy Wicke - who was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week Monday - scored a career-high 31 points against Gardner-Webb. His 10 three-pointers set a Curb Event Center record. • Belmont went 31-of-63 from three-point range in the two home victories. • The Bruins have also grabbed 40 or more rebounds in each of their past four games. Belmont leads the Atlantic Sun in rebounding margin at +2.6.

Campbell Fighting Camels

• Campbell has suffered four losses by three, or fewer, points in Atlantic Sun Conference play, including three one-point setbacks. • This year’s team has produced the program’s most victories (11) since the 1999-2000 squad finished 12-16. • Campbell’s four seniors – Ledell Eackles, Russ Gibson, Colin Hunt and Eric Smith – will play in their final home game on Saturday when the Camels host Gardner-Webb at 6:00 p.m.

ETSU Bucs

• ETSU improves to 20-8 overall, 14-2 in Atlantic Sun action, and more importantly wrapped up at least a share of the A-Sun regular season title with the win at KSU. • Senior forward Brad Nuckles earned his 16th career double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds in the win. Nuckles is currently 52 points shy of reaching 1,000 for his career. • The Bucs continue to be led offensively by Courtney Pigram , who hit on 5-of-8 from 3-point range and posted 23 points in the win at Kennesaw State.

Gardner-Webb Bulldogs

• Gardner-Webb finished the season four game win streak at home.

Jacksonville Dolphins

• JU saw their four-game win streak snapped at Stetson.

Kennesaw State Owls

• In a pair of upset attempts, Kennesaw State led Georgia with just over three-minutes to play and against ETSU, the Owls led by 12-points in the second half before Courtney Pigram exploded for 19 second half points. • The Owls have two home games left, against Mercer and Stetson and if they win both they would finish at .500 in the league for the second straight season. • Shuan Stegall ended a streak of eight games without a double-double when he dropped one on ETSU on Saturday.

Lipscomb Bisons

• Guards Brian Fisk, Trey Williams and JanAndre Williams were honored at Senior Day prior to the Bisons 59-57 win over Gardner-Webb at Allen Arena Saturday. • Thursday's 67-64 defeat of Campbell at Allen Arena was payback time for the Bisons. The only home loss they had last season was to Campbell. • The Bisons are 21st nationally in turnovers with an average of 12 per game.

Mercer Bears

• Freshman sensation James Florence continues to lead the conference in scoring at 18.7 ppg, ranking 38th in the nation as of Feb. 8, and continues to stand as one of only two freshmen in the country to lead their respective conferences in scoring. He has scored 467 points in his rookie season and stands 35 points away from breaking former Mercer standout Scott Emerson’s freshman scoring record of 501 points. • Including last week’s two one-point decisions, Mercer has played in five conference games decided by an average of 3.2 points.

UNF Ospreys

• UNF concludes the season with home games versus Belmont and Lipscomb.

Stetson Hatters

• The Hatters put together their first 3-game winning streak of the year, taking a trio of home games last week. • A freshman grabbed headlines last week when A.J. Smith hit all eight of his shots, included six treys, for 22 points in Thursday’s win over UNF. • Senior Gabe McMillen hit 18-of-19 free throws against Savannah State.