Thursday, February 14, 2013

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MACON, Ga. – ETSU was the only team to win at home while Stetson won on the road to clinch a spot in the A-Sun Championship. FGCU and Mercer also picked up key road victories in A-Sun men's basketball on Thursday.

The Hatters return to the A-Sun Championship for the first time since 2008-09. With their wins, the Eagles won their seventh straight game and the Bears picked up their fifth consecutive victory.

USC Upstate's Torrey Craig led all scorers with 29 points in the Spartans' home loss to Mercer. Aaron Anderson's 13 rebounds also came in a losing effort for Kennesaw State.

Men's Basketball Contests
• Stetson 76, Lipscomb 66
• ETSU 79, Kennesaw State 70
• FGCU 60, Northern Kentucky 53
• Mercer 70, USC Upstate 59

Top-Three Points
1. Torrey Craig, USC Upstate – 29 points
2. John Walton, ETSU; Adam Pegg, Stetson – 23 points
3. Jarvis Jones, ETSU; Delbert Love, Kennesaw State – 22 points

Top-Three Rebounds
1. Aaron Anderson, Kennesaw State – 13 rebounds
2. Adam Pegg, Stetson – 12 rebounds
3. Willie Green, Stetson – 11 rebounds

Top-Three Assists
1. JJ Butler, Lipscomb – 7 assists
2. Joel Naburgs, Stetson – 6 assists
T3. Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard/Jarvis Jones, ETSU; Travis Smith/Langston Hall, Mercer – 5 assists

Top-Three Steals
1. Khion Sankey, Lipscomb – 4 steals
T2. Aaron Graham, Stetson; Jordan Montgomery, Kennesaw State; Ricardo Glenn, USC Upstate – 3 steals

Top-Three Blocks
1. John Walton, ETSU – 3 blocks
T2. Chase Fieler, FGCU; Ricardo Glenn/Jodd Maxey, USC Upstate – 2 blocks

A-Sun Men's Hoops continues with the A-Sun/CSS Friday Night game on CSS/ESPN3 featuring North Florida at Jacksonville at 7 p.m EST.

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