Mocs Cruise Past Spartans Wednesday Night

LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Southern College men's basketball earned the program's 100^th win over the visiting University of Tampa Spartans Wednesday night, 96-67 at Streamline Sale Court inside the George W. Jenkins Field House.

"It was a good win for us," Head Coach Mike Donnelly commented. "I'm very happy with our effort and execution at both ends of the floor tonight. I thought we played with great energy and purpose for 40 minutes. Balanced effort all the way around."
 
Florida Southern improves to 12-5 on the year and 6-4 in Sunshine State Conference play. The Moccasins also improve to 100-66 all-time against the Spartans with a 57-24 home record.
 
Redshirt senior E.J. Dambreville record his second straight double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds, while adding six assists and one steal in his 36 minutes of action. Redshirt sophomore Jadin Booth paced the Mocs in scoring with 19 points, making four three-pointers while finishing with three assists and two rebounds.
 
Redshirt sophomore Luke Anderson added 17 points in 28 minutes while fifth-year student-athlete Noah Louis tallied nine points off the bench, ahead of junior Connor Raines' seven points. Redshirt sophomore Dominick Denny, who got the start, finished with a full stat sheet registering nine points, eight rebounds, and seven assists.
 
Tampa (6-10, 5-5 SSC) saw both Tyson Leitao and Mykah Brown lead the way with 21 points. Leitao capped his double-double with 10 rebounds for the Spartans.
 
Florida Southern controlled the entirety of the game, never trailing and holding a lead for 39:47 of the 40-minute contest. The Mocs started off hot with three straight jumpers from Luke Anderson, Dominick Denny, and E.J. Dambreville, before the Spartans finally registered a point at the 16:33 mark, a three from Mykah Brown.
 
The Mocs used an eight-point run to climb up to 11 points, 19-8, before cruising into halftime up 18, 48-30.
 
Tampa would chip away at the lead, and bring it to a 19-point deficit, 51-32 and again 65-46, before Florida Southern continued to lead by 20-plus-points for the remainder of the game. The Mocs climbed out to their largest lead of 29 points, 96-67, which was the game's final on a Farris Kabaloui layup with 35 seconds to play.
 
Up Next
Florida Southern remains at home as it welcomes in Florida Tech (14-4, 7-3 SSC) for a 7:30 p.m. tip inside the George W. Jenkins Field House.
 
 
 
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