ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida Southern men's basketball traveled to the McArthur Center in St. Petersburg on the campus of Eckerd College and defeated the Tritons 92-68 to improve to 14-7 overall with an 8-6 mark in Sunshine State Conference play.
The Moccasins were led by redshirt sophomore
Jadin Booth who notched 23 points on the night, going 8-for-15 from the field with three threes and a perfect 4-for-4 mark from the free throw line. The Omaha, Neb. native added six assists, four rebounds, and one steal on the road.
Redshirt sophomore
Luke Anderson nearly tied for the lead with 22 points also making eight field goals with two three-pointers. Anderson, the Lakeland, Fla. native, hauled in three rebounds while having one steal and one assist on the night. Redshirt senior
E.J. Dambreville finished with his sixth-straight double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Redshirt sophomore
Dominick Denny chipped in with 13 points in the win.
Eckerd moves to 9-11 overall and 6-8 in league play. The Tritons were led by Daniel Love with 14 points while David Swedura and Carr Thiam each had 11. Kent Garard rounded out the double-digit scorers for Eckerd with 10 points.
Eckerd started the game off on fire pushing out to a 20-7 lead, early with 14:48 on the clock. Florida Southern chipped away and eventually got within one, 25-24, with 11 minutes to play thanks to a
Connor Raines three-pointer. The Mocs took a quick lead, 31-30 with 7:12 remaining in the opening frame on an old-fashioned Raines three-point play, layup and free throw. Four points from
Luke Anderson brought the Mocs to its halftime tally of 43 points on a three-pointer and a free throw before the Tritons' Kent Garad converted a second-chance jumper to bring the game to a 43-41 halftime score.
Florida Southern turned up the pressure and broke out to a seven-point lead, 55-48, before pushing to double-digits, 60-49, on a pair of Booth free throws with 13:11 to play. After the Tritons reached 51 points, lockdown defense and Mocs crashing on the defensive end, Florida Southern would extend its lead to 20-plus points, 71-51 on an
E.J. Dambreville layup.
Jadin Booth would drain a three-pointer to make it 80-55 with 5:11 remaining forcing a Triton timeout. The Mocs would go on to cruise to a 92-68 win on the road in St. Petersburg finishing off a
Babatunde Ajike three-pointer.
Florida Southern will remain on the road and travel to Boca Raton to take on Lynn at 4:00 p.m.
