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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Vol. CXX Issue 10
Men's basketball
FGCU
Sean McKnight
Staff Contributor
The Stetson men's basketball
team beat Florida Gulf Coast University 80-71 in a decisive conference
victory this past Friday.
In the opening minutes of play,
FGCU was in the lead. The Stetson
squad countered with five points by
senior Joel Naburgs and junior Willie Green to put Stetson in control of
the game early on. At the 15:43 mark,
the score was tied at 14. It was at this
point that FGCU came out and began
to score, taking the lead all throughout the rest of the first half.
Although FGCU may have been
in lead the last 14-plus minutes of the
first half, the Stetson men were never
behind by more than six points the
entire half. At the end of the first half,
FGCU was up by a score of 36-34.
Once the 2nd half was underway, the home team began to open
the flood gates and dominated the
first 12 minutes of the half on the
back of Stetson's top scorers Green
and Naburgs. At one point, Stetson
was leading 55-44.
It wasn't until the 8:02 mark that
the lead changed in favor of FGCU.
#3 Willie Gree
80-71
#23 Chris Perez
FGCU, after being down for so
long, went on the attack and soon
took advantage of the game 67-63
at the 4:45 mark. FGCU was in the
lead until the 2:48 mark where, after
big plays by junior Hunter Miller and
Senior Adam Pegg, Stetson took the
lead 71-69.
With 2:16 left, FGCU tied the
game for the final time at 71. It was
at this pivotal moment that Stetson
went on to score 9 unanswered points
and secured their 80-71 victory over
Florida Gulf Coast.
This game was extremely impor
tant for both teams. A win means a
better seed in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Although Stetson sits in third
(10-6 in conference games) under
FGCU (11-5 in conference games),
this game showed that Stetson can
and will beat FGCU.
This season Stetson men's basketball team and Florida Gulf Coast
University make Sports Center's top
10 plays of the week, and never for
the right reasons.
Back on Jan. 25, FGCU made
Sports Center's top 10 for a massive
dunk that really portrayed how one
nlliams
sided that game was; FGCU ended
up winning by 31.
On Feb. 22, number 12 Eric
McKnight for FGCU made a massive dunk that again warranted Sports
Center's top 10 list. The difference
between both games was who came
out victorious.
Special mention to Joel Naburgs
for breaking the record for most
three-pointers scored in a career at
Stetson University with 171 career
three-pointers.
#23 Chris Perez
Tampa Bay Rays
player gives Shooting
Club $5,000 Check
Lauren Cepero
News Editor
A $5,000 check was donated to
the Stetson's Shooting Club endowment fund by Luke Scott, a Major
League Baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Originally from De Leon
Springs, Scott attended Oklahoma
State and made his MLB debut in
2005. He currently acts as the designated hitter for the Rays.
According to Shooting Club
President, Ryan Stanford, Dr. Richard Libby was able to schedule a dinner with Scott when he visited Stetson in November of last year.
Dr. Wendy Libby, Dr. Richard
Libby, Luke Scott, Terry Williams,
University Trustee Richard George
and Ryan Stanford all gathered at the
Presidents House and discussed, "The
evolution of the club, the importance
of continued education for firearms,
shared different experiences around
the sport, and our purpose and goals
of the endowment," Stanford said.
Currently, the Shooting Club
must apply for grants to fund the various costs of running the club and participating in events. In five years, the
Shooting Club hopes to have reached
their financial goal of $100,000 for
the endowment fund, according to
Stanford.
"The endowment fund will become a financial platform for our
club, generating roughly enough
Left to right: Ryan Stanford, Luke Scott, Taylor Barfield, Photos courtesy:
Joe Flanagan, Ashley Mullen, Reba LaRose, Roman Joel Jones, Stetson
Petty, Michael Marco, Richard Libby Marketing
money in interest to cover operational costs of the club," Stanford said.
After the majority of the Shooting Club's members graduated, it began the 2012-2013 school year with
only four members. The club has now
grown to have 18 active members.
The club practices weekly at the
Volusia County Skeet and Trap Club.
The Shooting Club members compete in 1-2 shooting competitions in
the fall and spring seasons. They plan
will to host their own "home shoot"
at the Volusia County Skeet and Trap
Club this spring.
The club still hopes to get Scott
out onto the shooting range. "We invited him out to shoot with us, how
ever as a MLB player he has a very
busy and rigorous schedule, but we
will remain in touch and hopefully
get him out one the range with us,"
Stanford said.
