FORT MYERS, Fla. – Led by 15 points from Dakota Rivers (Windermere, Fla./Windermere HS) and Zach Anderson (Apopka, Fla./Apopka HS), six players reached double-figure scoring as the FGCU men's basketball team picked up a 99-59 win over Eckerd on Sunday evening in Alico Arena. The win improved the Eagles to 2-2 overall, while the Tritons fell to 1-3 on the year.
 
The six players in double-digit points marked the first time for that to occur since the Jan. 29, 2018 game against North Florida.
 
"I thought we shared the ball well with the 27 assists and took care of possession. We stress both of those with the team and tonight we had just nine turnovers," said head coach Michael Fly. "The offensive rebounding and how that led to second chance points was also a positive sign. There are still a lot of things we need to clean up, but overall we moved the ball well and, for the most part, the guys gave really good efforts."
 
Along with Rivers and Anderson, Tavian Dunn-Martin (Huntington, W.Va./Huntington HS/Akron/Duquesne) scored 13 points, Cyrus Largie (Miramar, Fla./Mater Lakes Academy) had 12 points, and Andre Weir (Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Prep/Richmond) and Kevin Samuel [Codrington Village, Barbuda/Redemption HS (Texas)/TCU] added 11 each. For Anderson and Weir, both totals stood as career highs. Samuel nearly had a double-double with nine rebounds while adding two blocks. Luis Rolon (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Central Pointe Christian Academy) added eight assists to lead all players.
 
Eckerd was led by 19 points from Daniel Love, while Atraiel Washigton scored 11 points and GianFranco Grafals had 10 points.
 
FGCU shot 48.8 percent from the field highlighted by 27 assists on 39 made field goals. The Eagles also held a 53-to-29 advantage on the boards which helped translate into 23 second chance points and 28 fast break points.
 
The Green and Blue carried a 47-27 lead into the intermission before building the lead to as many as 47 points in with 5:35 remaining in the second half. A trio of triples from Anderson along with five points from Dunn-Martin sparked a 14-to-0 run in a nearly three minute stretch that was key in pushing the lead to 90-43.
 
In the final three minutes of play, Kyle Riemenschneider (Fort Myers, Fla. / Fort Myers HS) hit a pair of field goals, the first points of his career, around a three-pointer from Lenny Ricca (Weston, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas) to give the final score.
 
The Eagles will have a quick turnaround as they host Rhode Island on Tuesday night (7 PM, ESPN+). The upcoming week will also feature the Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Invitational on Friday, Nov. 26 through Sunday, Nov. 28. Each day will feature a pair of games with the Eagles playing at 7 PM on Friday and Saturday and at 6 PM on Sunday.
 
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COACH FLY
Michael Fly was introduced as the fourth FGCU men's basketball head coach on April 5, 2018. He had spent the previous seven years as an assistant coach on the Eagles' staff. In his time with the Eagles, he helped FGCU to a 191-136 record (.583 winning percentage), including six ASUN Tournament Final appearances, three NCAA Tournament victories, three ASUN Tournament titles and three ASUN Regular Season Championships, two berths in the NIT, a CIT appearance and a run to the Sweet 16. He has coached 13 all-conference selections while with the Green and Blue, including two ASUN Player of the Year honors in Sherwood Brown and Brandon Goodwin, two ASUN Defensive Player of the Year selections in Bernard Thompson and Demetris Morant and one ASUN Newcomer of the Year in Schadrac Casimir. Of the top-10 players in career points at FGCU, Fly has helped develop eight of them, including all-time leading scorer Thompson (1,835). Additionally, the Kentucky alumnus has coached both the ASUN all-time assists leader Brett Comer (845; 24th in NCAA history) and FGCU all-time leading rebounder Chase Fieler (714).
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 86 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 23 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, and 2020 Fall semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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