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ESTERO, Fla. – The FGCU men's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the 2022 Gulf Coast Showcase where it meets Kansas City for the title Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET at Hertz Arena and the game is available on FloHoops.
 
FGCU (4-2) out-muscled Drexel 67-59 Tuesday night, displaying attitude and effort on back-to-back nights to claim a spot in the final game. The Green & Blue held Drexel to just 35 percent shooting from the floor while connecting on 45.9 percent from the field. FGCU took advantage of its inside scoring opportunities with a 32-20 points margin in the paint and doubled the Dragons' bench offensive production 20-9.
 
Kansas City nipped Indiana State 63-61 in Tuesday's early semifinal. The two teams have met only once before with the Roos grabbing a rare win at Alico Arena, 73-69, on Nov. 26, 2008. 
 
Senior guard Isaiah Thompson (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville HS/Purdue) shined against Drexel, scoring a career-high 27 points on 10-of-21 shooting. Junior guard Chase Johnston (Boca Raton, Fla./Westminster Academy/Stetson) dropped 18 points against the Dragons, and sophomore center Andre Weir (Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna College Prep/Richmond) tied his career high in rebounds (11) for the game's top total and scored nine points. 
 
Kansas City (3-4) is led by Shemarri Allen, who scores 16.7 points and grabs 6.0 rebounds per game. Allen played all but one minute of the game, with a game-high 22 points in 39 minutes against Indiana State. 
 
FGCU seeks to even its record in Gulf Coast Showcase appearances after improving to 3-4 with two wins so far in this year's edition of the event.
 
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INDIVIDUAL TICKETS, MINI PLANS AVAILABLE
Tickets for the 2022-23 FGCU Basketball season are on sale now and can be purchased by going online to www.FGCUTickets.com or calling 866-FGCU-TIX. Group tickets can also be purchased for 10 or more people – making a memorable evening for families, businesses, or other organizations.
 
E.A.G.L.E. CAMPAIGN
IT TAKES A TEAM to achieve our newest goal - a $10 million campaign to address student-athlete needs in continued academic success, life skills, mental health, nutrition, and strength and conditioning as well as departmental needs in facility expansion and improvement as well as mentoring and leadership training for coaches and staff. The name embodies our mission and the purpose of the E.A.G.L.E. Campaign - Eagle Athletics Generating Lifetime Excellence. Join Our Team and pledge your gift today to help the Eagles of tomorrow!
 
COACH CHAMBERS
Pat Chambers was officially introduced as the fifth FGCU men's basketball head coach in March 2022 bringing a wealth of experience in college basketball highlighted by head coaching stints at Penn State and Boston University. Chambers spent nine years leading the Penn State (2011-20) program and two years as head coach at Boston University (2009-11). He has 194 career victories in that span including four 20-plus win seasons. Part of his career as a head coach was highlighted by leading the Nittany Lions to a No. 9 national ranking in 2019-20 which tied the program's best-ever ranking set in 1996. Prior to becoming a head coach, he spent five seasons as part of the Villanova staff helping the Wildcats to a Final Four (2009), two Elite Eight, and three Sweet Sixteen appearances during his tenure.
 
#FEEDFGCU
FGCU Athletics sponsors events in November and April to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness.
 
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 93 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11-plus seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 46 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green & 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 26 consecutive semesters. The past six semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative 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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