FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Eckerd men's basketball team dropped a road contest, 102-77, at No. 4 Nova Southeastern at Rick Case Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The teams swapped baskets early in the game before the Sharks went up 18-11. Eckerd rallied to cut its deficit to three, 20-17, on a Daniel Love layup with 8:06 left in the first half. However, NSU pushed back in front by nine two minutes later and maintained an arms-length favor the rest of the half before entering intermission up 42-35.
After taking a 12-point advantage to start the second half, back-to-back triples by David Swedura and Carr Thiam cut EC's deficit to six, 47-41, with 18 minutes left. Eckerd trailed but remained close until the Sharks went on a 17-0 run to take an 87-64 lead at the 6:26 mark, and NSU cruised the rest of the way.
HOW IT ENDED
FINAL: No. 4 Nova Southeastern 102, Eckerd 77
RECORDS: Eckerd 3-3 (1-2 SSC); Nova Southeastern 7-0 (2-0 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Thiam and Daniel Love led Eckerd with 17 points each, while Dante Bouchard followed behind with a career-high 16 points off the bench.
- JP Haggarty pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds, while Kent Garard and Daniel Love grabbed six each.
- Swedura swiped three steals, while Haggarty had two.
- EC shot 44.4 percent from the floor and 43.5 percent from beyond the arc.
UP NEXT
Eckerd returns to the McArthur Center in a week, hosting Saint Leo at 5:00 PM.
