Bucs Fall at Fort Lauderdale
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Virgin Islands (1-14) | 36 | 35 | 71 |
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Fort Lauderdale (13-12) | 45 | 56 | 101 |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Ft. Lauderdale had four players in double figures and scored 56 second half points to beat the University of the Virgin Islands 101-71.
Fort Lauderdale beat the Bucs for the second straight night to improve to 13-12 on the season while UVI drops to 1-14.
Naythan Shaw-Clarke registered his second double-double in as many nights leading the Bucs with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Jalil Langston added 13 points, Nathan Carroll had a career-high 12 points and William Steger added a career best 10 points in the loss.
The Bucs were 22 of 54 from the field (40.7 percent) while connecting on a season high 9 of 16 from behind the arc, a season best 56.3 percent from downtown.
Fort Lauderdale was 40 of 84 (47.6 percent) from the floor and made 9 of 30 from 3-point range. The Eagles held a 50-32 edge on the glass including 22 offensive rebounds in the win
The Eagles led 45-36 at the half and scored the first seven points of the second half to push the lead to 52-36 in the first minute of the final half.
UVI is back in action on Feb. 11th at Morris at 2:00 EST.
