Eckerd Men's Basketball Ends 08-09 with Upset Victory Over Rollins
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After struggling for most of the season while battling injuries, the Eckerd Tritons (13-14, 5-11 SSC) have much to look forward to in 2009-10 as they fittingly said farewell to three graduating seniors with a rousing 81-74 upset victory over the Rollins Tars (18-9, 10-6 SSC) in front of 974 screaming fans on Saturday afternoon at the McArthur Center. The win follows a gutsy come-from-behind overtime victory at Saint Leo on Wednesday.
Rollins appeared to be headed to victory in the first half as a three-pointer by Zach Pancratz gave the Tars a 27-14 lead with 10:23 remaining. A made three-pointer by John Harper, however, would get the Tritons started on a 29-17 over the final 9:47 of the half, trimming the Tars’ lead to just 44-43 and swinging momentum to the Tritons at halftime.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Scores Come-from-Behind OT Win at Saint Leo
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
SAINT LEO, Fla. - Needing to run the table just to keep its postseason hopes alive, the Eckerd Tritons (12-14, 4-11 SSC) received a clutch three by freshman swingman Kornilous Donnell with 10 seconds left to force an extra session en route to a come-from-behind 84-77 overtime victory over the Saint Leo Lions (14-15, 7-9 SSC) on Wednesday night at the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
Despite holding up its end of the bargain, Eckerd did not receive help that it needed to stay alive as, just moments after the final buzzer sounded in Saint Leo, the Florida Tech Panthers were putting the finishing touches on a win over the Nova Southeastern Sharks in Davie, Fla., thus mathematically eliminating the Tritons from postseason contention.
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Eckerd Men’s Basketball Falls to Florida Tech on the Road
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
MELBOURNE, Fla. - The postseason hopes for the Eckerd Tritons (11-13, 3-10 SSC) took a serious blow on Saturday as they were convincingly defeated by the Florida Tech Panthers (12-12, 4-9 SSC) by a score of 83-69 at Florida Tech’s Clemente Center. The loss proved to be payback for a 94-64 drubbing dealt by the Tritons to the Panthers at home on January 16th.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Loses OT Battle at Tampa
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. - In a game that was decided by just two points, the Eckerd Tritons (11-12, 3-9 SSC) can look no further than its free throw shooting to find answers for a 77-75 overtime defeat at the hands of the Tampa Spartans (13-7, 7-4 SSC) on Wednesday night at Tampa’s Bob Martinez Center. The Tritons shot 16-for-30 from the charity stripe.
In the first half, the two teams battled to the tune of six ties and five lead changes. Just before the end of the half, Tampa’s Rudy Jean appeared to send his team into the locker room tied at 27 at the half but Erick Green knocked down a 20-foot jumper with 21 seconds left to give Eckerd a 29-27 lead at halftime.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Squeaks by Lynn
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Freshman guard Wayne Sears scored a career-high 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the field to help lead the Eckerd Tritons (11-11, 3-8) past the Lynn Fighting Knights (14-7, 5-5 SSC) by a score of 74-69 in a heart-pounding affair at the McArthur Center on Sunday evening.
In the first half, a pair of free throws by Nick Agress increased an Eckerd lead to 20-11 with 7:00 to go. Lynn’s Kendall Butler, however, sparked the Knights on a 14-6 run before a layup by Trevor Lee with five seconds left, gave the Tritons a 28-25 advantage going into the locker room.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Falls at Barry
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. - Eckerd junior forward Zaronn Cann led the Tritons with 19 points and seven boards but it was not enough as the Barry Buccaneers (8-12, 3-7 SSC) defeated the Eckerd Tritons (10-11, 2-8 SSC) by a score of 63-51 on Wednesday night at the Health and Sports Center.
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Offense Pushes Rollins Past Men's Basketball
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
WINTER PARK, Fla. - Freshman swingman Kornilous Donnell scored 17 points to lead the Eckerd Tritons (9-10, 1-7 SSC) but a second half surge by the Rollins Tars (15-4, 7-1 SSC) led to the Tritons’ demise as they fell to the Tars by a score of 77-61 on Wednesday night at Warden Arena.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Nets Non-Conference Win at Flagler
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Zaronn Cann scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Eckerd Tritons (9-9) past the Flagler Saints (9-11) to the tune of an 88-80 victory on Saturday at Flagler Gym.
In the first half, Flagler tied the game at 26-26 following a made jumper by Jon Matthews. However, a layup by Kornilous Donnell sparked the Tritons on a 22-8 run to close out the half, capped by a three-pointer by Mychal Nichols with 1:01 to give the Tritons a 48-34 at the half.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Falls in a Barnburner Against Saint Leo
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For the fifth time this season, the Eckerd Tritons (8-9, 1-6 SSC) found themselves on the losing end of a barnburner as they lost to the Saint Leo Lions (9-10, 3-4 SSC) by a score of 77-72 on Wednesday evening at the McArthur Center. A boisterous crowd received its money’s worth as the game feature six ties and 12 lead changes.
After a three-pointer by Chris Gray extended the Tritons’ lead to 29-22 with 6:01 left in the first half, the Lions would close the half on a 17-4 run, capped by a three-pointer by Quentin Cullop, to take a 39-33 lead into the locker room.
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Fast Start Leads Eckerd Men's Basketball to Easy Win Over Florida Tech
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd Tritons (8-8, 1-5 SSC) snapped a four-game losing skid by dismantling the Florida Tech Panthers (9-7, 1-4 SSC) by a score of 94-64 on Saturday evening at the McArthur Center. The Tritons set the tone from the beginning, jumping out to a 23-7 lead within the game’s first 10 minutes.
The Tritons had six players score in double figures while 10 players scored at least one basket. Junior forward Zaronn Cann led Eckerd with 16 points while Trevor Lee scored 10 points with nine boards. Chris Gray and Lewis Lampley both scored and distributed, scoring 11 and 10 points, respectively, while passing out seven and six assists, respectively.
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Florida Southern Offense Races Past Eckerd Men's Basketball
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
LAKELAND, Fla. - Zaronn Cann and Lewis Lampley led the Eckerd Tritons (7-8, 0-5 SSC) with 17 and 14 points, respectively, but it was John Thompson who stole the show, scoring 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting while leading Florida Southern (14-4, 4-1 SSC) to an 86-78 victory over the Tritons on Wednesday night at Jenkins Field House.
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Furious Comeback Attempt Falls Short as Men's Basketball Falls to Tampa by One
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For the second consecutive game, the Eckerd Tritons (7-6, 0-3) took a shot for a win in the waning moments but came up short as they fell to the Tampa Spartans (7-4, 1-1 SSC) by a score of 62-61 on Wednesday night at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Loses Heartbreaker as Last-Second Shot Falls Short
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Barry’s Karega Tucker scored 18 points, including the game-winning bucket with 6.5 seconds remaining, as the Buccaneers (6-6, 1-1 SSC) stole a victory from the Eckerd Tritons (7-5, 0-2 SSC) on Saturday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Free Throws Lead Eckerd Men's Basketball Past Tuskegee
Monday, December 29th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Zaronn Cann led the Eckerd Tritons (7-4) with 18 points to go along with five rebounds while Adio Mutima notched career-highs with 14 points and nine boards as the Tritons defeated the Tuskegee Golden Tigers (0-5) by a score of 88-77 on Monday evening at the McArthur Center.
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PBA Too Much for Men's Basketball
Friday, December 19th, 2008
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Palm Beach Atlantic guard David Powell scored 30 points on 7-of-16 shooting and 11-of-11 free throw attempts to lead the Sailfish (7-6) past the Eckerd Tritons (6-4), 74-59, on Friday night at PBA’s Rubin Arena. Zaronn Cann led the Tritons with 17 points and five boards.
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Eckerd Men's Basketball Cruises Past Emmanuel, 84-70
Monday, December 15th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Zaronn Cann, Kornilous Donnell, and Chris Gray each scored 14 points to lead the Eckerd Tritons (6-3) past the Emmanuel Lions (9-4) by the score of 84-70 on Monday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Tritons Men's Basketball Scores Easy Victory Against Florida College
Friday, December 12th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Eckerd freshman swingman Kornilous Donnell came off to bench to score a career and game-high 13 points while Zaronn Cann registered his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds, to lead the Eckerd Tritons (5-3) past the Florida College Falcons (5-6) by the score of 88-52 on Friday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Loses SSC Opener at Nova Southeastern
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
DAVIE, Fla. - Sophomore guard John Harper led all scorers with 15 points but the Eckerd Tritons (4-3, 0-1 SSC) could not overcome poor first half shooting and a 42-27 rebounding deficit, falling to the Nova Southeastern Sharks (3-3, 1-0 SSC) by a score of 69-58 on Saturday afternoon at NSU’s University Center.
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Role Reversal: Men's Basketball Holds Off Vaqueros at the Buzzer
Friday, November 28th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - One game after giving up a game-winning jumpshot with 0.4 seconds remaining and missing a buzzer beater, the Eckerd Tritons (4-1) found themselves in the opposite role, watching the UPR-Bayamon Vaqueros (1-3) miss a buzzer beat to hold on for a 62-59 victory on Friday night at the McArthur Center.
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Men’s Basketball Falls in a Heartbreaker to Up-and-Coming Sailfish
Monday, November 24th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Palm Beach Atlantic junior guard Jonathan Lawrence amassed a game-high 22 points, including the game-winning jumper, a 20-footer, with 0.4 seconds remaining to lead the Sailfish (2-3) to a stunning victory over the Eckerd Tritons (3-1) by the slimmest of margins, 73-72, on Monday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Routs Gallitos, 88-57
Friday, November 21st, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Eckerd sophomore center Dale Carn led all scorers with 21 points while grabbing seven rebounds as the Tritons (3-0) defeated the Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Gallitos (0-3) by the score of 88-57 on Friday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Uses Balance to Beat Back Lions
Monday, November 17th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Four players, including two off the bench, amassed double figure point totals while four others had at least seven points as the Eckerd Tritons (2-0) defeated the Florida Memorial Lions (0-1) by a score of 87-71 on Monday evening at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Slips Past the Saints in Season Opener
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After three tie scores and eight lead changes to begin the second half, resulting, in a 49-49 score, the Eckerd Tritons (1-0) would go on a 27-14 run to build a 76-63 lead with 1:28 left to play en route to defeating the Flagler Saints (0-1) by the score of 82-67 on Saturday night at the McArthur Center.
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Men's Basketball Tabbed Third in SSC Preseason Poll
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Eckerd Men’s Basketball team, led by 13-year head coach Tom Ryan, was selected third in the season’s Sunshine State Conference preseason poll as announced by SSC Commissioner Michael J. Marcil.
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