Lipscomb Bisons at Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
· NCAA Men's Basketball
90 - 87
Lipscomb holds on to defeat ASun champ FGCU 90-87
Kenny Cooper added 19 points, including two free throws with 10.7 seconds left, for the Bisons (19-9, 9-4), who clinched second place in the conference. Rob Marberry had 16 points.
Brandon Goodwin had 20 of his 28 points and Christian Terrell 16 of his 22 in the second half for the Eagles (20-10, 11-2), who have lost consecutive conference home games for the first time since 2011-12. Zach Johnson added 19 as FGCU cut a 17-point deficit with 6 1/2 minutes to go down to one on two occasions.
The Eagles had a 10-0 run to pull within 79-78 with 2:16 to play and Goodwin made three free throws with 14.5 seconds left to make it 88-87.
Lipscomb shot 57 percent for the game and made 11 of 13 free throws in the second half but had nine turnovers after going ahead 69-52. Mathews, a junior moved into second on the Bisons career list with 1,621 points.
FGCU turned 24 turnovers into 32 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 90 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Lipscomb Defensive Rebound. | 90 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Christian Terrell Offensive Rebound. | 90 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Kenny Cooper made Free Throw. | 90 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Kenny Cooper made Free Throw. | 89 - 87 |
Statistics
 LIP |
 FGCU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 33-58 | FG | 30-62 |
| 57 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 8-21 | 3PT | 6-24 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 25 |
| 16-21 | FT | 21-27 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 78 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 27 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 18 |
| 14 | Assists | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 19 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 24 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 22 | Points Off Turnovers | 32 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 48 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fouls | 22 |
| 17 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Fort Myers, FL
Attendance: 4,497 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Sun Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay | 15-3 | +1 | 22-9 |
| Central Arkansas | 15-3 | +1 | 22-12 |
| Queens University | 13-5 | 2 | 21-14 |
| Lipscomb | 12-6 | 3 | 19-13 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| West Georgia | 8-10 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Bellarmine | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Jacksonville | 7-11 | 8 | 12-20 |
| Stetson | 7-11 | 8 | 12-21 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 7-11 | 7 | 11-21 |
| North Florida | 5-13 | 10 | 7-25 |
| North Alabama | 4-14 | 10 | 9-21 |