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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Senior Toney Douglas scored a team-high 16 points as Florida State held off a late charge to beat Jacksonville University 59-57 Saturday in both teams' season opener. Down 17 with 3:48 left in the game, things didn’t look to good for the JU men’s basketball team, but a frantic rally brought them within two points before time ran out. More ... SAVANNAH, Ga. (Nov. 16, 2008) – The University of North Florida came on strong in the second-half but fell short in their season opener with a 75-60 loss to Savannah State. More ... It was a cold and blustery night at Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday as the 19th ranked Seminoles came in for homecoming. And spirits for the game were high as Wake Forest lost their game to North Carolina State earlier in the day clearing the way for Florida State to head to Tampa. More ... No. 3 Florida cruised to a 56-6 win over No. 24 South Carolina Saturday evening in front of a crowd of 90,646 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The win moved the Gators to 9-1 overall (7-1 SEC), while South Carolina fell to 7-4 (4-4 SEC). The 56-point win over the Gamecocks marked the fifth-straight game that the Gators have put up 42 or more points, tying the University of Oklahoma for the longest active streak in the nation. More ... For the quarters, the JU football team looked like it had fallen into the dreaded trap game. A 27-point outburst in the fourth quarter ended Drake’s hope for an upset as the Dolphins won their sixth straight, 41-9, on Saturday at D.B. Milne Field. More ... Knowshon Moreno rushed for 134 yards and caught a pass for a touchdown as No. 13 Georgia held off upset-minded Auburn for a 17-13 victory. The Bulldogs (9-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) went ahead for good with 8:24 to play on a 17-yard pass from Matthew Stafford to A.J. Green and then stopped two late Auburn drives to seal the win. More ... Trailing 3-1 in the second half, the JU men’s soccer team scored three unanswered goals to down No. 1 seed Campbell, 4-3, to win the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship in Buies Creek, N.C. on Saturday afternoon. More ... The University of Florida women’s cross country team finished second at the NCAA South Regional Championship in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday morning, earning an automatic bid to the National Championship. The men finished fourth and must await a decision from the NCAA for an at-large spot in the Championship. More ... |
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