NCAA South Regional: No. 2 Georgtown knocked off by Eagles
Florida Gulf Coast rise to occassion
College basketball, meet Florida Gulf Coast.
Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead FGCU to an incredible NCAA tournament debut, as the 15th-seeded Eagles – in just their second season of being eligible for the Division I postseason – knocked off second-seeded Georgetown 78-68 in the South Regional in Philadelphia.
The Eagles, in their second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, became just the seventh No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2.
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