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Fort Myers, Fla. – DeNisha Swain scored a season-high 13 points while Anda Kuzmina finished in double figures with 11 points as the USC Upstate women's basketball team lost 93-60 at Florida Gulf Coast on Monday night in ASUN Conference action at Alico Arena.

FGCU improves to 17-3 overall and 3-0 in the ASUN while Upstate drops to 6-12 and 1-2.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

• Swain surpassed her previous season-high of 10 points against Brevard on Jan. 2.
• A'Lexxus Davis finished with nine points and grabbed a team-leading six rebounds.
• China Dow scored a game-high 22 points with 10 rebounds to lead FGCU.
• Nasrin Ulel and Erica Nelson each scored 14 points, followed by Rosemarie Julien with 11 and Lisa Zderadicka with 10.
• Florida Gulf Coast held a 42-38 edge in rebounds.
• The Eagles were 38-for-73 (52 percent) from the field. Upstate finished 22-for-63 (35 percent) from the field.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• A Julien layup opened the scoring before Davis tied the game at 2 on a layup at the 8:02 mark.
• FGCU answered with a 6-0 run, prompting an Upstate timeout with 6:16 remaining.
• Jessica Cattani's layup with 3:20 to play gave the hosts an 18-4 lead.
• The Eagles led 28-12 at the end of the opening period.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Julien gave the Eagles a 22-point lead, their largest of the half, on a 3-pointer at the 9:27 mark that made the score 34-12.
• Upstate went on a 9-2 run as the Spartans pulled within 15, 36-21, at the second quarter media timeout with 4:31 left.
• Tamera Thorpe's layup at the 2:17 mark brought Upstate within 13, 36-23.
• FGCU closed the half on a 10-3 run to lead 46-26 at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• A Ulel 3-pointer and layup gave the Eagles a 51-26 lead with just under nine minutes left.
• After a pair of Riley Popplewell free throws, Morgan Williams sank a 3-pointer to bring Upstate within 15, 56-41.
• Swain scored the final basket of the period just before time expired as Florida Gulf Coast led 66-47.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• Ulel opened the scoring in the quarter with a 3-pointer before Kuzmina sank a pair of free throws with just under nine minutes to bring Upstate within 20, 69-49.
• Following a Davis layup that made the score 71-51 with 7:43 left, Florida Gulf Coast went on a 19-2 run capped by a Zderadicka layup with 2:48 to go that made the score 90-53.
• Latasha Johnson's jumper with 13 seconds left served as the final points of the game.

UP NEXT

• The Spartans face North Florida in their first home ASUN game of the season on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

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