South Florida beats Florida Gulf Coast 68-66, 2OT

Stan Heath decided to top off his 49th birthday celebration by watching a video.cnbattachment The choice was a no-brainer for the South Florida coach - his team's just-concluded 68-66 victory over Florida Gulf Coast in double overtime on Tuesday night."I'm going to watch the film and go to bed," Heath said,wholesale Dsquared Long Sleeve T-Shirts sale from www.alipaytrade.com homepage. grinning as he left the interview room.The game ended on a critical call. Down two points with 0.3 seconds to go, Eagles guard Jamail Jones heaved an inbounds pass over Bulls 7-foot-3 center Jordan Omogbehin to Chase Fieler at the opposite end of the court.Fieler caught the ball and dropped in short jumper as he fell backward out of bounds. The basket did not count because it was not a tip-in required by NCAA rules with such little time remaining.South Florida senior Victor Rudd scored seven of his team-high 23 points in the second overtime, but it was the final play that brought him the most pleasure - especially since he was assigned to guard Fieler for that last split second."We knew they couldn't really catch it and shoot it," Rudd said. "But if he would have just tipped that ball in, then we would be in another overtime right now. I could tell right away that he caught the ball. I knew the game was over."First-year Eagles coach Joe Dooley had no argument with the officials. 

"It's a rule. They saw what they saw and called what they called,tissue ball and that's the way it is," Dooley said.Bernard Thompson scored 25 of his career-high 32 points for Florida Gulf Coast (5-5) after South Florida (7-2) took a 23-21 halftime lead. Teammate Brett Comer had 17 points - and had the only two in the first overtime until Chris Perry pulled USF even at 55 with 37 seconds to go. Comer missed a desperation shot from long range as time ran out, forcing a second overtime period.Thompson became the fourth player in school history to reach the career 1,000-point mark with the first Eagles basket in the second half. The junior guard had 16 of the first 20 points after the break for Florida Gulf Coast, which scored 14 in a row to go up 44-35."He's a great player. It opens a lot up whenever he's firing. . Another big threat that people have to think about," said Fieler,wholesale cheap Coach Grade AAA Sunglasses from www.alipaytrade.com homepage. who finished with 10 points.Nate Hicks didn't score, but the 6-foot-10 redshirt junior had 19 rebounds and five blocks for the Eagles.Freshman center John Egbunu had paper straws wholesale12 points and seven rebounds for the Bulls.The Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic resumes Thursday, when South Florida hosts Florida A&M and Florida Gulf Coast visits Mississippi State.