The Florida SouthWestern State Athletic Department brought home an NJCAA high three awards in the 2YSIDA Graphics & Publications Contest for the 2020-2021 athletic year, claiming 1st place accolades for their team schedule poster and game notes while earning 2nd place in the gameday graphics category.
We kick off our countdown of the top 10 moments of the 2020-2021 FSW Athletics Year today with our #10 moment; Terry Roberts breaking the Bucs single game steals record.
Three Florida SouthWestern programs have announced their 2021 summer camp dates that should keep local youth in the Southwest Florida area plenty busy beginning this June.
This Spring, Florida SouthWestern State fans latched onto the Drake Bulldogs, plum full of former Buccaneer athletes and coaches. Next year, they will have another Bulldogs squad to cheer for as sophomore guard Jaden Campbell signed with Samford University on Wednesday where he will reunite with former FSW star Jermaine Marshall for the 2021-2022 season.
After one season in the Purple and Aqua, Florida SouthWestern State freshman Kario Oquendo will be headed to the Peach State after signing with the University of Georgia last week.
Friday, 38 Florida SouthWestern State student-athletes from five different sports, six different countries, and countless different backgrounds, walked across the stage in Suncoast Credit Union Arena to receive their diplomas during the Bucs commencement ceremony. One thing they all had in common; each left Fort Myers as champions, having all won at least one Conference Championship during their time at FSW.
Florida SouthWestern All-State guard Terry Roberts has made his decision for the next two years of his basketball and academic career as he will be headed to the Midwest to play for Bradley University after signing his National Letter of Intent on Friday to play for the Braves.
For the fourth time this season, the #25 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers and the #17 Indian River State Pioneers went head to head on the hardwood Friday night at the FCSAA State Tournament in Niceville. Also for the fourth time, the contest went down to the wire. Unfortunately for FSW, it was Indian River squeaking out a 74-71 victory, ending the Bucs run at the tournament and putting them squarely on the bubble in their hopes for an at-large bid to the NJCAA National Tournament.
The #25 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are moving on at the FCSAA State Tournament in Niceville after an 81-67 victory over Southern Conference rival State College of Florida Thursday afternoon at Raider Arena.
Florida SouthWestern State guard Terry Roberts was honored by the FCSAA on Tuesday as he was named to the prestigious All-State squad following a big sophomore campaign.
As has become the norm, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were once again well represented on their league's All-Conference team, netting five overall selections and four first team picks in their first season in the Southern Conference this year.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers finished the regular season on a high note Monday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, blowing out the visiting State College of Florida Manatees 96-75 to close the regular season 17-4. Five FSW sophomores played their final career games at home in Fort Myers with four of the five scoring in double figures in the win.
Despite a tough week on the court, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers hung in the NJCAA Top 25 Rankings in the final spot as announced by the National Office on Monday.
If a shark is flipped on its back, it goes into a state called tonic immobility, a trance like state in which the animal is nearly non-reactive to things around it. Saturday afternoon in Miami, the normally frenetic paced Miami Dade Sharks pulled a tonic immobility trick of their own on the #15 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, slowing the pace of the game down considerably to stay with the high powered Bucs before stunning FSW in the final minutes 71-70 for their first ever win over the Bucs.
The top two scoring teams in the state of Florida hooked up Wednesday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena as the #15 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers hosted the #22 Indian State Pioneers in Southern Conference action. The game lived up to its billing as the Bucs and Pioneers combined for 193 points in an up and down affair, but unfortunately for FSW, Indian River was too much in the end, going 8-10 from three point land in the second half to pull away and then hang on for a 98-95 win to hand the Bucs their first home conference loss in program history.
Apparently March ‘Madness’ has hit the NJCAA level as after going a perfect 3-0 in three road games last week, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers dropped, yes dropped, two spots to #15 in the NJCAA National Rankings released Monday afternoon.
If you were just to look at the shooting numbers from Saturday's Florida SouthWestern vs. Palm Beach Men's Basketball game, you would think that it was a nip and tuck battle that went down to the wire. Both teams shot 41% from the field and the Bucs made five threes to Palm Beach's four while the difference at the free throw line was just two points. The difference though, was on the glass, where FSW outrebounded the Panthers by 19, including 22 offensive boards, leading to 18 more field goal attempts in the contest. With all of that said, it was not a close contest, as the 13th ranked Bucs raced out to a 12 point halftime lead before running away with an 82-65 win late to improve to 16-2 on the year.
Let the madness begin! This year's NCAA Tournaments will be packed with former Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers as with the release of the men's bracket on Sunday, eight different players who have donned the Purple and Aqua will be playing in the Big Dance. Seven former FSW Men's players will take center stage in Indianapolis, thought to be the most of any junior college program in the country, while Nairimar Vargas-Reyes will represent the Bucs with Stony Brook on the women's side.
CJ Jackson scored a career high 27 points and the #13 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers shot 59% from the floor as they raced past the Pasco-Hernando State Bobcats 100-45 Wednesday night in non-conference play.
Following a pair of blowout wins in Southern Conference play last week, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers have climbed four spots to #13 in the NJCAA Week 8 Poll.
Florida SouthWestern State sophomore Terry Roberts took matters into his own hands Monday night on the road in Tampa, scoring a career high 35 points to lead his 13th ranked Buccaneers over the Hillsborough Hawks 84-78 in non-conference action.
After playing close for the first 20 minutes with the State College of Florida Manatees Saturday afternoon in Bradenton, the #17 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers stepped on the gas in the second half, eventually blowing away the Manatees 81-63 for their seventh Southern Conference win of the 2021 season.
Sometimes you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time and the Miami Dade Sharks couldn't have fit that statement much better than they did Wednesday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena as the #17 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put a 121-87 spanking on the Sharks in FSW's first game back after their first conference loss in over four years.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers took a tumble in the NJCAA Rankings on Monday, falling seven spots to #17 after just their second loss of the season Saturday in overtime to now #23 Indian River.
The #10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers suffered a rare conference loss Saturday night on the road at Indian River, battling back to tie the game at 75 and force overtime, before falling 87-83 in the extra period to snap an eight game winning streak. It is the Bucs first conference loss in 43 games, with their last loss coming over four years ago, on February 15, 2017.
The #10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers had no trouble Tuesday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, winning their eighth straight game in blowout fashion, crushing the visiting 212 Academy 108-48 to improve to 11-1 on the year.
Riding a seven game winning streak, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are back in the Top 10 of the NJCAA National Rankings, checking in at #10 in the week six poll.
The #13 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put on a show for their home crowd Saturday afternoon in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, topping the 90 point mark for the seventh straight game and leading wire to wire in a 98-64 win over the visiting Palm Beach State Panthers in Southern Conference action.