2024-25 Florida SouthWestern Men's Basketball News
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Bucs Season Comes To An End In FCSAA Quarters
March 13, 2025For 30 minutes, it looked like the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were going to push past their FCSAA Tournament curse, but a five minute stretch without a field goal did them in in a 74-63 loss to the Gulf Coast State Commodores in the tournament quarterfinals Thursday night in Niceville to bring their 2024-2025 season to an end at 18-11. -
Parker Nets All-FCSAA Honors
March 11, 2025Florida SouthWestern's K'jei Parker was honored by the State on Tuesday as he was named the Bucs lone representative on the 2025 All-FCSAA Team.
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Bucs Draw 5th Seed, Open Postseason Against Gulf Coast
March 07, 2025The brackets are set for the FCSAA Championships in Niceville and the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will enter the tournament as the #5 seed as announced by the State on Friday.
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Parker Leads Three Bucs On All-Conference Squad
March 07, 2025A trio of Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the Citrus Conference on Friday as K'jei Parker, Chol Machot, and Jafeth Martinez were named to the league's 2025 All-Conference Teams.
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Bucs Big Man Earns FCSAA Player of the Week Honors
March 04, 2025After leading the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers to a pair of wins last week, big man Chol Machot has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week as announced by the State Tuesday morning.
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Machot's Career High 29 Not Enough In Loss to #10 Daytona
March 03, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers went toe to toe with the #10 Daytona State Falcons Monday night in their regular season finale in Daytona Beach, but the Conference Champion Falcons were too much for the Bucs in the end, coming away with a 91-83 win to snap the Bucs five game winning streak and send FSW to the postseason with an 18-10 record.
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Bucs Clip Century Mark In Fifth Straight Win
March 01, 2025Playing in their final home game of the 2025 season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put on a show for the Bucs faithful Saturday, lighting up the scoreboard for 102 points with all 11 dressed players scoring and 10 of those players scoring six or more points in a 102-61 blowout win over the Indian River State Pioneers to improve to 18-9 on the year.
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Bucs D Suffocates Sharks In Win
February 27, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers held the Miami Dade Sharks to just four first half field goals and 12% shooting to race out to a big early lead before putting things in cruise control for their fourth straight win, an 84-57 decision to improve to 17-9 on the year.
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Jafeth Martinez Named FCSAA Player of the Week
February 25, 2025Posting three straight double-doubles in Florida SouthWestern wins last week, sophomore big man Jafeth Martinez has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week, the first Buccaneer to win the award this season.
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Parker's Big Day Leads Bucs Over Saints
February 22, 2025K'jei Parker tied a Florida SouthWestern single game program record with eight three pointers made and poured in a career high 28 points to lead the Buccaneers over the Santa Fe Saints 76-66 Saturday afternoon in Gainesville.
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Bucs Bigs Help FSW Topple Titans
February 19, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers earned a key Citrus Conference road win on Wednesday, making the trip over the Skyway Bridge for an 81-58 victory over St. Petersburg behind a dominating effort on the inside from big men Chol Machot and Jafeth Martinez who combined for 36 points in the win.
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Bucs Ride Hot Start to Win Over Saints
February 17, 2025It was too cold for the Santa Fe Saints to travel to Fort Myers for their originally scheduled game against the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers three weeks ago, but the Bucs made sure that wasn't the case in Monday's make up game, getting out to a scorching hot start, putting up 59 points in the first half in route to a 95-77 win to move one step closer to punching their ticket for the upcoming FCSAA Tournament in Niceville.
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Overtime Drought Does In Bucs at Polk
February 15, 2025The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers led nearly the entire 40 minutes of regulation Saturday afternoon in their Citrus Conference matchup with the Polk State Eagles, but a late comeback by Polk forced overtime and FSW failed to record a field goal in the extra period, falling to Polk for the first time in program history 80-73 to drop to 13-9 on the year.
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Balanced Attack Leads Bucs Past Hawks
February 12, 2025Five Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers scored in double figures and the Bucs defense held the Hillsborough Hawks to just four first half field goals as FSW raced past HCC 74-57 in Citrus Conference action Wednesday night at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers.
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Bucs Clipped by Titans
February 05, 2025Despite early foul trouble just three minutes into Wednesday night's game against the #21 Eastern Florida State Titans, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers battled for 40 minutes but were unable to get over the hump as they fell 68-63 to drop to 12-8 on the year.
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Bucs Streak Snapped By 4th Ranked Falcons
February 01, 2025For 20 minutes, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers went toe to toe with the #4 Daytona State Falcons Saturday afternoon at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers, but in the end, the Falcons, winners of 17 in a row, were just too much for the Purple and Aqua, pulling away early in the second half and never looking back to hand the Bucs an 80-61 defeat to snap a five game Buccaneer win streak.
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Bucs Win Fifth Straight In Rout of Indian River
January 30, 2025The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers won their fifth straight game Wednesday night, shaking off a slow start for an 84-63 win over Indian River to set up a battle for first place in the Citrus Conference standings Saturday afternoon when the Bucs take on Daytona State in Suncoast Credit Union Arena.
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Efficient Bucs Race Past Sharks
January 25, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers shot 55% in the first half and matched that with another 55% showing in the second half Saturday afternoon as they flew past the Miami Dade Sharks for a key 74-56 Citrus Conference Road win to improve to 4-1 in league play.
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Bucs/Saints Basketball Doubleheader Wednesday Postponed
January 21, 2025Wednesday’s Florida SouthWestern vs. Santa Fe Women’s & Men’s Basketball doubleheader has been postponed due to Santa Fe not being able to travel to Fort Myers for the contest with cold weather expected in the Gainesville area overnight and into the morning. The Women's game will be played January 29th at 5 PM while the Men's game will be played on February 17th at 5 PM, both at Suncoast Arena in Fort Myers. Fans with tickets to Wednesday’s game can hold onto those to use for the makeup games once they are scheduled.
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FSW Wins Third Straight In Citrus Slugfest
January 18, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got off to a hot start and then hung on for dear life late for a 69-66 Citrus Conference win over old Suncoast Conference rival St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon in Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers.
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Bucs Soar Past Eagles For Conference Win
January 15, 2025For the second straight game, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers turned to their defense to secure a Citrus Conference victory Wednesday night at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers, holding the visiting Polk State Eagles to just 36% shooting while forcing 20 Eagle turnovers in a 75-65 win to improve to 9-6 on the year.
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Bucs Ground Hawks Attack For Conference Win
January 11, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers tightened up the screws on the defensive end, holding the Hillsborough Hawks to nearly 30 points under their season scoring average for a 58-57 win in Citrus Conference play Saturday afternoon in Tampa.
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Bucs Drop Citrus Opener
January 04, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers battled the #24 Eastern Florida State Titans to the wire Saturday afternoon in their Citrus Conference opener, but came up just short, dropping a 74-68 decision to fall to 6-7 on the year.
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Clock Strikes Midnight On Bucs in Panama City
December 31, 2024A day after putting up a huge second half to force overtime against a Top 20 opponent, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers struggled in the second half on the final day of 2024 Tuesday, watching a halftime lead evaporate in an 80-70 loss to Gulf Coast State to close out their non-conference schedule 6-6.
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Big Second Half Not Enough For Bucs In OT Loss
December 30, 2024After a slow start, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put together a furious second half comeback to force overtime against the #18 Frank Phillips Plainsmen Monday afternoon in Panama City, but they couldn't carry the momentum over into the extra period as Frank Phillips outscored the Bucs 17-10 in overtime for a 78-71 win in FSW's penultimate game of 2024.
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Bucs Hit Century Mark In Blowout Win
December 14, 2024The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers finished the first half of their 2024-2025 season with a bang Saturday afternoon at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers, putting up a 102 points in a 102-61 blowout of Victory Rock Prep.
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Parker/Silva's Big Nights Not Enough For Bucs in Loss to #17 Monroe
December 13, 2024K'jei Parker and Breno Silva combined for 49 points, but it wasn't enough for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Friday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena as they ran into a well-oiled machine of the #17 Monroe Mustangs who shot 52% from the field and 47% from the three point line to run away with a 90-75 win to open the 2024 FSW Classic in Fort Myers.
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Bucs Come Up Just Short in Shootout Loss to Eagles
December 07, 2024The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers battled hard in their second game in less than 24 hours Saturday afternoon in the Florida Juco Shootout in Tallahassee, but came up short in the end, dropping an 81-76 decision to the host Eagles to fall to 5-3 on the year.
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Bucs Hand Manta Rays First Loss of 2024
December 06, 2024The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers handed the DII #8 Florida State College at Jacksonville Manta Rays their first loss of the 2024 season in convincing fashion Friday night in the Reef, jumping out to a 12 point halftime lead before hanging on late for a 71-62 win to improve to 5-2 on the year.
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Bucs Clipped at the Buzzer
November 30, 2024Despite turning it over 26 times and allowing 13 offensive rebounds, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers had a chance to win Saturday afternoon in the Jim Cox Classic in Miami, but couldn't get a last second stop as Southern Union State used a pair of offensive boards and three opportunities to score to clip the Bucs 85-84 at the buzzer to send FSW to their second straight loss.
