ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. – Florida Tech Men's Basketball tipped off the 2026-27 season tonight with a road contest against Flagler College.
NON-CONFERENCE – GAME ONE
Final: Florida Tech Panthers 81, Flagler College Saints 94
Records: Florida Tech (0-1)
| Flagler College (1-0)
Location: Flagler Gymnasium
| St. Augustine, Florida
GAME NOTES:
First Half:
- Ty Harpring hit the Panthers' first shot of the season, drilling a corner three.
- Tech's shooting was lights-out to start the game. After Harpring's three, Tin Tikveša hit a three and Greyson Williams made two straight tough baskets to give the Panthers a 10-6 lead through the first three minutes.
- After an 8-0 run from the Saints, Freshman David Young got behind the Flagler zone to stop the run with his first collegiate points.
- Unfortunately for the Panthers, Flagler continued to score in bunches, growing their lead to 24-14 at the midway point of the first half.
- Ty Harpring got inside for a tough bucket, Greyson Williams converted a three-point play and Brewer Nitcher hit a three from the top of the key as the Panthers looked to close the gap.
- While Flagler looked like they had all the momentum with a put-back dunk, Kevin Pazmino silenced the Saint crowd with back-to-back threes.
- With the score 37-31, Harpring knocked down a pair of free throws before drilling another three to pull the Panthers within one point.
- Both sides traded baskets, but as the game reached the final two minutes of the first half the Panthers continued to work to cut the deficit.
- In the final seconds of the half, Greyson Williams cut through the Saints defense to cut the lead back to one point entering halftime.
HALFTIME SCORE - Florida Tech 47, Flagler College 48
Second Half:
- Despite the first-half comeback to sway the game's momentum back even, Flagler opened up the second half by back-to-back three-pointers to reignite their home crowd.
- Greyson Williams ended the Saints run with a smooth drive to the basket, but Tech trailed 57-49 in the early stages of the second half.
- The Tech defense held Flagler scoreless for over three minutes and Brewer Nitcher and Kevin Pazmino made them pay with two straight threes to cut the lead back to one possession.
- However, Flagler answered right back with an 14-4 run to grow their lead to double digits (71-59) on five straight made shots.
- Brewer Nitcher got inside for a baseline dunk, Greyson Williams produced a pair of layups and Leon Nahar knocked down free throws, but the Panthers still trailed 87-74 with under three to play.
- The Flagler lead was cut back down to single digits after a clutch four-point play from Nitcher.
- While the Tech defense stole a few possessions back to give them a chance at a comeback, Flagler hit free throws to ice the game.
FINAL SCORE - Florida Tech 81, Flagler College 94
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
UP NEXT: The Panthers are set for their home opener later this week. Tech will host a three-team round robin with Valdosta State and Edward Waters. The Panthers will take on Valdosta State on Friday at 7:00 PM and Edward Waters on Sunday at 5:00 PM.
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