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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Christian Terrell scored 12 points and Florida Gulf Coast cruised to a 69-53 victory over Binghamton in the Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Tournament on Wednesday night.The Eagles (2-3) improved to 1-2 in the tournament after losing to No. 20 Baylor and No. 24 Michigan State. FGCU hosts Long Beach State on Friday to conclude the tournament.Antravious Simmons and Rayjon Tucker added 10 points apiece for FGCU. Marc-Eddy Norelia, the Eagles scoring leader from last season, played nine minutes and chipped in five points after returning from a broken hand.Dusan Perovic scored 12 points to lead Binghamton (3-3), which shot 38.5 percent from the floor, including just 3 of 18 from 3-point range.Florida Gulf Coast never trailed and had a double-digit lead with about 12 minutes left in the first half. .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. . Denis Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please. . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Sundays game between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants at MetLife Stadium will be somewhat of a homecoming for Detroit tight end Eric Ebron, who was born just 10 miles away in Newark, New Jersey.The 23-year-old, who has been wearing customized cleats all season, plans to deviate from his shoes superhero theme and instead honor his native land this week. Ebrons footwear against the Giants, his favorite team growing up, will feature the Newark area code of 973 and the phrase Greetings from New Jersey alongside a blue Nike swoosh and darkened outline of the Garden State.Ebron moved away to attend high school in Rhode Island and North Carolina but has always connected to New Jersey, according to ESPNs Michael Rothstein. Although Ebron rooted for Ahmad Bradshaw, Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber as a young Giants fan, he insisted that the 36 people for whom hell leave tickets on Sundday come dressed in either Lions gear or neutral gear.ddddddddddddHe has never attended a Giants game at the Meadowlands. The only time that he played at MetLife Stadium was during his rookie season in 2014 against the New York Jets.Its going to be a dream come true, honestly, in my eyes, Ebron told Rothstein. It should be fun, man. Im just going to unleash everything I got within that four quarters, man -- every little ounce of energy I got.Ebron commissioned Chicago native Dillon DeJesus of the three-person Dejesus Custom?company to design his cleats this season, which has been statistically his best to date. With 43 catches for 521 yards, Ebron is on pace to eclipse his previous career highs of 47 catches for 537 yards set last year.-- Nick Ostiller ' ' '
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