FT. MYERS, Fla. – Briona Brown and Sherranda Reddick combined for half of Jacksonville University's points as the Dolphins fell to the top-seed and No. 20/21 Florida Gulf Coast by a 62-42 margin in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Championship. The decision concludes JU's 2014-15 campaign with 12 wins and 17 losses. Half of the teams' victories occurred in conference play as it wrapped the regular season with a 6-8 mark, highlighted by five A-Sun road wins.

For Brown, she racked her sixth straight contest in double-figures with a team-high 14 points while Reddick added 10 points and six rebounds.

Jacksonville's forwards Kayla Gordon and Kimberly Dawkins also added 10 and nine rebounds, respectively.

The Dolphins' early offensive struggles were overshadowed by turnovers. However, despite the many miscues, two points was the difference on the scoreboard. With 11:33 on the clock, Reddick rattled in JU's second three-pointer to close the team's deficit to 12-10.

After what was JU's closest point differential, the Eagles' cold shooting from the floor ceased as three-pointers and Jacksonville turnovers allowed FGCU to break away.

Florida Gulf Coast recorded 20 points off of Jacksonville turnovers and capped the half with a 19-4 scoring run. The Dolphins outrebounded FGCU, 17-9, in the first frame but had 15 turnovers compared to the Eagles' four.  

Entering the break trailing 31-14, Brown and Reddick combined to score all but two of JU's points.

"Florida Gulf Coast is a team of experienced players and that explains why they are No. 20 in the country," said Head Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin. "They are a good team."

"In the first half, we weren't able to score and our execution was poor. We lost by three points in the second half. If we can build on those things, we'll come back even stronger."

The second half was more tightly contested. The Eagles outscored JU, 31-28, in the latter 20 minutes but the Dolphins led a more balanced attack. Gordon scored all six of her points in the stanza joining Reddick and Brown to pace the Fins' scoring efforts.

"We have been through a lot this season and seen some success," continued McCuin. "Our biggest setback is our youth and there is nothing we can do about that but continue to teach, develop and inspire them to be competitors for 40 minutes. I think our greatest accomplishment is that there was never a time when the girls quit on the season. Even when we had a slow start in conference they found a way to fight."