ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Dallas Graziani dropped 24 points and six assists, Jaxon Nap provided a double-double with 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the fourth-ranked Nova Southeastern Sharks closed out 2025 with a 101-84 road win over the Eckerd Tritons on New Year's Eve. Ross Reeves added 17 points and Bobby Rosenberger III added 12 points off the bench on perfect 4-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc for the Sharks, who earned their third consecutive victory and scored more than 100 points for the third consecutive game as well.



Score: #4 Nova Southeastern 101 | Eckerd 84
Records: #4 Nova Southeastern 9-1 (4-1 SSC) | Eckerd 7-5 (1-4 SSC) 
Location: McArthur Center | St. Petersburg, Fla.
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The Sharks doubled the Tritons up early, 10-5, on a three-pointer from Rosenberger III just before the first media timeout. It was a back-and-forth affair from there though, as the Tritons tied the game at 10 on a turnaround jumper, and they briefly went ahead 18-16 on a three-pointer from Miquel Llompart. NSU finally started putting distance between themselves and Eckerd, as Graziani hit a jumper to push the Shark advantage to 26-18 with 9:04 remaining. 

Eckerd drew within five, but Graziani gave NSU a 33-23 lead on a jumper, and his layup with 4:55 remaining maintained the 10-point lead, 38-28. Eckerd responded with another run to cut the lead to five on a bucket from Wyatt Triestman, but Graziani hit two free throws to go up by 12 with just under two minutes remaining. The Sharks led 47-37 at the half.

NSU got off to a blistering start in the second half, as Jaxon Nap provided two layups, and Eli Allen drew a charge before Graziani hit a corner three right in front of the Sharks' bench. That basket extended NSU's lead to 56-41, forcing an Eckerd timeout at the 17:47 mark. The momentum continued rolling NSU's way, as Ross Reeves later hit a tough floater and drew a foul to go up by 17. 

NSU's lead hovered between 14 and 17 points for the majority of the second half, until Ryan Walsh hit a three-pointer and Nap hit another layup to give them an 81-61 lead with just under nine minutes to play.  The Sharks took their biggest lead of the game, 91-69, on two free throws from Nap with 6:44 remaining. NSU eclipsed the 100-point threshold on Walsh's second three-pointer of the game, and they closed out 2025 with the 101-84 win. 



Dallas Graziani: 24 points, six assists
Jaxon Nap: 20 points, 15 rebounds
Ross Reeves: 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists
Bobby Rosenberger III: 12 points



NSU moves to 9-1 on the year with a 4-1 mark in SSC play, and will prepare to face Florida Southern on January 3 at 4:00 PM. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Men's Basketball, be sure to follow on Instagram and Twitter/X at NSUM_Basketball.