Box Score LAKELAND, Fla. – The Florida Southern Mocs rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the Benedict College Tigers 78-71 on Saturday at Jenkins Field House.

Florida Southern used a 25-10 run over a span of nearly 10 minutes to extend its winning streak to four games and improve to 6-1 overall.

The Tigers dropped to 4-3 overall. They now have a break until Dec. 30, when they travel to face Florida Southern in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Benedict closed the first half with an 8-2 run to take a 38-32 lead at the half, and then opened the second half on a 14-6 run to take a 52-38 lead following two free throws by Xavier Collier with a little less than 15 minutes left in the game. The second half run was aided by six points from Collier and five points from center Marcus Goode, who was playing his first game of the season.

Goode finished the game with a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds and added five blocked shots for the Tigers. In addition to Goode, Brennan Reynard led the way for Benedict as he finished with 20 points and had five steals. Reynard scored 12 of his 20 points in the opening half.

The Mocs forced Benedict into 12 turnovers that led to 20 points in the second half. In the first half, Benedict committed just nine turnovers.

After Dominic Lane gave the Mocs a 63-62 lead on a lay-up, Kevin Capers pushed the Mocs lead out to five points at 67-62 following back-to-back lay-ups. After Goode, who scored 13 of his 17 points after halftime, hit a jumper in the lane to push the Tigers within 67-64, the Mocs used a 7-2 run capped by a three-pointer from Lane to extend its lead to 74-66 with 1:46 remaining.

The Tigers would get as close as five points at 76-71 following a trey by Reynard with 27 seconds left, but Lane hit two free throws five seconds later to push the Mocs lead back out to 78-71. The Mocs sealed the win when Collier committed a turnover on the in-bounds play with 18 seconds remaining.

For the game, the Mocs shot 42 percent from the field and 36 percent from the 3-point line, while Benedict shot 49 percent from the floor, but only connected on 27 percent of its 22 3-point attempts. The Mocs held a 39-37 edge on the glass, including collecting 15 offensive boards that led to a 15-6 edge in second chance points.