Belmont coach Rick Byrd earned his 600th coaching victory Sunday in the team's 82-64 win over Stetson.

Byrd has won 508 games at Belmont, 69 at Lincoln Memorial and 23 at Maryville and became the 12th active coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball to reach the 600 milestone.

Mercer pulled away late in the second half to defeat Kennesaw State 78-70 on Tuesday night.

The game was tied after a first half that featured eight ties and 14 lead changes.

The Bears have won three of their last four games, while the Owls have lost three straight.

Campbell lost 72-62 to Longwood on Tuesday night while never holding a lead.

Junard Hartley led Campbell with 15 points as Longwood avenged a 93-77 road loss earlier the season back on November 27.

Longwood and Campbell were playing for the sixth time in the sport of men's basketball as the series is tied at 3-3.

Stetson lost in triple-overtime to Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday night.

Three of Stetson's last four games have came down to the final possession.

"As far as basketball goes, this is about as tough as it can be," coach Derek Waugh said.

"We've lost three out of four games on essentially one possession. In my career before this year, I've probably had one of those games, maybe two where you lose on one possession. ... It's tough to the psyche."

Mike Smith scored 22 points and eclipsed 1,500 points for his career, leading East Tennessee State to a 67-52 win over South Carolina-Upstate on Tuesday night.

The two teams are now 1-1 on the season.

The Spartans have not won a game since beating ETSU 60-59 on Dec. 5, a streak of 16 losses.

North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll says the team doesn't yet have a rivalry with Jacksonville.

The teams have played 12 times since 2004, the last 11 as conference rivals after North Florida joined the league before the 2005-06 season.

Florida Gulf Coast has lost three straight and nine of their last 10 games.

After a disappointing blowout loss to Belmont at home on Monday night, the Eagles faded in the second half against Lipscomb on Wednesday night.

They closed within 61-57 on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Hunter Miller with 6:55 to play, but they didn't score for more than six minutes.

"I thought the kids played with a lot of heart," said coach Dave Balza. "I was pretty brutally honest the other night. We as a collective group did not do, in the second half, what we've done the rest of the year, which is fight every possession. Tonight they continued to fight every possession."

They will play East Tennessee State on Saturday.

"It's a tough stretch," Balza said. "But it's hopefully like we've been doing, seasoning us for down the road. We've got to keep pushing and pushing until we get it all figured out and put together."

Belmont head coach Rick Byrd earned his 500th career victory on Wednesday night as the Bruins defeated Stetson, 70-53.

He joins Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (844), Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (809), Connecticut's Jim Calhoun (586), and Sacred Heart's Dave Bike (500) as the only active Division I head coaches with 500 or more victories at their current school.

Byrd ranks 11th among all active head coaches with 592 career victories, which includes time at Maryville and Lincoln Memorial.