No. 4 Ave Maria was too much for the Mighty Banyans on the road Wednesday as the Gyrenes defeated NCF 102-62 to complete a season sweep of its Sun Conference foes.

NCF held an 18-17 lead midway through the opening half, but Ave caught fire using a 32-15 run to take a 49-33 lead into halftime that it would not relinquish.

Zach Close led NCF with a season-high 11 points. He was joined in double figures by Giovanni Toscanini with 10 points.

Shawn Lefresne dished a team-high four assists in the loss, finished tied with Carlin Gelin with a team-leading five rebounds and even with Jonathan Olodude with a team-leading two steals.

Gelin picked up NCF's lone block of the shot on the defensive end.

With the loss, NCF is now 5-15 overall on the year and 0-9 in Sun Conference play. It will be back in action Saturday when it welcomes No. 11 Keiser to SCF-Bradenton for a 4 p.m. EST matchup.