ROCK HILL, SC— Raivis Scerbinskis scored a career-high 20 points off the bench to lead Winthrop men's basketball to a 116-76 victory over Warren Wilson, Saturday afternoon at the Winthrop Coliseum.   
 
WINTHROP (3-3, 0-0 BIG SOUTH)
SCORING LEADERS

• Raivis Scerbinskis (20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist)
• Nych Smith (19 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists)
• Josh Ferguson (17 points, 11 rebounds, 1 steal)

WARREN WILSON (3-7, 1-0 EMAC)
SCORING LEADERS

• Nicholas McDonald (23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 6 steals)
• Jakorian Martin (15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal)
• Saadiq Johnson (11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 steals) 

FIRST HALF

• The game was back and forth over the first nine and half minutes of the game
• The game was tied or Warren Wilson held the lead over the first two and a half minutes until the Eagles grabbed their first lead after a three-point play from Nych Smith as he floated in the air down the lane and made a tough shot to set up the three-point play opportunity
• Smith's play put the Eagles in front 7-6, but the Owls pushed the ball down the floor quickly and regained the lead as Jaquann Lockhart knocked down a jumper in transition
• Saadiq Johnson's three with 16:24 left in the half pushed the Warren Wilson lead to four points
• The two teams traded baskets on the next two possessions before Kyle Zunic's three made it a one-point game and started a 7-2 run for a 16-15 lead
• A free throw from Brent Davis with 12:45 left in the half tied the game for a 5^th time
• Nobody scored over the next 1:44 until Josh Ferguson followed a miss by Micheal Anumba for a tip-in that started an 8-0 run capped off by a three from Smith
• Lockhart stopped the run with a three of his own but the Eagles continued to be aggressive offensively and reeled off 10 straight points for their largest lead at 17 (36-19)
• The run Zunic provided five points during the run while Anumba had a couple of baskets in the paint with the last one on the break for a lay-in
• Leading 46-28 with 4:18 the Eagles clamped down and pushed their halftime lead to 29 points with a 14-3 run behind two Bjorn Broman threes and another from Raivis Scerbinskis
• The Eagles shot 49 percent from the floor in the first half while holding Warren Wilson to 39 percent
• The Eagles had a 23-10 advantage in points off turnovers and 15-0 advantage in second chance points 

SECOND HALF

• Over the first four and a half minutes of the second half the Eagles came out aggressive and pushed the lead to 46 points with a 20-3 run
• The Eagles bombarded the Owls from the outside as Smith, Broman, Charles Falden and Zunic all hit threes while
• After a three from Johnson, Scerbinskis hit back-to-back threes to give the Eagles their largest lead of the game at 49 points (86-37) with 14 minutes remaining
• The Eagles went further into their bench with just over 12 to play and ended up playing every player dressed for the game
• Winthrop shot 46 percent from the floor in the second half while the Owls shot 36 percent
• The Eagles nearly matched their first half total of second chance points with 14 in the second half for a game total of 29 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Winthrop finished with 16 threes in the game (eight in each half), which ties for the third most in a single-game during Pat Kelsey's tenure
• Both teams combined for 40 turnovers (21 for Warren Wilson, 19 for Winthrop) and a total of 57 points off turnovers
• The Eagles dominated the glass 63-35 as 10 players had three or more rebounds and five had five or more
• Ferguson recorded his first double-double of the season and sixth of his career with 17 points, 11 rebounds as he was 7-of-10 from the floor
• Zunic finished the game with 13 points while Keondre Schumacher added 11 and Anumba finished with 10 

NOTABLES

• This is the 51^st consecutive victory over a Non-D1 opponent as the Eagles improve to 94-8 all-time
• This is the 6^th straight game the Eagles have scored 100 or more points against Non-D1 opponents
• In addition to his 19 points, Smith finished with a career-best seven assists while Zunic also dished out a career-high six as the Eagles finished with 26 total in the game
• The 44 three-point attempts by Winthrop set a program single-game record (old record was 38 set against North Carolina on Nov. 15, 2006
• Winthrop has now hit 13 or more threes in four of the last five games
• The 116 total points tie for the fourth most scored by a Winthrop team
• Have now won sixth of the last seven games at home against non-conference opponents
• The last 15 wins at home have been by double-digits 

UP NEXT
Winthrop is on the road for its next two contests starting with a trip to Cookeville, TN to take on Tennessee Tech on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.


 

Eagles Win! https://t.co/gHMuDezyjr

— Winthrop Athletics (@WUEagles) November 24, 2018