Rock Hill, S.C.— D.J. Burns Jr. led seven Winthrop players in double-figures with a career-high 19 points in a 127-83 victory over Pfeiffer, Monday evening at the Winthrop Coliseum.
WINTHROP (4-3, 0-0 BIG SOUTH)
SCORING LEADERS
- D.J. Burns Jr. (19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block)
- Kyle Zunic (13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals)
- Josh Corbin (16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist)
PFEIFFER (4-2)
SCORING LEADERS
- Taylan Rowe (15 points, 2 rebounds)
- Juwan Blanton (10 points, 1 assist)
- Jamaal David (9 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists)
FIRST HALF
- Eagles jumped out to a 12-0 lead in less than two minutes, getting buckets from five different players during the run
- Chandler Vaudrin wasted no time after the Eagles won the tip as he worked his way into the paint and scored 10 seconds in
- Hunter Hale made it 10 straight points with a steal that led to a fast break as Josh Ferguson laid a pass off to Hale for the finish
- D.J. Burns Jr. capped off the run with a short jumper in the lane
- Midway through the half the Falcons cut the Eagles lead down to five points after Jerome Savoy knocked down two free throws
- Burns Jr. came right back to score inside, only to have Pfeiffer answer with a three from Taylan Rowe to make it a four-point game
- Vaudrin scored inside to spark a 6-0 spurt to get the Winthrop lead back to double digits
- The Falcons made it a two possession game at 38-33 with 8:15 left in the half but the Eagles outscored them 21-11 the rest of the way for a 59-44 lead at the break
- Eagles shot 51 percent from the floor in the first half despite going 5-for-21 behind the arc
- Winthrop held Pfeiffer to 33 percent shooting and forced 12 turnovers that led to 20 points in the first half
SECOND HALF
- Over the first five minutes the Eagles slowly increased their lead and a Vaudrin triple gave them a 22-point lead
- Micheal Anumba scored on a drive prior to the Vaudrin triple that started a 17-2 run that put the Eagles on top by 31 points (85-54) with 10:54 remaining
- The Eagles pushed the lead to over 40 points with a little over six minutes to play
- Winthrop shot 63 percent from the floor in the half (8-of-18 from three) while holding Pfeiffer to 26 percent
- Josh Corbin scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half to lead the bench that put up 50 points in the final 20 minutes alone
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- For the game the Eagles shot a season-high 57 percent as they connected on 13 threes (33%)
- Pfeiffer was held to 30 percent shooting (13-for-38 behind the arc) and
- The Falcons shot 39 free throws in the game, finishing 26-for-39 (72%)
- Winthrop dominated the glass 61-38 as the Eagles finished with 19 second chance points
- Both teams combined for 127 bench points as Winthrop received 76 points led by Burns Jr. with 19
- Eagles also dominated in the paint with a 64-16 advantage
- Burns Jr. led all scorers with 19 points as he also pulled down a career-high eight rebounds
- Burns Jr. was joined in double-figures by Corbin (16), Josh Ferguson (14), Kyle Zunic (13), Russell Jones Jr. (13), Jamal King (11) and Hunter Hale (10)
- Vaudrin flirted with a triple-double as he finished with nine points, a career-high eight rebounds and tied his career-best with eight assists
NOTABLES
- Winthrop has now won 53 straight games against Non-D1 opponents dating back to the 1997-98 season
- The victory marks the program's 699th victory all-time
- Eagles remain perfect against Non-D1 opponents under Pat Kelsey at 22-0
- This is the 11th time in the last 12 meetings with a Non-D1 opponent the Eagles have hit the century mark
- With his seven rebounds, Ferguson now has 562 in his career and is just four away from cracking the program's Top 10
- The 127 points scored by the Eagles were the 4th most ever in a home game in program history and the second most under Kelsey
- The 64 rebounds are the most by a team under Kelsey, besting the mark of 63 against Warren Wilson last season
- The 31 assists by the Eagles were also the most by a team under Kelsey and six shy of the school record set Feb. 17, 1979 vs. Newberry
- Eagles are now 26-1 all-time at the Winthrop Coliseum when scoring 100 or more points
UP NEXT
Eagles are back on the road when they travel to Durham, NC on Friday, Nov. 29 for a matchup with #1 Duke at 7 p.m. The game will be available on the ACC Network.
