Rock Hill, S.C. – Toneari Lane led four Eagles in double-figures with a game-high 16 points to lead Winthrop to a 76-58 victory at Presbyterian College, Saturday afternoon at the Templeton Center.

WINTHROP (10-13, 5-5 Big South)
STAT LEADERS

• Toneari Lane (16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal)
• Kasen Harrison (14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal)
• Cameron Whiteside (12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal)

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE (5-18, 1-9 Big South)
STAT LEADERS

• Terrell Ard Jr. (15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists)
• Marquis Barnett (15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals)
• Jalen Forrest (8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal)

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FIRST HALF

• The Blue Hose scored on the opening possession as Terrell Ard Jr. hit a pull-up jumper in the lane
• Toneari Lane scored the first bucket for the Eagles with a pull-up jumper in the paint to trail 3-2
• A three from Sin'Cere McMahon tied the game at 5-5 and then the game was tied 7-7 after McMahon found Michael Moore for the slam
• After the teams traded baskets, the Eagles grabbed their first lead at 10-9 on a three-point play from Chase Claxton at the 12:29 mark
• The lead grew to three points after Kelton Talford scored at the rim but a three-point play by Marquis Barnett tied the game again at 12-12 a minute later
• The game was tied 18-18 after a three from Barnett, but the Eagles went on an 8-0 to take a three possession advantage
• It started off when Cameron Whiteside scored off the drive and then buried a three off a dish from Claxton
• Lane capped off the run with a three to lead 26-18 with 5:44 before the half
• PC worked its way back to a one point deficit, but the Eagles held on to lead 34-32 at the half
• Winthrop opened the game hitting nine of its first 12 shots and despite finishing the first half 1-for-6 the Eagles shot 55 percent

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SECOND HALF

• Trevon Reddish-Rhone opened the second half with bucket inside to tie the game
• However, Winthrop put together a quick 7-0 run to lead 41-34 just two and a half minutes into the half
• Lane got the run started with a layup on the break off a feed from Kasen Harrison
• Then Harrison knocked down a three and Talford scored inside for the seven point advantage
• A Barnett basket inside cut the Winthrop lead to five points with 16:29 remaining, but the Eagles went on another run
• This run pushed the lead into double-figures as the Eagles scored nine straight starting with an offensive put-back dunk from Xavier McKelvy
• On the other end Claxton poked the ball away for a steal as he collected the ball and dribbled the length of the floor and finished with a two-handed dunk
• After a few possessions, Lane poked the ball away for a steal and went the distance as he finished with a layup for an and one
• Lane completed the three-point point play for a 48-36 lead
• Whiteside's free throws put the Eagles up 14 with just under 14 to play
• PC cut the deficit to single-digits at 50-41, but a three by Claxton put the Eagles back up by double-figures for the remainder of the game
• Blue Hose were within 10 points with 8;44 remaining but back-to-back threes from Lane put Winthrop in the driver's seat as it went on to push its lead to as much as 21 at 70-49

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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Winthrop finished the game shooting 58 percent from the floor while holding PC to 40 percent
• The Eagles were 10-of-18 behind the arc while the Blue Hose were 6-for-19
• Both teams connected on 14 free throws as the Eagles were 14-for-20 and PC was 14-for-18
• Eagles edged the Blue Hose on the glass, 26-22, and both teams finished with just six offensive rebounds
• In addition to connecting on 10 triples, Winthrop outscored the Blue Hose 30-26 in the paint
• The Eagles led 34-32 at the half as no Eagle scored double-figures and eight different players scored
• Lane scored a game-high 16 points while Harrison added 14, Whiteside had 12 and McMahon chipped in with 11

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NOTABLES

• Winthrop captured its ninth straight win over the Blue Hose and 5^th straight on the road in the series
• Eagles have hit 10 or more threes in back-to-back games for the third time this season and it is the 10^th game with 10 or more
• This was the largest margin of victory over PC since the Eagles won 93-56 on Feb. 25, 2017 (at PC)
• Eagles are back to .500 in league play and sitting all alone in 5^th place
• The win also put the Eagles at 4-4 in the month of January and ensured a 11^th straight season with a .500 or better in the month
• This was the 775^th victory in the history of the program

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UP NEXT
Winthrop returns home looking for a third straight win as it will host Longwood on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. It will be a "White Out" and the first 200 students will get a free white Winthrop Basketball t-shirt.

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