High Point, N.C. – Winthrop men's basketball fell 84-62 at High Point, Saturday afternoon in Big South Conference action..
WINTHROP (13-9, 3-4 Big South)
HIGH POINT (18-5, 6-2 Big South)
- Kezza Giffa (14 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists)
- Kimani Hamilton (14 points, 4 rebounds, steal)
- Juslin Bodo Bodo (10 points, 12 rebounds, assist, block)
FIRST HALF
- Eagles won the tip and Nick Johnson opened the scoring as he knocked down a three
- Panthers answered with four quick points to take their first lead before Paul Jones III put the Eagles back on top with a score off a drive
- Chase Johnston put the Panthers back in the lead and started an 10-0 run over the next five minutes
- Johnson ended the run as he drained his second three of the game to trail 15-8 with 12:15 left in the half
- Terry Anderson answered right back with a three for the Panthers and then a driving layup by Anderson pushed the lead to 20-8, forcing a Winthrop timeout
- The lead extended to 14 points after Kezza Giffa scored off a drive, but Jones III answered with a step-back three And-1 and converted the free throw for a four-point play
- Panthers led 47-25 at the break as their shot 58 percent from the floor as the Eagles finished at 29 percent
SECOND HALF
- High Point opened the second half on a 7-1 run as Kelton Talford put an end to the run with a turn around jumper
- The second half finished even with each team scoring 37 as the Eagles shot 44 percent from the floor and High Point finished at 50 percent
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- For the game the Eagles shot 36 percent from the floor and were 7-of-24 behind the arc (29%)
- High Point shot 55 percent from the field and was 9-of-21 from three (43%)
- The battle on the glass was won by High Point (47-27) which had 12 offensive boards that led to 19 points
- High Point had a 34-24 advantage in the paint as well as a 12-8 edge in points off turnovers
- Kasen Harrison scored all of his team-leading 14 points in the second half
NOTABLES
- Kelton Talford moved into 4th place on the all-time scoring list, passing LaShawn Coulter (1,663) and now has 1,669 in his career
- K.J. Doucet finished with nine points and is now one point away from 1,600 in his career
UP NEXT
Eagles are back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 29 when they host Presbyterian College at 6:30 p.m. in the first of back-to-back home games.
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