Rock Hill, S.C. – Logan Duncomb scored a game-high 26 points to lead Winthrop to an 81-77 victory over Charleston Southern, Wednesday evening inside the Winthrop Coliseum.
WINTHROP (10-8, 2-1 Big South)
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (11-7, 2-1 Big South)
- A'lahn Sumler (22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, steal)
- Reis Jones (15 points, 5 rebounds, assist, block)
- Luke Williams (12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, block)
FIRST HALF
- Eagles were on the board first as Logan Duncomb dropped in a short baseline jumper for the early lead
- Charleston Southern's Brycen Blaine drilled a left wing three for a 7-4 advantage, but a technical foul led to free throws by Kody Clouet and it was a one point game with 17:53 to play
- Eagles regained the lead 8-7 on a short jumper just outside the lane
- It was a one point lead for the Bucs after Kareem Rozier banked home a short jumper to trail 13-12 with 14:52 left
- The Bucs went on a 6-0 run during a four-minute scoring drought by the Eagles to lead 19-12 with 12:01 to play
- Eagles stopped the run as Rozier drove into the paint and dished to Ed Nnamoko for the finish at the rim with an And 1
- Nnamoko converted the free throw for the three-point play as the Eagles trailed 19-15 with 10:39 to play
- A second chance three by Blaine in the corner gave the Bucs their largest lead of the half, 30-21 with a little over seven minutes to go
- Winthrop responded 11 consecutive points as Tommy Kamarad followed a miss by Clouet with a stick back and then after a Tai Hamilton tip-in made it a one-point deficit the Eagles regained the lead as Kamarad buried a left wing three forcing a time by the Bucs
- The Bucs grabbed the lead at 36-34 with six seconds left in the half as the Eagles inbounded the ball into Isaiah Wilson who dribbled to mid-court and launched a shot that banked in at the buzzer to lead 37-36 at the half
SECOND HALF
- Logan Duncomb opened the second half scoring as he got the ball down low and worked his way to the rim before dropping in short jumper
- Duncomb found Clouet for a left wing three with a pass from underneath the basket to lead by three, but five straight points that included a go-ahead corner three by Nate Brafford has the Bucs back in front 44-42 with just under 18 to play
- From the 19:01 mark to the 9:46 mark the game was back and forth as there were nine lead changes and the game was tied five times
- A three by Luke Williams gave the Bucs a 60-57 lead and jump started a 7-1 run that put them on top 64-58 with 7:58 remaining
- Eagles worked their way back to tie the game at 68-68 with 4:46 to play as Duncomb scored six straight points
- Trailing by three with 3:17 to play, Clouet drove the left side of the lane and scored an And 1 as he made the free throw to complete the three-point play and tie the game at 73-73
- Eagles took the lead as Wilson intercepted a pass near the three-point line and flipped a pass ahead to Rozier for the layup with 2:33 left
- Bucs came right back to tie the game on two free throws by Jesse Hafemeister only to have Duncomb put Winthrop back in front with three-point play with 1:55 to play
- Eagles went back to Duncomb with just under a minute to go and he delivered with a left-handed hook to lead 80-75 with 50.3 left
- A'lahn Sumler knocked down a free throw line jumper with 40.3 remaining to make it a one possession game again
- Duncomb drew a foul and went 1-for-2 at the free throw line for a four point lead, which were the final points of the game
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Winthrop shot 40 percent from the floor while the Bucs were 41 percent from the field
- Eagles finished with a 51-46 edge on the glass while the Bucs had a 21-16 advantage in second chance points
- The teams combined for 86 points in the paint as the Eagles outscored the Bucs 46-40
- Winthrop was 19-for-31 (61%) at the foul line and Charleston Southern was 13-of-23 (57%)
- Duncomb, who played just 2 minutes in the first half, scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half alone
- For the game there were 14 lead changes and the game was tied 12 times
NOTABLES
- This was Winthrop's 12th consecutive win over Charleston Southern
- It was also the fifth straight home win on the season and have now won 10 of the last 12 regular season league home games
- Duncomb reach the 20-point mark for the 7th time this season
- The Eagles led 37-36 at the half and in the last 33 meetings the team that leads at the break has now gone on to win 30 times
UP NEXT
Winthrop is on the road as it travels to Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday, Jan. 10 to take on USC Upstate at 2 p.m.
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