Rock Hill, S.C. – Kody Clouet's go-ahead three with 58.1 seconds left propelled Winthrop its 10
th straight win after a 79-74 victory over Longwood, Saturday afternoon inside the Winthrop Coliseum.
WINTHROP (18-8, 10-1 Big South)
LONGWOOD (13-13, 5-6 Big South)
- Johan Nziemi (13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists)
- Jacoi Hutchinson (11 points, rebound, 4 assists, 3 steals)
- Emanuel Richards (7 points, 7 rebounds)
FIRST HALF
- The Eagles got on the board first as Isaiah Wilson penetrated the paint and dished to Tommy Kamarad for a wide open layup
- Kamarad scored again as he boarded his own miss with a stickback for a 4-0 lead
- Longwood grabbed its first lead of the game at the 13:58 mark when Alphonzo Billups III knocked down a short jumper
- Eagles regained the lead after Kamarad scored inside, but it was short lived as Jaylen Benard dropped in a left wing three for a 10-8 advantage
- Kamarad scored eight of the team's first 10 points as he converted two technical free throws to tie the game at 10-10 with 12:48 left in the half
- Eagles built a six point lead after a three from Kody Clouet and Logan Duncomb going 1-for-2 at the line
- Duncomb made two free throws with 7:18 left in the half to give the Eagles another six point lead
- Billups III highlighted a 6-0 spurt that brought the game back to a tie at 24-24 with 5:20 on the clock
- Leading 26-25, Pharrell Boyogueno stole the ball and went the distance for an And 1 with a 4:15 on the clock
- Boyogueno stepped up and made the free throw to complete the three-point play to lead 29-25
- Two free throws with four seconds left in the half gave the Eagles a 38-35 lead at the break
SECOND HALF
- Longwood used a 9-0 run to take a 44-40 lead with 16:11 remaining
- Johan Nziemi started the run with a triple and then battled his way into the post for a layup to take the lead followed by a second-chance bucket from Emanuel Richards
- Josh Meo stopped the run as he buried a three from the left wing followed by a straight away three from Clouet to put the Eagles back in the lead 46-44 with 15:31 left
- Elijah Jones' layup put Longwood in front 53-52 at the 10:16 mark
- The Lancers held the lead over the next three minutes and even pushed the lead to 58-54 with 8:46 on the clock
- Clouet tied the game with 7:08 as he was fouled in transition and converted both free throws to make it 60-60
- Winthrop took the lead with 4:02 to play, 67-66 after Wilson knocked down two free throws
- Redd Thompson Jr. put Longwood back on top on the ensuing possession as he dribbled into the paint and dropped in a floater
- It was tied again with 1:16 to play when the Lancers were whistled for an offensive foul
- On the ensuing possession for the Eagles, Kareem Rozier whipped a pass to Clouet on the left wing and he banged home a three to lead 74-71 with 58.1 left
- With 48.9 left in the game, Longwood earned free throws as Nziemi went to the line and hit 1-of-2
- The second free bounced out to the right and after a couple of tips Rozier secured the rebound and was fouled
- Rozier went to the line with 46.6 left as he made both for a four point advantage at 76-72
- Eagles got a defensive stop on the next possession as Duncomb boarded the miss and eventually got the ball in the hands of Clouet who was fouled with 27.5 remaining
- Clouet made both to lead 78-72 and the Eagles held on 79-74
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Winthrop shot 38 percent from the floor while Longwood finished at 38 percent
- The two teams combined for 75 free throw attempts as the Eagles were an impressive 35-of-40 at the line while Longwood was 22-of-35
- Longwood outrebounded the Eagles 42-35 and 11-5 on the offensive glass
- Neither team shot well from three as each connected on six while Longwood finished at 24 percent the Eagles shot 21 percent
- Tommy Kamarad led four Eagles in double-figures with a game-high 15 points as Clouet and Duncomb had 14 and Meo chipped in with 10
NOTABLES
- The win was the 10th straight for the Eagles, tying the longest win streak in the Mark Prosser Era
- It was also the ninth straight win at home as the Eagles improve to 11-1 at the Winthrop Coliseum this season
- Eagles have now won 18 of the last 20 regular season Big South contests
UP NEXT
The Eagles are on the road for the next contest as they head up the road to Boiling Springs, N.C. to take on Gardner-Webb on Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
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