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Winthrop Holds off Bulldogs, 78-70 - UNC Asheville Bulldogs Official Athletics Site
01.01.1970 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2005
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Otis Wilson scored 18 points, while Craig Bradshaw scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Winthrop to a 78-70 Big South Conference victory over homestanding UNC Asheville Monday night before a packed crowd of 1,131 at Justice Center.
The Eagles (11-5, 2-1 BSC) also got 13 points from Michael Jenkins. Winthrop was 9-of-18 from the three-point line for 50 percent. The Eagles led by 16 late in the first half before holding off several Bulldog (3-10, 0-2 BSC) runs in the second half.
Asheville was led by Chad Mohn with a season-high 14 points, while K.J. Garland pumped in 13 points. Bryan McCullough and Oliver Holmes added 11 points each. Steven Rush finished with 10 points.
Winthrop seized control of the game midway through the first half as it went on a 13-2 run to build a 26-15 lead. The Eagles got three straight treys from Jenkins to build the 11-point lead. Winthrop built the lead to 37-21 on a lay-up from Daniels at the 43-second mark. Garland nailed a trey to end the half to get the Bulldogs within 37-24.
In the second half, UNCA cut the lead to seven on three different occasions during the first 10 minutes of the half only to have Winthrop answer with a bucket or a trey.
The Bulldogs got within 65-59 on a trey from Holmes with 3:22 left and had two chances to get closer but missed two shots. Asheville had another chance to get closer by a steal by Torrell Martin, led to a lay-up from Chris Gaynor to build the lead to 67-59. Bradshaw added another lay-up off a steal to make it 69-59 with 1:17.
The Bulldogs tried one more comeback as they knocked down three straight 3-pointers, the last from Garland to cut the lead to 74-70 at the 28-second mark. But Winthrop got a dunk from Phillip Williams and a lay-up from Williams to finish up the scoring.
Asheville travels to High Point Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. contest with the Panthers. Winthrop hosts Radford Saturday night at 7 p.m.
