University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Charleston Southern
Bulldogs Hold Off Charleston Southern 77-69
01.22.2011 | Men's Basketball
The Bulldogs (10-9, 5-4 BSC) moved into a third-place tie with the Buccaneers (11-10, 5-4 BSC) in the conference standing with the victory.
Matt Dickey led the home team with 14 points. J.P. Primm, Chris Stephenson and Quinard Jackson all chipped in 11 points for Asheville. Primm had a game-high six assists and now has 402 in his career. He is the fourth player at Asheville to record more than 400 assists.
Charleston Southern was led by a game-high 22 points from Jamarco Warren. Kelvin Martin added 16 points and six rebounds. Jeremy Sexton finished with 11 points.
The Buccaneers had whittled a 13-point lead to two on Warren's three-pointer with 1:26 to play as CSU trailed 71-69.
On the ensuing possession, Lane drove the lane and dunked to give the Bulldogs a lead at 73-69 at the 1:13 mark. CSU quickly came down and missed a three-pointer by Sexton. Lane came down with rebound and then beat the Bucs down the floor as he scored a lay-up with 38 seconds left to push the lead to 75-69.
Warren missed a trey on the CSU's following possession. This time Lane fed John Williams for a lay-up at the 21-second mark to seal the victory at 77-69.
"We found a way to win today against a very well-coached Charleston Southern team," said Bulldog coach Eddie Biedenbach. "Our guys did a good job on the boards, and Jaron Lane really came through in the final minute of the game."
The Bulldogs used good shooting in the first half (15-of-30) to race to a 37-31 halftime lead. Dickey and Primm combined for 14 points in the opening half. CSU shot just 36 percent (11-of-3) from the field in first half.
In the second half, Asheville continued to shoot the ball well and Stephenson's three-point play pushed the Bulldogs lead to 62-49 with 7:06 left.
The Buccaneers staged a furious comeback from that point as Warren scored nine points in the next six minutes to get CSU close at 71-69.
The Bulldogs held a 38-28 rebounding advantage and out-scored the Buccaneers 52-30 in the paint.
UNC Asheville plays again on Thursday night when the Bulldogs begin a two-game road trip at Liberty starting at 7 p.m. Charleston Southern travels to Radford Thursday night for a 7 p.m. contest.
