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Buccaneers Rally Past UNC Asheville 79-70
02.15.2011 | Men's Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Jamarco Warren scored 31 points to lead Charleston Southern on a 79-70 Big South Conference victory over UNC Asheville Tuesday night at the CSU Fieldhouse.
The Buccaneers (14-14, 8-8 BSC) trailed by 11 points early in the second half but out-scored Asheville 50-31 in the second half. Warren had 18 points in the second half.
J.P. Primm led Asheville (13-12, 8-7 BSC) with 20 points. John Williams added 14 points, while Jaron Lane chipped in 10 points.
The Bulldogs were out-rebounded 39-22. CSU had 18 offensive rebounds to just seven for Asheville.
"We started out slow to start the game and in the second half and it really cost us," stated Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach. "We did a good job in the last 12 minutes of the first half and built a nice lead but then we came out slow in the second half and that got Charleston Southern going.
"We didn't do a good job on the boards," added Biedenbach. "They started getting second shots and that really hurt us. We had a couple of plays that we should have converted on and didn't do it."
Warren went 9-of-14 from the field, 2-of-3 from beyond the arc and 11-of-13 from the free throw line.
"We just couldn't stop Jamarco Warren tonight," commented Biedenbach. "He penetrated and scored at will."
The Buccaneers trailed 40-29 early in the second half but took over the game by out-scoring the Bulldogs 29-13 over the next six minutes. Warren had 13 points during the run. CSU took the lead for good on a Warren lay-up at the 11-minutes mark.
The lead ballooned to 67-59 with four minutes left before Asheville made one last run and crept to three on a Primm lay-up with 1:45 left 69-66.
But Warren hit four straight free throws and Asheville had two straight turnovers as the Bucs scored the next seven points to lead 76-66.
After committing 16 turnovers in the first half, CSU only had four turnovers in the second half. The home team shot 52 percent (13-25) from the field in the second half.
The Bulldogs trailed early 15-7 but their defense took as Asheville went on a 14-0 run to grab a 21-15 lead. Asheville got points from five different players during the run that was completed when Williams scored on a slam-dunk at the 10:40 mark.
Asheville got a trey from Primm late in the half to give the Bulldogs a 39-29 halftime lead.
Asheville forced 16 CSU turnovers in the opening half as the Bulldogs had eight steals. Primm had four of them. The visitors got points from nine different players in the half. Primm led the way with 10 points. The Bulldogs shot 58 percent from the field (15-26) in the first half. Asheville had 23 points off CSU's turnovers.
UNC Asheville plays next on Saturday at home against Northeastern in the ESPNU Bracketbuster game starting at 2 p.m.
