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It took both teams a couple of possessions to get anything going as the Eagles struck first with back-to-back threes from Smith and Johnson for an early 6-0 lead. David Robertson was the only other Bulldog in double-figures as he had 14 points.

Jaleel Roberts led the way with a career-high 25 points for Asheville as he set a Big South mark going 12-for-12 from the field. The Bulldogs were just 4-for-14 behind the arc. Tevin Prescott finished the night with his second career double-double by scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.Īsheville had a strong shooting night as well, finishing the game at 59 percent but the Eagles forced 15 turnovers they turned into 27 points. Johnson was one of four Eagles in double-figures with 13 points as he also had four assists. Winthrop pushed the lead to as much as 26 points with 5:41 when Keon Johnson finished on a strong drive to the basket. That's when Moore caught fire and in a very small amount of time as he buried threes on 3-of-4 possessions to put the Eagles up 19 with 8:28 left and then with 7:09 Moore hit his fourth triple in less than two and a half minutes for a 78-56 lead. Asheville pulled within seven points with 12:12 left and then after the Eagles went back up by 12, the Bulldogs cut the lead to 10 points with 10:26 remaining. Over the first nine and a half minutes of the second half the Eagles tried to hold off the Bulldogs as they attempted to fight their way back from an 11-point halftime deficit.

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Senior Andre Smith added 14 points on the night as he became the program's 21 st player to score 1,000 points as he reached the milestone with 10:49 to play in the game with two free throws. Moore reached 20-plus points for the third straight game as he surpassed 900 points in his 55 th game as an Eagle. With the loss, Asheville falls to 13-13 overall and 9-6 in the Big South. The Eagles were hitting on all cylinders as they shot 60 percent from the floor to earn their 15 th win of the season as they are now 15-11 overall and 10-5 in the league.

ROCK HILL, SC- Keon Moore scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the second half to lead Winthrop to a 91-70 victory over UNC Asheville, Wednesday night in the Winthrop Coliseum.