Winthrop 2009-2010

[kingaling42]

Reggie Middleton scored 18 points to lead Winthrop to a 69-64 victory over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday night, the Eagles' seventh straight victory.

Matt Morgan added 17 points for Winthrop (15-10, 11-4 Big South Conference), which overcame shooting 34.5 percent from the field (20-for-58) for its 10th victory in 11 games.

Grayson Flittner hit three consecutive free throws to give Gardner-Webb (7-19, 5-10) a 50-49 lead with 5:15 remaining, but the Eagles scored the next nine points for a 58-50 advantage with 2:15 to play. Middleton then hit a free throw and layup to give Winthrop a 61-51 advantage with 51 seconds to play.

The Eagles went 8-for-10 from the line in the final 45 seconds.

Robbie Dreher had 12 points and Charles Corbin scored 10 for Winthrop.

Flittner, C.J. Hailey and Stefon Johnson scored 12 points each for Gardner-Webb. Johnson added 10 rebounds.

WU travels to E. Kentucky Saturday in their BB game before hosting the Bulldogs Tuesday night..

[kingaling42]

Josh Taylor scored 20 points and Eastern Kentucky defeated Winthrop 77-57 on Saturday night.

The Colonels (19-10) shot 45.8 percent from 3-point range (11 of 24), including a 5-for-8 effort from Taylor.

Eastern Kentucky shot 60.9 percent from the field (28 of 46) and scored 18 points off 14 turnovers, snapping a two-game losing streak.

The Colonels led 36-30 at halftime and otuscored the Eagles 18-7 to open the second half. Taylor's 3-pointer put Eastern Kentucky ahead 54-37 with 13:11 left.

The Colonels, who never trailed, jumped out to a 12-2 lead, including back to back 3's by Taylor, who capped the run with 17:12 left in the first half.

Justin Stommes scored 15 points and Papa Oppong and Dayvon Ellis added 14 each for Eastern Kentucky.

Matt Morgan scored 18 points and Reggie Middleton added 10 for Winthrop (15-11), which snapped a 7-game winning streak.

Winthrop hosts the Bulldogs Tuesday night..

[GoUNCA]

Refs give Winthrop another tournament championship. Coastal chokes again. UNC Asheville continues to be the only team who can beat Winthrop in the conference tournament.

[kingaling42]

I wouldn't agree with that refs part- not at all.. they were pretty bad both ways- WU had to win with their walk-on point guard due to fouls/injury..

The bottom line & I really hope our guys took note that WU buckled their defense down around 20-17 in the first half- the game was on pace to be at a 70+ point clip.. WU clamped down, Coastal started settling & falling in love with the perimeter shots & didn't make WU work on defense for very much of the shot clock.. Coastal did that the first 7-8 minutes of the game & either went away from it or WU forced them out of it.. refs didn't help WU.. WU won this game.

Joseph Harris had 3 pts/5 boards/4 TO's.. that's not the refs fault..

[GoUNCA]

When refs decide to not call any contact against a physical defensive team, they effectively decide the game. I'm not really complaining. CCU will go to the NIT and Winthrop will go and get waxed again by a 1 seed (Duke?). Two post-seasons is probably good for the Conference. Winthrop winning again probably is not. They certainly get credit for hitting shots at the end of the season. We would have had a really good chance to have beaten them, but we decided to choke in Conway instead. Such a fine line between winning and not.

[GoUNCA]

I guess I should amend my previous prediction about getting waxed by a one seed to getting roughed up by a 16 seed. Winthrop goes in with all their talent and loses the play-in game by 17 to Arkansas State at Pine Bluff. Winthrop moves to 0-2 in the play-in game all-time.

Pretty much the worst possible outcome for the conference. Thanks, Randy.

[kingaling42]

Winthrop becomes the first team to lose twice in the Opening Round (play in) game..

Arkansas-Pine Bluff finally found a road trip to its liking.

Allen Smith scored 14 points Tuesday night, including a pair of 3-pointers during the Golden Lions' second-half surge to a 61-44 victory over Winthrop in the NCAA tournament's opening game.

The Golden Lions (18-15) will play Duke -- the No. 1 seed in the West -- on Friday in Jacksonville, Fla., a stunning development given how their season started. Arkansas-Pine Bluff lost its first 11 games -- all on the road -- before rallying to earn the Southwestern Athletic Conference title and its first NCAA tournament berth.

The fast exit was familiar for Winthrop (19-14), which has made the tournament nine times in the last 12 years but has only one victory in all those tries.

Speaking of Arkansas Pine-Bluff.. Any Rashad Gil sightings this year???