Winthrop 71, at South Carolina Upstate 50

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Interstat) — Kareem Rozier scored 24 points and the Winthrop Eagles used a dominant first half to cruise past the South Carolina Upstate Spartans 71-50 in a Big South Conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the G.B. Hodge Center. The most important part of the game was the opening 20 minutes, where Winthrop established an insurmountable lead. The Eagles held the Spartans to just 19 first-half points on 7-of-30 shooting from the floor while forcing nine turnovers. Winthrop’s defense fueled a 19-0 run that spanned nearly seven minutes, turning a narrow 5-3 edge into a 24-3 stranglehold… Read more...