South Carolina Upstate 67, at Winthrop 58

ROCK HILL, S.C. (Interstat) — The South Carolina Upstate Spartans, propelled by a dominant second-quarter surge and a combined 46 points from guards Aubrie Kierscht and Cassie Gallagher, secured a 67-58 victory over the Winthrop Eagles in a Big South Conference women’s basketball game Wednesday night at Winthrop Coliseum. The win avenged a narrow two-point loss to the Eagles earlier in the season and snapped a two-game skid for the Spartans, who improved to 8-17 overall. Winthrop fell to 11-15. The game’s decisive stretch came in the second quarter. After trailing 19-15 through a back-and-forth opening period, the Spartans locked… Read more...