ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - Frantz Massenat scored 23 points and Samme Givens added 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Drexel past Winthrop 68-45 in the seventh-place game of the Paradise Jam.
Massenat was 6 of 8 from behind the arc for Drexel (2-2). The Dragons, who had lost to Norfolk State and Virginia in its first two games of the tournament, shot 48 percent from the field, including 11 for 21 from 3-point range.
Drexel opened the game strongly, with Massenat making a 3-pointer, Givens scoring on a hook shot and Damion Lee hitting a 3 to help the team to a 14-1 lead. The Dragons led by as many as 17 in the first half and took a 31-22 lead into the break.
Andre Jones led Winthrop (0-5) with 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Drexel (2-2) « | 31 | 37 | 68 |
| Winthrop (0-5) | 22 | 23 | 45 |
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| Drexel Dragons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Givens, F | 33 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| D. McCoy, F | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| F. Massenat, G | 39 | 6-10 | 5-8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| D. Lee, G | 37 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Thomas, G | 36 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ruffin | 30 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Younger | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Abif | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lerner | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Manojlovic | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Pantovic | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-48 | 11-14 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 68 | |
| 47.9% | 78.6% | ||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Jones, F | 36 | 7-13 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Jerome, F | 25 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| G. Valentine, C | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Middleton, G | 33 | 1-13 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Morgan, G | 16 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Brown | 19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Bourne | 14 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Smith | 12 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R. King | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| G. Gamble | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Diop | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Henry | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-46 | 8-13 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 45 | |
| 37% | 61.5% | ||||||
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