ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Torrey Craig scored 27 points and Ty Greene made two of four free throws in the final 7 seconds as South Carolina-Upstate overcame a 16-point, second-half deficit to edge UNC Asheville 73-71 Thursday night.
The Spartans (3-4) trailed 71-69 when Ricardo Glenn's tip shot tied it with 8 seconds left. He missed the ensuing free throw, and Greene, who was fouled a second later, hit the second of two free throws to give the Spartans their first lead of the game. Greene made his second foul shot with 3 seconds left to finish with 16 points.
The Bulldogs' Keith Hornsby missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
South Carolina-Upstate shot 59.5 percent after the break (22 of 37), making up for a 49-33 deficit with 13:14 left. UNC Asheville made only 13 of 25 second-half field goals.
Trent Meyer's 23 points led the Bulldogs (1-6), who have dropped six straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina Upstate (3-4) « | 19 | 54 | 73 |
| NC-Asheville (1-6) | 32 | 39 | 71 |
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| South Carolina Upstate Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Craig, F | 36 | 11-22 | 2-3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| R. Glenn, F | 24 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Maxey, F | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Rodgers, G | 31 | 3-10 | 1-1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Blessing, G | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Greene | 31 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Olumuyiwa | 19 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| F. Miller | 15 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| R. Elam | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-72 | 5-12 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 73 | |
| 43.1% | 41.7% | ||||||
| NC-Asheville Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Atkinson, F | 33 | 6-9 | 4-5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Nwannunu, F | 33 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Cunningham, C | 24 | 3-8 | 4-5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Meyer, G | 37 | 6-11 | 7-7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| K. Hornsby, G | 36 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Weeks | 23 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Hughes | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Neely | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Littlejohn | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-54 | 17-19 | 39 | 17 | 18 | 71 | |
| 46.3% | 89.5% | ||||||
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