BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) - Donta Harper netted a career-high 22 points as Gardner-Webb beat NAIA Virginia-Wise 77-58 Monday night.
Harper connected on 8 of 11 from the field and hit 6 of 8 from the free-throw line. The sophomore also pulled down eight rebounds.
Tashan Newsome scored a season-high 18 points, Kevin Hartley hit 4 of 5 from 3-point range to finish with 12 points and eight rebounds and Tyler Strange dished out six assists for the Runnin' Bulldogs (5-4).
Paul Evans scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting for the Cavaliers (1-5).
Virginia-Wise trailed 25-21 with 6:13 left in the first half when a Mike Byron layup sparked a 9-0 Gardner-Webb run, and the Runnin' Bulldogs went into halftime up 38-26.
Javon Moore brought the Cavaliers within 45-39 with a layup with 14:46 left, but Gardner-Webb responded with 13 consecutive points, including 10 straight by Harper.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Virginia-Wise (0-1) | 26 | 32 | 58 |
| Gardner-Webb (5-4) « | 38 | 39 | 77 |
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| Virginia-Wise Cavaliers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Turner, F | 32 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Day, F | 31 | 3-12 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Wright, F | 31 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Moore, G | 34 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Maggard, G | 24 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Evans | 23 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| P. Mor Sall | 15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Watson | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Denison | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Boyce | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. George | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Smith | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Smith | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 5-10 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 58 | |
| 38.6% | 50% | ||||||
| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hartley, F | 25 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Byron, C | 21 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Landis, G | 28 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Harper, G | 22 | 8-11 | 6-8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| T. Strange, G | 22 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Newsome | 27 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| O. Branch | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Davis | 13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Hensley | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| I. Ivey | 6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hill | 3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Sweeney | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Stumpf | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-63 | 13-21 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 77 | |
| 46% | 61.9% | ||||||
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