ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Shola Diop and Gideon Gamble each scored 13 points to help Winthrop score 39 off the bench in a 77-54 victory over Division II Brevard Tuesday night.
The points were a career high for Diop, who also had a career-best eight rebounds.
Derrick Henry and Joab Jerome each had 12 points and Christian Farmer 11 for the Eagles (3-4).
Gerel Simmons led Brevard (1-6) with 18 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and a 7 of 8 performance from the foul line. Simmons was fresh off a 22-point performance against Mars Hill that included a buzzer-beating game-winner.
Brevard jumped to a 13-4 lead as Winthrop shot 2 of 12 to start the game. The Eagles then went on a 12-4 run, capped by a three-point play by Gamble.
Winthrop led 35-31 at halftime then shot 61.5 percent (16 of 26) in the second half to earn the 23-point win.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Brevard (0-1) | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| Winthrop (3-4) « | 35 | 42 | 77 |
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| Brevard | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ward, F | 29 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Moe, C | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Pickett, G | 33 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Miller, G | 32 | 3-6 | 4-8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Leathers, G | 25 | 2-6 | 4-7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Gujanicic | 26 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| G. Simmons | 26 | 5-9 | 7-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| N. Dionisio | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Collins | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-49 | 16-25 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 54 | |
| 34.7% | 64% | ||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jerome, F | 33 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Brown, F | 22 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Bourne, F | 19 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| D. Henry, G | 26 | 3-11 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| A. Smith, G | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Farmer | 21 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| S. Diop | 20 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| G. Gamble | 20 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| R. King | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Carter | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Prescott | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-61 | 10-14 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 77 | |
| 49.2% | 71.4% | ||||||
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