BOONE, N.C. (AP) - Tevin Baskin and Nathan Healy each finished with 16 points and eight rebounds as Appalachian State held on to beat Presbyterian 78-70 Saturday.
Jamaal Trice added 12 points and Mike Neal chipped in with 10 for the Mountaineers (3-8).
Appalachian State made seven 3-pointers in the first half to take a 44-29 lead into halftime.
Presbyterian (2-10) rallied in the second half. Trailing 50-34 with 17:03 left to play, the Blue Hose went on a 21-13 run to get within eight, 63-55, with 7:47 left to play.
Appalachian State responded with an 8-2 run to push the lead to 14, 71-57 with just under three minutes to play.
Jordan Downing made two 3-pointers to help Presbyterian cut the lead to four, 74-70, with 28 seconds left, but Baskin connected on four straight free throws to seal the win.
Downing led Presbyterian with 21 points and five rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Presbyterian (2-10) | 29 | 41 | 70 |
| Appalachian State (3-8) « | 44 | 34 | 78 |
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| Presbyterian Blue Hose | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Truss, C | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Downing, G | 38 | 6-12 | 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| R. McTavish, G | 35 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| E. Washington, G | 35 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| K. Mutakabbir, G | 34 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Clyburn | 21 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Hargrave | 13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Anderson | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Lake | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 16-18 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 70 | |
| 47.8% | 88.9% | ||||||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Healy, F | 34 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| J. Canty, F | 25 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Obacha, F | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Hamilton, G | 28 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Neal, G | 22 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Baskin | 28 | 3-6 | 9-10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| J. Trice | 27 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| C. Burgess | 18 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 23-30 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 78 | |
| 43.4% | 76.7% | ||||||
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