SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Ricardo Glenn finished with a double-double, 15 points and 12 rebounds as South Carolina-Upstate used a big first half to beat Georgia Coastal 85-55 Sunday in nonconference play.
Torrey Craig led the Spartans with 17 points, Ty Greene added 15, and Jodd Maxey finished with 13 points and eight rebounds to help South Carolina-Upstate win its 11th consecutive victory at home dating back to last year.
South Carolina-Upstate (5-7) led wire-to-wire. Tied 4-all early, the Spartans closed out the half on a 48-18 run.
Craig and Greene scored 12 points apiece in the first half, and the Mariners shot just 25.9 percent (7 for 27) in the period. South Carolina-Upstate led at halftime 52-22.
NAIA-program Coastal Georgia (2-11), could not get the deficit under 25 points in the second half.
Kentorey Johnson finished with a double-double, leading the Mariners with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| College of Coastal Georgia (0-1) | 22 | 33 | 55 |
| South Carolina Upstate (5-7) « | 52 | 33 | 85 |
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| College of Coastal Georgia Mariners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Johnson, F | 39 | 6-15 | 2-4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| P. Reason, F | 35 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Ezomo, F | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| R. Burke, G | 33 | 3-9 | 3-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| R. Vines, G | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Henry | 17 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Wyatt | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Billinger | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| N. Cvetanovic | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Billinger | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 9-13 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 55 | |
| 38.8% | 69.2% | ||||||
| South Carolina Upstate Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Craig, F | 30 | 7-15 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| J. Maxey, F | 29 | 4-11 | 5-5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| R. Glenn, F | 22 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| T. Greene, G | 31 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| M. Blessing, G | 22 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Olumuyiwa | 18 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| F. Miller | 13 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Rodgers | 13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| R. Elam | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ford | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Haynes | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-70 | 15-20 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 85 | |
| 44.3% | 75% | ||||||
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