ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Gideon Gamble scored 12 points off the bench and Winthrop never trailed, beating Presbyterian 62-51 Wednesday night in a Big South Conference game.
Gamble helped the Eagles dominate in bench points 21-4.
Andre Smith scored 11 points and Steve Johnson added eight to help Winthrop (7-9, 1-3) snap a four-game losing streak.
Trailing at halftime 34-26, Presbyterian (3-15, 0-4) got within four points, 42-38, on a pair of Truss Williams free throws, but the Eagles answered with a 15-5 run to make it 57-43 with 3:10 left to play. Gamble started the run with a jumper, and Larry Brown capped it with a dunk.
Winthrop closed out the game converting 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch.
The Eagles made 17 free throws compared to Presbyterian's eight.
Jordan Downing scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Blue Hose, who have now lost four straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Presbyterian (3-15) | 26 | 25 | 51 |
| Winthrop (7-9) « | 34 | 28 | 62 |
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| Presbyterian Blue Hose | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Clyburn, F | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| W. Truss, C | 18 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| K. Mutakabbir, G | 39 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Downing, G | 36 | 10-16 | 3-3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| R. McTavish, G | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Washington | 31 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Hargrave | 22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Anderson | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 8-8 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 51 | |
| 38% | 100% | ||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jerome, F | 36 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Bourne, F | 27 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| S. Johnson, C | 17 | 3-5 | 4-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Smith, G | 30 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Henry, G | 27 | 1-7 | 4-8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Gamble | 24 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Brown | 22 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| R. King | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Diop | 4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Farmer | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 19-46 | 17-26 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 62 | |
| 41.3% | 65.4% | ||||||
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