ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Jeremy Atkinson scored 16 points with nine rebounds as UNC Asheville held off Coastal Carolina 63-60 Wednesday night in Big South Conference action.
After 10 ties and nine lead changes, the Bulldogs (10-10, 4-2) led 63-56 on Keith Hornsby's jumper with 3:54 left. Anthony Raffa answered with a 3-pointer and Warren Gillis hit a free throw with 2:09 to go to get the Chanticleers within 63-60.
Neither team could score the rest of the way. Coastal Carolina missed three field goal attempts, including Kierre Greenwood's 3-point try with 3 seconds to go, and UNC Asheville missed a layup, a tip-in and a free throw.
Hornsby added 13 points, Will Weeks 12 and Trent Meyer 10 for the Bulldogs, who were 17 of 24 from the line compared to 6 of 8 for the Chanticleers.
Raffa scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half for Coastal Carolina (8-9, 3-3).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Coastal Carolina (8-9) | 36 | 24 | 60 |
| NC-Asheville (10-10) « | 37 | 26 | 63 |
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| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Diagne, F | 19 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| E. Ndieguene, C | 31 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Raffa, G | 38 | 11-22 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| W. Gillis, G | 30 | 3-10 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| K. Greenwood, G | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Enanga | 28 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| U. Ljeskovic | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Ashford | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Addey | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Daniel | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-57 | 6-8 | 29 | 8 | 20 | 60 | |
| 43.9% | 75% | ||||||
| NC-Asheville Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Weeks, F | 39 | 3-6 | 6-8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Atkinson, F | 34 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| D. Cunningham, C | 31 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Hornsby, G | 36 | 4-10 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Neely, G | 21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Meyer | 20 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Nwannunu | 10 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Hughes | 5 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Littlejohn | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-45 | 17-24 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 63 | |
| 46.7% | 70.8% | ||||||
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