ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Andre Smith scored 14 points to lead Winthrop to a 61-55 victory over Gardner-Webb in a Big South Conference game on Wednesday night.
Christian Farmer had 13 points and James Bourne 11 points and six rebounds for the Eagles (8-10, 2-4), who had lost five of its past six games coming in.
Kevin Hartley led Gardner-Webb (10-10, 2-4) with 13 points, and Tashan Newsome had 11.
The Eagles outscored the Runnin' Bulldogs 18-6 on points in the paint, and Winthrop made 15 of 20 at the foul line to Gardner Webb's 5 of 9.
Winthrop led 18-12 on Gideon's free-throws at 6:55 on the way to a 30-24 advantage at the break.
Gardner-Webb took its first lead in the second half at 39-37 at 15:21 on Max Landis' 3-pointer, but Farmer's 3-pointer at the 12:55 mark gave the Eagles a 44-41 advantage they never relinquished.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Gardner-Webb (10-10) | 24 | 31 | 55 |
| Winthrop (8-10) « | 30 | 31 | 61 |
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| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hartley, F | 31 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Hill, F | 28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Harper, F | 14 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| M. Landis, G | 33 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Strange, G | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Newsome | 29 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Davis | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| O. Branch | 12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Byron | 9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Ivey | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 5-9 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 55 | |
| 44.7% | 55.6% | ||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jerome, F | 32 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Bourne, F | 28 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| L. Brown, F | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Smith, G | 35 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Henry, G | 25 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Gamble | 22 | 2-8 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Farmer | 14 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| S. Johnson | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| S. Diop | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. King | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-45 | 15-20 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 61 | |
| 44.4% | 75% | ||||||
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