CLINTON, S.C. (AP) - Jeremy Atkinson had a game-high 22 points and D.J. Cunningham converted a late layup to lift UNC Asheville past Presbyterian 77-74 Wednesday night.
Cunningham had a double-double, 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Keith Hornsby added 17 points to help UNC Asheville (12-10, 6-2 Big South Conference) win its fourth-straight game.
Trailing 68-60 with 5:25 remaining, Presbyterian went on a 12-5 run to take a 72-71 lead on Khalid Mutakabbir's free throws with one minute left to play.
After Hornsby answered with a jumper to put UNC Asheville ahead 73-72, Joshua Clyburn's layup gave the Blue Hose a 74-73 lead with 30 seconds to go.
With 11 seconds left to play, Cunningham gave the Bulldogs the lead for good with a layup to make it 75-74. Hornsby added two free throws, and Mutakabbir missed a 3-pointer as time expired.
Mutakabbir scored 21 points for the Blue Hose (5-17, 2-6).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| NC-Asheville (12-10) « | 38 | 39 | 77 |
| Presbyterian (5-17) | 34 | 40 | 74 |
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| NC-Asheville Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Weeks, F | 34 | 4-6 | 1-4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Atkinson, F | 33 | 5-10 | 11-13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| D. Cunningham, C | 35 | 9-12 | 0-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| K. Hornsby, G | 38 | 7-15 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| T. Meyer, G | 37 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Nwannunu | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Hughes | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Neely | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Roberts | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-58 | 14-21 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 77 | |
| 50% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Truss, C | 20 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| R. McTavish, G | 40 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| K. Mutakabbir, G | 39 | 7-10 | 4-4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| E. Washington, G | 38 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Downing, G | 35 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Clyburn | 17 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Anderson | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Hargrave | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-45 | 8-11 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 74 | |
| 62.2% | 72.7% | ||||||
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