DELAND, Fla. (AP) - Adam Pegg scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Stetson past South Carolina Upstate 73-66 Thursday night in an Atlantic Sun Conference contest.
Chris Perez scored 16 points and Willie Green added 11 points and nine boards to help Stetson (10-13, 7-5) snap a three-game skid.
Trailing 65-54 with less than 6 minutes to play, Torrey Craig made consecutive 3-pointers for SC Upstate to cut the lead to five, 65-60 with 4:12 remaining.
After Perez's 3-pointer pushed the lead to 68-60 with 3:04 left to play, Jodd Maxey converted a layup a minute later to cut the Spartans' deficit to six, 68-62.
SC Upstate (13-12, 7-5) managed just two field goals in the final two minutes while Perez converted five free throws in the same span to ensure the victory.
Craig went 6 of 21 from the field and led the Spartans with 16 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina Upstate (13-12) | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| Stetson (10-13) « | 36 | 37 | 73 |
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| South Carolina Upstate Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Craig, F | 34 | 6-21 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Maxey, F | 33 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Glenn, F | 24 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Greene, G | 38 | 3-19 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| M. Blessing, G | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Miller | 20 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| B. Olumuyiwa | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Rodgers | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 27-71 | 5-8 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 66 | |
| 38% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Stetson Hatters | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Green, F | 28 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| A. Pegg, C | 31 | 8-12 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| C. Perez, G | 32 | 5-12 | 5-8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Naburgs, G | 28 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| H. Miller, G | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Graham | 26 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| L. McInerney | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Diaz | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Plemmons | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Solanke | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 11-17 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 73 | |
| 50% | 64.7% | ||||||
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