ST. LOUIS (AP) - Cody Ellis scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, off the bench to help Saint Louis to its seventh consecutive victory, 76-58 over Charlotte on Saturday night.
Jordair Jett added 16 points and Jake Barnett had 13 for the Billikens (19-5, 8-2 Atlantic 10), who scored 21 points off 15 Charlotte turnovers. The Saint Louis bench outscored Charlotte's 47-17.
Pierria Henry led the 49ers (18-7, 6-5) with 15 points, and Willie Clayton had 14 points and eight rebounds. Charlotte was coming off a 71-67 victory at No. 10 Butler on Wednesday.
The 49ers stayed close through most of the first half, but the Billikens closed on a 10-2 run to lead 37-28 at halftime. Charlotte could pull no closer than five points down in the second half.
Saint Louis stayed a half-game behind VCU, which beat George Washington 84-57, for the conference lead. The teams play at Saint Louis on Tuesday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Charlotte (18-7) | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| Saint Louis (19-5) « | 37 | 39 | 76 |
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| Charlotte 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Clark, F | 27 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| W. Clayton, F | 24 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| P. Henry, G | 34 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| E. Nickerson, G | 29 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Ingram, G | 22 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams | 26 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Braswell | 22 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| I. Benkovic | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| M. Thorne | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-56 | 9-18 | 36 | 12 | 28 | 58 | |
| 42.9% | 50% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Evans, F | 19 | 2-5 | 7-10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| G. Glaze, F | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Loe, C | 19 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| M. McCall Jr., G | 28 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Mitchell, G | 24 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jett | 30 | 5-10 | 5-6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Ellis | 29 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| J. Barnett | 22 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Remekun | 19 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 21-31 | 33 | 16 | 21 | 76 | |
| 44% | 67.7% | ||||||
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