ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Keith Hornsby scored 16 points to lead hot-shooting UNC Asheville past Presbyterian 74-62 Wednesday night and snap a four-game losing streak.
Jeremy Atkinson added 14 points, and Trent Meyer tallied 10 while Hornsby went 6-of-9 shooting for the Bulldogs (16-14, 9-5 Big South Conference), who converted a season-high 62 percent (31 of 50) from the field.
UNC Asheville scored the game's first 10 points but watched Presbyterian (8-22, 4-11) trim the deficit to 16-13 on a Ryan McTavish jumper with 12:23 remaining in the opening frame. UNC Asheville answered the spurt with a 16-3 run and Presbyterian never threated from there.
The Bulldogs, who led 39-22 at intermission, missed just eight shots (17 of 25) in the first half, compared to a 30 percent (7 of 23) clip for Presbyterian, and grabbed 17 rebounds.
Khalid Mutakabbir scored 15 points and Eric Washington added 13 for the Blue Hose.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Presbyterian (8-22) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| NC-Asheville (16-14) « | 39 | 35 | 74 |
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| Presbyterian Blue Hose | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. McTavish, F | 32 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Clyburn, C | 35 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| E. Washington, G | 37 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Mutakabbir, G | 36 | 4-14 | 4-7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Anderson, G | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Downing | 30 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Truss | 13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 22-52 | 10-14 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 62 | |
| 42.3% | 71.4% | ||||||
| NC-Asheville Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Atkinson, F | 32 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| W. Weeks, F | 21 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Nwannunu, C | 22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Meyer, G | 30 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Littlejohn, G | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Cunningham | 27 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Hornsby | 26 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| S. Hughes | 15 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| J. Seligson | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 31-50 | 4-6 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 74 | |
| 62% | 66.7% | ||||||
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