Winthrop 81, Charleston Southern 64
1/28/2008 8:55 PM
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Michael Jenkins scored 20 points and hot-shooting Winthrop raced past Charleston Southern 81-64 on Monday for its fifth straight win.
Charles Corbin added 13 points, Chris Gaynor scored 12 and Justin Burton 10 for the Eagles (14-7, 5-1 Big South Conference), who shot 53 percent in their 13th consecutive win over the Buccaneers.
Shelton Carter had 16 points and eight rebounds and Jamarco Warren scored 13 points for Charleston Southern (7-14, 1-5), which has lost four straight and nine of 11.
Carter's 3-pointer with just under 16 minutes cut Winthrop's lead to 42-39. But Burton responded with consecutive 3s and Winthrop held a comfortable margin the rest of the way.
Winthrop overcame 13-of-29 free-throw shooting by hitting 8 of 15 3-pointers and grabbing 10 more rebounds than Charleston Southern, which last beat Winthrop in 2002.
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