Winthrop defeats Charleston Southern 55-53

AP News | 2010-01-29 01:59:13

<div id="subtitle">Jones scores 11, sinks late free throw to help Winthrop defeat Charleston Southern 55-53</div><div><p>Andre Jones scored 11 points and Winthrop held on to defeat Charleston Southern 55-53 on Thursday night.</p><p>The Eagles (10-10, 6-4 Big South Conference) led 44-26 with 15:18 remaining. But the Buccaneers went on a 25-8 run to pull within 52-51. Kelvin Martin's tip-in capped the run with 1:25 to play.</p><p>Winthrop's Charles Corbin answered with a jumper with 1:04 left, before Martin hit another basket to make it 54-53 with 32 seconds left.</p><p>Mantoris Robinson then missed the front end of a 1-and-1 for the Eagles. Corbin grabbed the offensive rebound, but missed a jump shot. The Eagles grabbed the offensive rebound again and Jones hit a free throw with 11 seconds to go.</p><p>Winthrop had 16 offensive rebounds and held the Buccaneers (10-10, 5-5) to just 13 percent shooting in the first half (3 of 23).</p><p>Jamarco Warren and Jeremy Sexton scored 15 points each for the Eagles.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68011094&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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