College Basketball Roundup

Associated Press

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CHARLOTTE — Charlotte welcomed back more than 50 former players as part of Homecoming festivities on Saturday afternoon.

Then the 49ers gave everyone something to celebrate as they rolled to a 19-point first-half lead and went on to a 73-66 victory over Rhode Island.

Javarris Barnett scored 18 points, including 16 in the first half, and three other players scored in double figures as the 49ers (12-11, 4-6 Atlantic 10) won their second straight and further distanced themselves from a stretch when they lost six straight conference games.

Coach Alan Major dedicated the victory to the alumni, many of whom participated in an Alumni game earlier in the day.

"As excited as I am about the win, I think the most exciting thing was seeing those alumni out there running around before we played," Major said. "We told our guys before the game today was about honoring your history, honoring the guys who have fought and given us the opportunity to have what we have now as a program. All those guys were in the house and it was good to honor those guys with a W."

Barnett, a 6-7 senior who came into the game averaging 12.2 points, hit four 3-pointers in the first half as the 49ers pulled out to a 40-25 halftime lead. He had eight of his points in a 21-2 run early on which gave the 49ers a 28-9 lead.

Charlotte also got 14 points from Pierria Henry, 13 points from Jamar Briscoe, and 12 points, 10 rebounds and five rebounds from DeMario Mayfield.

Charlotte has won two straight, and should climb out of a tie for 11th place in the conference standings.

College of Charleston 86, Davidson 78

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Antwaine Wiggins scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead College of Charleston over Davidson 86-78 in a Southern Conference matchup on Saturday.

Four players scored in double figures for the Cougars (16-10, 9-7) as Nori Johnson had 17 points, Trent Wiedeman 16 and Andrew Lawrence 11.

De'Mon Brooks led the Wildcats (19-6, 13-2) with 25 points. Davidson shot 32 percent in the first half (8 of 25) and trailed 38-33 at halftime.

Chris Czerapowicz added 15 points, Jake Cohen 13 and Nik Cochran 12 for Davidson, which had won 12 of 13 coming in.

Wofford 66, App.State 64.

BOONE — Brad Loesing scored 16 points and Lee Skinner added 11 as Wofford survived a late rally to beat Appalachian State 66-64.

Appalachian State (10-15, 6-9 Southern Conference) rallied to cut the deficit to 59-58 after Tab Hamilton converted a four-point play but Skinner made two free throws and Loesing hit a 3-pointer to seal the win for Wofford.

Furman 80, WCU 66

GREENVILLLE, S.C. — Charlie Reddick scored 16 points and hot-shooting Furman (13-13, 7-8 Southern Conference) defeated Western Carolina 80-66.

Tawaski King scored 14 points and Harouna Mutombo chipped in with 13 for the Catamounts (10-17, 4-10), who have lost three in a row and seven of their past eight.

UNC-A 88, Radford 62

ASHEVILLE — Matt Dickey scored 22 points as UNC Asheville defeated Radford 88-62 to clinch the No. 1 seed for the Big South Conference tournament.

After Radford took an early 10-4 lead, a layup by Dickey started a 21-4 run for the Bulldogs (19-7, 14-1) that gave them a 25-14 lead with 9:49 remaining in the first half.

Marshall 78, East Carolina 68

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Damier Pitts scored 27 points and Marshall (15-10, 6-5) snapped a two-game losing streak, beating ECU.

East Carolina (12-12, 3-8 Conference USA) led 52-51 after Robert Sampson knocked down a 3-pointer with 10:17 left to play. But Marshall used an 11-0 run to jump ahead 62-52.

Miguel Paul and Sampson led East Carolina with 19 apiece.

VCU 68, Old Dominion 64

NORFOLK, Va. — Bradford Burgess scored 24 points and Darius Theus capped the go-ahead run to lead Virginia Commonwealth over Old Dominion 68-64.

The Rams (22-5, 13-2 CAA) trailed 61-58 with 1:01 left and scored eight straight over the next 45 seconds.

North Carolina A&T 85, South Carolina State 55

GREENSBORO — Nic Simpson scored 17 points, leading five North Carolina A&T (11-15, 6-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) players in double figures in an 85-55 rout of South Carolina State.