Wednesday,
February 6, 2002
WINGATE BULLDOGS HOLD ON FOR A 99-87 OVERTIME WIN OVER BLUE HOSE IN SAC
MEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
Wingate’s Harrington goes for career-high 31 points in
victory
CLINTON,
S.C. — Wingate University’s senior guard Lorinza Harrington (Wagram, NC) scored a career-high 31 points
including nine in overtime to lift the Bulldogs to a 99-87 win
over Presbyterian College in South Atlantic Conference men’s
basketball action Wednesday night.
Harrington took over the
overtime period with nine-of-10 shooting at the free throw
line. For the night, Harrington hit 17-of-19 free throws and
dished out nine assists.
Presbyterian trailed 36-35
at halftime despite shooting 42.3% from the field and hitting
10-of-11 free throws in the first half. Wingate knocked down
four-of-10 three pointers and shot 45.2% from the field.
The Blue Hose were down by
seven points (44-37) with 18:04 remaining, but went on a 10-2
run in the next four minutes to retake the lead at 47-46 at
the 14:17 mark. The Blue Hose held the lead and pushed it to
as many as six points (71-65) with 3:28 left, but the Bulldogs
fought back and tied the game at 73-73 with only 1:22
remaining.
Harrington and PC’s
junior center Rod
Isom (Anderson, SC) each hit a pair of free throws to
knot the game at 75-75 and Harrington missed a jumper at the
end of regulation as the game went to overtime.
Joining Harrington for
scoring honors was sophomore guard Keenan
Dunn (Charlotte, NC) who tallied 19 points with six
rebounds and six assists while senior center Marcus
Thompson (Southern Pines, NC) added 17 points and five
boards.
Presbyterian was led by
Isom who tallied a career-high 26 points and added 11 rebounds
while fellow juniors Chuck
Rayford (Greenville, SC) added 19 points and four
assists and Jeff
Whittle (Strasburg, VA) added 21 points and six
rebounds. Isom connected on 12-of-13 free throws while Rayford
was 11-of-12 from the line.
For the game, Presbyterian
hit 28-of-33 free throws for 84.8% while Wingate equalled the
hot shooting from the charity stripe going 22-of-25 for 88.0%.
Wingate improves to 19-4
overall and 7-2 in the SAC while Presbyterian falls to 9-12
overall and 2-7 in league play.