Saturday,
November 24, 2001
PACERS OUTLAST PC
IN DOUBLE OT 67-66
AIKEN,
SC —
The USC Aiken Pacers (3-0) continued their perfect start to
the 2001-02 season as they handed Presbyterian (4-1) their
first loss of the season by the score of 67-66 in double
overtime in the final game of the Peach Belt/South Atlantic
Conference Clash. In
the first game of the night, Lander (2-2) kept Newberry (0-5)
winless by a score of 60-52.
The
Pacers led 24-19 at halftime and led by as many as 10 with 10
minutes left, but the Blue Hose stormed back, scoring 11 in a
row. PC was up by three when Michael Tyler's missed three-point
shot was rebounded by Adam Waskavitz and dished out to Eric
Dugans who sunk a three to send the game into the first OT
tied at 45.
In
the first overtime, Clint Keown hit the first of two free
throws to take a two-point lead with four seconds to play, but
Chuck Rayford drove the length
of the court and connected on a lay-up to tie the game at
58-58.
With
seven lead changes and six ties in the final overtime, the
Pacers were down by one with five seconds to play when Tyler
stepped to the line and convert on both free throws and put PC
away for good.
Keown
led all scorers with 29 points and six steals in 46 minutes of
play. The Blue
Hose had four players in double-digits led by Rayford's 15 and
Andrew Dellinger's 14.
USCA
struggled from the charity strip, hitting on only 55 percent
while PC hit their free throws 83.3 percent of the time.
Both teams struggled from the field with the Pacers at
37.9 and Presbyterian at 40.4 percent.