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Divine Myles
83
Winner Stetson STET 11-18, 3-9 ASUN
72
USC Upstate UPST 17-12, 7-5 ASUN
Winner
Stetson STET
11-18, 3-9 ASUN
83
Final
72
USC Upstate UPST
17-12, 7-5 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Stetson STET 39 44 83
USC Upstate UPST 30 42 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Athletic Communications

Myles, Stout Defense Lift Hatters to Win at USC Upstate

SPARTANBURG, S.C.—Divine Myles scored a game-high 22 points and Stetson made 27 of 30 free throws as the Hatters snapped a three-game losing streak with an 83-72 win over Atlantic Sun Conference foe USC Upstate, Thursday at Hodge Center.
 
Myles was 6 of 13 from the field and made all eight of his free throws, adding four rebounds, two assists and two steals. The Hatters (11-18 overall, 3-9 ASUN) limited Upstate (17-12, 7-5) to 42 percent shooting and forced 16 turnovers.
 
While it wasn't quite a wire-to-wire win, the Hatters took control of the game early on and never really looked back. Stetson built a 32-19 advantagewith 4:07 left in the first half, and led 39-30 at halftime.
 
The Hatters opened the second half with a 10-2 run and led 49-32 on a Brian Pegg layup with 16:36 to play.
 
After Stetson built a 60-39 lead, the Spartans managed to hold the Hatters without a field goal for nearly five minutes, but managed only to get within 10 points, 61-51. Stetson was able to push the lead up to as many as 16 points when another Pegg layup made it 67-51 with 5:55 to go.
 
Upstate never got the lead under 10, and Stetson made 11 of 12 free throws in the final 2:32 to seal the win.
 
Derick Newton (16) and Leo Goodman (11) joined Myles in double figures for Stetson. Michael Buchanan led the Spartans with 21 points.
 
News & Notes
This was Stetson's first win in Spartanburg since the 2012-13 season … Stetson shot 90 percent from the free throw line for the first time since Nov. 26, 2013 against Southern Illinois … Luke Doyle tied a career-high with four steals … Myles, Newton and Goodman extended their double-figure scoring streaks to 13, 10 and 5 games, respectively … Angel Rivera finished with 6 assists, his 38th career game with 5 or more … the Hatters improved to 8-2 when leading at halftime, and 10-1 when holding their opponent to less than 80 points.
 
Quotable
"I thought defensively we did a good job. Our guys played really hard. We put a zone in this week and responded well to it. Throughout the year we've struggled (defensively). We've scored enough points to win a lot more games. We wanted to energize our guys as we move toward conference tournament play, and we wanted to do something a little bit different. It suits our players well. We needed this game. On the road, against a tough opponent… it's a good win." – Stetson head coach Corey Williams
 
Up Next
The Hatters visit NJIT, 4 p.m., Saturday in Newark, N.J.
 
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