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Williams Greedy
60
USC Upstate USCU 3-2,0-0 Big South
73
Winner UNCW UNCW 2-1,0-0 CAA
USC Upstate USCU
3-2,0-0 Big South
60
Final
73
UNCW UNCW
2-1,0-0 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
USC Upstate USCU 26 34 60
UNCW UNCW 39 34 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Brandon Sans

Men's Hoops Earns 73-60 Win vs. USC Upstate

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW closed the first half on a 24-8 run to claim a 73-60 victory over visiting USC Upstate in non-conference men's basketball action on Saturday night at a sold-out Trask Coliseum.

The Seahawks improved to 2-1 while the Spartans fell to 3-2 through the season's first two weeks.

UNCW registered four players in double figures, highlighted by Madison Durr's 16 points. Nolan Hodge contributed his fourth straight game in double figures, dating back to last season, with 14 points to go with a season-high seven rebounds. Greedy Williams fashioned 13 points, his third straight game in double-digits, while Christian May recorded a season-high 11 points to go with six rebounds.

Upstate had a trio with 10 or more points: Karman Gregory (15), Carmelo Adkins (13) and Learic Davis (12).

The teams traded the lead three times and had six ties over the first 12 minutes of play before the Seahawks rattled off 12 unanswered points as part of a 16-2 stretch to take a double-digit lead it would not surrender.

Williams' energized the home crowd with a buzzer-beater logo-three-pointer to carry a 39-26 lead into halftime. The Seahawks led by as many as 19 points in the second half.

UNCW resumes its longtime rivalry with East Carolina on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Pirates' first visit to the Coliseum of Chaos in three seasons.

GAME NOTES: UNCW leads the all-time series 2-0 over Upstate … It was the 10th straight sellout at Trask, where the Seahawks are 62-18 all-time in home sellouts … UNCW is now 30-14 under Takayo Siddle following a loss, including 26-9 since 2021  … Noah Ross had a career-high four steals in part of the Seahawks' season-high nine team steals … Gavin Walsh led all rebounders with a season-high 11 boards … UNCW held Upstate to 38.2 percent shooting while shooting 42.9 percent … The Seahawks led for 30:54.

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