Box Score PEMBROKE, N.C.--USC Aiken won for the second time in three games after knocking off UNC Pembroke, 71-54, Wednesday in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action in Pembroke, N.C.  Bryant Latimer led USCA and set a career high with 26 points.  The Pacers improve to 4-20 on the season and 3-13 in the Peach Belt Conference.  UNCP remains winless on the season, the Braves fall to 0-24 overall and 0-16 in conference play. 
  
After Desi Crisp gave UNC Pembroke a three-point lead, 8-5, with 16:06 left in the first half, the Pacers went on an 18-0 run to take control of the game.  Latimer began the run with two free throws and a three-pointer to give USC Aiken the lead for good, 10-8, with 14:56 to play in the first.  Lee Burton's jumper capped the run and put USCA out in front 23-8 with 11:15 before intermission. 
  
Latimer hit eight-of-14 shots from the field, including five-of-six from behind the three-point line, and all five of his free throws for a career high 26 points.  The junior transfer from Winthrop added two rebounds, three assists and two steals. 
  
The Braves answered with a 13-2 run of their own to get back within four points, 25-21, with 5:03 before halftime.  USC Aiken outscored UNCP 9-2 over the final four and a half minutes of the half to take an 11-point lead, 34-23, into the locker room. 
  
Pembroke began the second half with a 13-7 run and Rico Odom's jumper closed the gap to five points, 41-36, with 14:46 to play.  The Braves would get no closer.  Odom finished with a team-high 13 points on five-of-seven shooting from the field and 12 rebounds. 
  
Todd Williams' basket with 7:49 on the clock gave the Pacers a 12-point lead, 54-42.  That bucket began what turned out to be a 15-2 run that gave USC Aiken its largest lead of the game, 25 points, 69-44, with just over three minutes remaining.  Williams finished with six points, a team-high eight rebounds and two blocked shots. 
  
Both teams shot nearly 43 percent from the field for the game, but the Pacers connected on 10-of-19 three-pointers for 52.6 percent.  UNCP hit on just four-of-12 from behind the arch for 33.3 percent.  The Braves held a 33-32 advantage on the boards.
Next up for the Pacers is a match-up with USC Spartanburg at "The Courthouse" in Aiken, S.C., on Saturday.  The Rifles are holding down the second spot in the PBC's North Division.  Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
SCORING: 
UNC Pembroke (54):  Matt Hubbard 5, Mark Salazar 6, Rico Odom 13, Desi Crisp 9, Travis Wallace 12, Anthony Crank 5, Greg Joyner 1, Keith Melvin 3
USC Aiken (71):  Bryant Latimer 26, Lee Burton 18, Eric Dugans 5, Todd Williams 6, Minda Statkus 4, Leroy Williams 9, Jamall Gray, Mira Jonuska 3