Box Score WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem State avenged a loss to the University of South Carolina Aiken men's basketball team just nine days earlier with a 79-70 victory over the Pacers on Wednesday evening at the C.E. Gaines Center.
USC Aiken (2-1) had opened the two-game season series between the two teams by garnering a 98-84 victory over the then nationally 15th-ranked Rams at the Convocation Center on Monday, Nov. 19.
The contest on Wednesday evening against Winston-Salem State (4-2) was the first road game of the 2012-13 season for the Pacers.
Winston-Salem State entered the halftime break with a 41-23 lead.
The Pacers, who shot just 31 percent (9-for-29) as a team from the floor in the first half, would not roll over in the game, outscoring the Rams in the second half, 47-38.
USC Aiken's strong 50 percent (16-for-32) shooting in the second half would not be enough though with Winston-Salem State holding on for the nine-point win.
USC Aiken closed out the game shooting 41 percent (25-for-61) as a team. Winston-Salem State shot 44.3 percent (27-for-61) as a team in its win over the Pacers.
The Pacers held a 13-6 advantage in the game in 3-point field goals made. USC Aiken shot 40.6 percent (13-of-32) from beyond the arc in the game.
Four Pacers finished in double figures in the contest with Santoine Butler (Augusta, Ga./Gardner-Webb) leading the way with a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Butler, who was 6-of-9 from the field in the game, also had two blocks.
Ronald Zimmerman (Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley HS) led all Pacers with 22 points. Zimmerman knocked down six treys in the game.
Jesse Seilern (Innsbruck, Austria/Kapfenberg HS) ended the contest with 11 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals.
Kinley Branch (Stone Mountain, Ga./Arkansas State) was the final Pacer in double figures with 10 points. He also had 10 rebounds to collect a double-double of his own. Branch also had two blocks.
Winston-Salem State's Justin Glover led all players in the contest with 30 points. He was one of three Rams in double figures.
USC Aiken will next close out its week in Columbia, S.C. against Benedict on Saturday, Dec. 1. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m.
