AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken men's basketball team rattled off a 91-74 win over Flagler Wednesday evening in a PBC contest.

The Pacers are now 11-9 on the season and improve to 8-8 in league play.

Head coach Mark Vanderslice's team was led by Doniel Dean's team-best 23 points on nine-of-15 shooting from the floor. Markus Terry added 21 points while Faison Brock accounted for 15 points and six boards. He was five-of-seven from the floor. Nenad Milenkovic posted a career-high 14 points in just nine minutes of work.

USC Aiken opened the contest on an 8-0 run. Brock hit a three-ball to start the scoring. Robert Hill followed it up with a pair of free throws while Terry added one charity toss. Paris Ballinger connected from both attempts at the stripe for the eight-point margin.

Leading 10-4, Dean hit back-to-back shots before Milenkovic buried a three-pointer from the wing. USC Aiken increased its advantage to 16 at the 9:32 mark after Terry poured in six straight markers for a 28-12 advantage. 

The Saints pulled within 10 at the 4:34 mark, but the Pacers outscored the visitors 11-4 the rest of the way. The lead was sparked by a three-ball from Terry. Milenkovic added two free throws before hitting back-to-back shots from downtown for the 17-point lead at the break.

After leading by 17 in the early going of the second period, the Saints managed to slice the margin to 10 points. Dean buried a jumper with 6:09 to play, pushing the score to 79-67. Austin Grimes sliced through the defense moments later after soaring high for an offensive board. He twisted past a defender for the bucket despite being fouled. Grimes calmly stroked the foul shot for an 82-67 lead.

Leading 83-74 with 2:44 to play, Dean converted an old-fashioned three-point play, keeping the visitors at bay. Paris Ballinger hit a basket with 1:33 to go and the USC Aiken forced the Saints into a missed three-pointer.

Dean was challenged on a shot from downtown and buried it for the final tally of 91-74.  

For the game, USC Aiken converted 32-of-66 from the floor (48.5 percent), including 14-of-31 from downtown (45.2 percent). The squad hit 13-of-20 from the charity stripe (65 percent).  

The Pacers return to action Saturday when they host Georgia Southwestern at 3:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.