ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The University of South Carolina Aiken men's basketball team lost a 76-62 decision at No. 10 Flagler Thursday in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.

The Pacers conclude the season at 9-8.

Head coach Mark Vanderslice's team was led by Anyeuri Castillo's team-high 14 points. He also added three blocks. Donaven Hairston tallied 13 points while Tehree Horn chipped in 12 markers to go along with a team-best five assists. Each part of the trio hit five shots from the floor. Latreavin Black pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. 

Gus Rowland connected on a lay-up and then found Castillo for a three-point bucket with 16:51 to play, giving the Pacers a 9-4 advantage. Down 12-10, Horn drained a jumper, tying the score at 12-12. A Darius Bell lay-up gave the visitors a 14-13 lead at the 12:19 mark.

Trailing 32-18, Hairston connected with Bell for a lay-up. On the ensuing possession, Bell canned another jumper to make it a 32-22 game at the 4:13 mark. He scored on a lay-up moments later for a 32-24 score. Horn's three-point basket trimmed the deficit to eight at 37-29 heading into halftime.

Jalen McCoy hit Horn for another shot from distance in the early going of the second half to make it a five-point game. USC Aiken trailed 49-37 but Rowland and Horn combined for five straight points with 14:19 to play.

The Saints managed to push the margin to double figures and USC Aiken could not get any closer the rest of the way.

For the game, USC Aiken hit 24-of-56 from the floor (42.9 percent), including seven-of-23 from the three-point stripe (30.4 percent). The Pacers and Saints each pulled down 36 rebounds. USC Aiken dished out 11 assists on the 24 field goals.

It marked the final game of the careers of Darius Bell and Ryan Missildine.