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Radford falls to Winthrop in Big South semifinals, 61-46
Staff & Wire Reports, Staff Report
03-08-2010
CONWAY, S.C. – Double-doubles from seniors Joey Lynch-Flohr (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) and Art Parakhouski (Minsk, Belarus) weren’t enough as Radford shot just 25 percent and fell to third-seeded Winthrop 61-46 in the semifinals of the 2010 Big South Men’s Basketball Tournament Thursday evening at Kimbel Arena.
After the Highlanders opened the second half on a 9-2 run to grab their first lead of the contest, 30-28, the Eagles responded with a 19-3 run to retake the lead and extend it to 14, 47-33, with 9:34 left.
During its game-changing spurt, Winthrop made all five of its attempts from the floor, including its only three buckets from behind the arc.
Lynch-Flohr finished with a game-high 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds (6 offensive), while Parakhouski recorded his nation-leading 26th 10-point/10-rebound performance with 11 points and a tournament semifinal record 18 rebounds.
Reggie Middleton paced three Winthrop players in double figures with 16 points, while Charles Corbin contributed 11 off the bench and Andy Buechert scored 10 and added a career-high five blocks.
Winthrop (18-13), which held the Highlanders to just 27.6 percent (8-29) in the opening 20 minutes of action, jumped out to a 10-4 lead and stretched it to as many as nine, 20-11, on back-to-back buckets by Andre Jones, before heading to the half up, 26-21.
Despite its season-low shooting percentage, Radford (19-12) controlled the glass 48-36, including 21 offensive rebounds, which led to 19 second-chance points.
In addition to committing just seven turnovers, the Eagles finished with seven blocks and nine steals.
Like the Eagles, Radford was strong on the defensive end limiting Winthrop to just 37 percent (20-54) overall and 3 of 11 from deep.
Winthrop finished the evening 69.2 percent (18-26) from the line, while the Highlanders made 14 of their 21 attempts for a 66.7 percent clip.
The two clubs combined to go 5-for-29 from long range.
The Eagles will make their ninth Big South championship appearance in the last 12 years on Saturday at 4 p.m. Winthrop awaits the victor of top-seeded Coastal Carolina and fourth-seeded UNC Asheville.
