Burns scores career-high 24; Winthrop beats Washington 82-74
SEATTLE -- — D.J. Burns Jr. scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 27 minutes — all career highs — to help Winthrop beat Washington 82-74 on Saturday night an snap a three-game skid.
Burns shot 12 of 21 from the field with one block and two steals. Patrick Good hit three 3-pointers and finished with 18 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Kelton Talford added 10 points for Winthrop (3-3).
Daejon Davis, PJ Fuller, Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Jamal Bey each hit a 3-pointer in a 12-4 run that gave Washington (4-4) its first lead at 28-27 with 2:42 left in the first half. Cory Hightower converted a three-point play 28 seconds later and the Eagles led the rest of the way.
Good hit a 3 — his first points of the game — to give Winthrop a 35-30 lead at halftime. He made another 3-pointer to open the second half before scoring six points and going 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the final 2 minutes.
Davis led the Huskies with a season-high 21 points. The fifth-year senior transfer from Stanford, who went into the game shooting 7 of 25 (28%) from 3-point range, made a career-high five 3s on eight attempts. Terrell Brown Jr. had 18 points, six assists and two steals and Fuller added 15 points for Washington.
Winthrop outrebounded the Huskies 43-28 and used its 12-3 advantage in offensive rebounds to outscore Washington 16-4 in second-chance points.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Deron White
- Daryl Gelinas
- Chad Shepherd
2023-24 Big South Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
High Point | 13-3 | - | 27-9 |
UNC Asheville | 12-4 | 1 | 22-12 |
Gardner-Webb | 11-5 | 2 | 17-16 |
Winthrop | 8-8 | 5 | 17-15 |
Longwood | 6-10 | 7 | 21-14 |
Presbyterian | 6-10 | 7 | 14-19 |
Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 7 | 10-20 |
Radford | 5-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 8 | 10-20 |
2023-24 Pac-12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 15-5 | - | 27-9 |
Washington State | 14-6 | 1 | 25-10 |
Colorado | 13-7 | 2 | 26-11 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 3 | 24-12 |
UCLA | 10-10 | 5 | 16-17 |
Utah | 9-11 | 6 | 22-15 |
Washington | 9-11 | 6 | 17-15 |
California | 9-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
USC | 8-12 | 7 | 15-18 |
Arizona State | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Stanford | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Oregon State | 5-15 | 10 | 13-19 |