Wingate, N.C.----The Catawba College Indians used an 8-0 run late in the second half to pick up an 84-78 victory at Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action in Cuddy Arena. Catawba improves to 8-10 overall and 8-10 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs fall to 10-8 overall and 10-8 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Catawba shot 53 percent from the field; Wingate shot 46 percent
- The Indians hit six-of-22 threes (27 percent); the 'Dogs were eight-for-23 from deep (35 percent)
- Wingate held a 37-33 rebounding advantage; each team scored 15 second-chance points
- Catawba scored 13 points off 13 WU turnovers
- The Indians had five of the nine steals on the night
- The Bulldogs were 18-for-26 at the free throw line; the Indians were 14-for-24
- The Catawba bench outscored Wingate's bench 33-7
- The 'Dogs had 14 assists on 26 field goals

KEY BULLDOGS

- Jarren Cottingham had 26 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals
- Francis Sio added 19 points, five rebounds and four assists
- Quantra Taylor contributed 12 points on five-of-five shooting, adding nine boards
- Miguel Priest had eight points, nine rebounds and three assists
- Kendrick Tucker and Andreas Wilson added six and five points, respectively

FIRST HALF

- DJ Johnson's layup gave Catawba an 11-7 lead four minutes in
- Marcus Burwell's triple extended the lead to five
- Sio's layup with 13 minutes left pulled WU within three at 16-13
- The Indians went on a 13-0 run, taking a 30-15 lead on Caleb Robinson's layup with 7:51 left
- A Sio triple and Taylor layup pulled Wingate back within 10
- Cottingham buried a three with five minutes left to make it 32-27
- A Cottingham layup and Wilson triple made it a two-point game with two minutes to go
- Catawba scored the last six of the half, taking a 43-35 lead on two Burwell free throws with 26 seconds left

SECOND HALF

- A Priest three-point play and Cottingham three made it a one-point game less than three minutes in
- Sio knocked down a triple at the 16:26 mark to tie it at 47
- Burwell's jumper put the Indians back on top by four, but layups from Sio and Cottingham made it a one-point game
- Taylor's layup and Priest's triple put WU on top 57-53 at the 12:33 mark
- A Terrence Whitfield three and Dre Nelson triple gave Catawba a 67-63 lead with 6:38 left
- Cottingham answered with a three, while his layup with 4:57 to go tied it at 69
- The Indians scored the next eight, going on top 77-69 on two Burwell free throws with 2:16 to go
 - Four Cottingham free throws got the 'Dogs back within four with 1:30 left
- Traylynn Spencer hit a three with 1:13 remaining to push the lead back to seven for Catawba
- Tucker's three cut the lead back to four, but free throws from Burwell made it 82-76 with 40 seconds left
- Wingate got no closer than five the rest of the way

UP NEXT

- Wingate is the six seed in this week's SAC Tournament
- The 'Dogs host Mars Hill Saturday at 2 p.m. in the opening round
- The winner travels to Carson-Newman Monday for the quarterfinals