Warren's hot hand lifts Bucs
CSU 62, HIGH POINT 52
HIGH POINT, N.C. — It took more than a half for CSU's leading scorer Jamarco Warren to heat up, but once he found his stroke, the 5-10 sophomore took over the game.
Warren exploded for 22 second-half points, hitting six 3-pointers, to lead the Buccaneers to a Big South Conference win, 62-52, over High Point on Monday night.
Warren overcame a slow start to help CSU (4-3) turn a 24-19 second-half deficit into an 18-point lead with less than five minutes left.
Warren finished with a career-high 29 points.
Forward Omar Carter added 14 points and forward Kelvin Martin pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds for the Buccaneers.
"Coach just kept telling me to shoot the ball and my teammates kept finding me open," said Warren. "I knew I could start making them sooner or later. I just got hot and the shots started falling."
Warren hit his first 3-pointer with 14:45 to play to give CSU its first lead of the game at 29-26. Another 3-pointer with 11:16 remaining pushed the lead to 40-28 and a 25-footer from Warren made it 43-28 with just over nine minutes remaining.
Charleston Southern led, 59-41, before High Point made a late run, cutting the lead to 59-50 with two minutes to play. The Panthers, however, were out of gas, missing several shots and Warren sealed the deal with free throws with 29 seconds remaining on the clock.
"Tonight they really bought into what we're trying to do defensively," Radebaugh said. "We played with great poise and great effort for a road conference opener. To hold a team to 38 percent shooting, that's something we haven't done too often.
"This is a building block for us. I believe in this basketball team. I believe in those kids in that locker room. Tonight was a really special win for them."
CSU will take a break for exams before returning to action on Dec. 13 against Covenant College.
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