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South Florida holds off Davidson 65-58

Nov 20, 2009 - 2:32 AM CHARLESTON, S.C.(AP) -- Augustus Gilchrist scored 21 points, 19 in the second half, to lead South Florida to a 65-58 victory over Davidson in the first round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday night.

The Bulls (3-0) will play at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Davidson (0-2) will play against Penn State at 7 p.m. Friday.

South Florida led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but Davidson cut the lead to two with 57.8 seconds to play.

Gilchrist made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 37 seconds to help the Bulls hold on.

South Florida led 28-23 after shooting 36.7 percent from the field.

Davidson shot 30.8 percent from the field and committed 10 turnovers, including five consecutive during a 3-minute sequence in the first half that saw South Florida push out to an 11-point lead, its biggest of the half.








  • NCAA BB
    FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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    SOUTH FLORIDA 28 37 65
    DAVIDSON 23 35 58 FINAL

    HIGH SCORERS: SOUTH FLORIDA - AUGUSTUS GILCHRIST 21, DOMINIQUE JONES
    17, CHRIS HOWARD 9
    DAVIDSON - WILL ARCHAMBAULT 14, BRYANT BARR 13,
    STEVE ROSSITER 10

    Nov 19 9:05 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 32 roots (Close Finish)

    South Florida 60, Davidson 58  2nd - 0:57Nov 19 8:57 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 32 roots (Close Finish)

    South Florida 60, Davidson 56  2nd - 1:36Nov 19 8:55 PM


  • NCAA BB
    SOUTH FLORIDA 28
    DAVIDSON 23 HALFTIME

    Nov 19 7:52 PM