Winthrop tops High Point to at least finish 2nd in Big South

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Hunter Hale scored 22 points and Chandler Vaudrin distributed a career-high 15 assists and Winthrop beat High Point 84-76 on Saturday in their regular season finale.

Vaudrin also scored eight points with eight rebounds, Josh Ferguson scored 14 Charles Falden grabbed nine rebounds.

John-Michael Wright had 24 points and six rebounds for the Panthers (9-22, 6-12), Jamal Wright scored 24 and Caden Sanchez grabbed eight rebounds.

Jamal King's 3-pointer with 67 seconds left before halftime gave Winthrop a 44-42 lead and they never trailed again.

Winthrop (21-10, 15-3 Big South Conference) now sits a half-game back of Radford (20-9, 15-2) in the conference standings and could claim a share of the conference title if third-place Gardner-Webb (14-15, 10-7) beats the Highlanders later on Saturday.

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