Men's Basketball Southern Conference

Wofford Downs Toccoa Falls In Non-League Basketball

SPARTANBURG -- Three Terriers set or equaled career-highs in scoring as Wofford hit a
single-game school record 16 3-pointers in a 114-61 rout of Toccoa Falls
tonight in Spartanburg, S.C.

David Eaton led Wofford with a career-high 22 points, including six
3-pointers, while Jeff Tarr added career-best totals of 14 points and
seven rebounds. Grant Sterley equaled his single-game high with 17
points as six Terriers scored in double figures. All 11 players who
dressed entered the points column.

This game was originally scheduled for Dec. 4 but was postponed when an
ice storm hit the area.

Wofford's point total was its highest since a 116-71 win over Warren
Wilson on Jan. 23, 1989, a stretch of 394 games. The 53-point margin of
victory was the Terriers' largest since a 110-49 decision over Tennessee
Wesleyan on Nov. 22, 1997.

After playing the nation's most-difficult non-conference schedule
according to the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and Sagarin Ratings, the
Terriers (12-12) are now at .500 this late in the campaign for just the
second time in their eight seasons of Division I play. With three
regular-season games and the SoCon Tournament remaining, Wofford has
already surpassed its win total from last year (11-18).

The Terriers scored the game's opening seven points. However, the
Eagles (12-16) hung tough and trailed just 29-24 on a Denis Lopo layup
with 9:10 left in the first half. A pair of 3-pointers by Eaton and
treys by Lee Nixon and Mike Lenzly keyed an 18-4 Wofford run that gave
the Terriers a 47-28 lead en route to a 56-33 margin at the half.

"I thought our guys played hard," Wofford coach Mike Young said. "We
were able to get some guys some minutes who haven't played much lately.

"We really shared the ball. We don't care who scores the points. We've
had a lot of bonding this year. Our players enjoyed watching each other
do well tonight."

Nixon had 18 points while Tyler Berg and Sam Daniels contributed 12 and
10, respectively. Byron Fields had a career-high nine assists to go
with eight points.

The Terriers had season-highs in field-goal percentage (60.8), assists
(28), and steals (19). Wofford was 16-of-30 (53.3 percent) behind the
arc.

Lopo topped the Eagles with 18 points while Tony Doyley scored 11.

Wofford returns to SoCon action Saturday when it hosts Furman at 7 p.m.
in a regionally-televised contest on FOX Sports Net South.