With a career night unto itself, Winthrop senior guard Andre Jones (Nansemond River) became the 19th player in Eagle basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points in his 33-point effort in a 92-86 overtime loss at Georgia Tuesday night.

Jones set a career high by four points as the Eagles gave the SEC’s Bulldogs a major fight.

Winthrop led by five with 0:21 left in overtime. Georgia’s Gerald Robinson tied the game with a lay-up with 2.4 seconds left. The Bulldogs took the lead and stayed in front throughout the overtime period.

Jones made 10 of 15 field goals including 4 of 6 three-pointers, while going 9-of-9 at the foul line.

“This was certainly the best game of Andre’s career,” said Winthrop head coach Randy Peele.

“That’s right up there with the top performances ever for a Winthrop basketball player. It’s amazing, honestly, the shots that he makes with such a small margin of when the shot is open,” Peele said.

The Eagles (4-9, 1-1) had a Big South game against UNC-Asheville (6-6, 1-0) Saturday.

 

Chowan senior Ransheda Jennings (King’s Fork) became the fourth player in CU history to eclipse 1,000 career points on Dec. 18.

Jennings scored 21 points in Chowan’s 54-52 win over Bloomfield to get to 1,016 career points. Jennings also had nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in the game. The CIAA named Jennings the conference’s Player of the Week for that week.

“What a special person, what a special student and what a special player,” said Chowan head coach Patrick Mashuda.

“A 4.0 in the classroom and 1,000 points in the same semester, that’s pretty amazing. I am blessed every day to coach her.” Mashuda said.

Jennings is averaging 13.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

The Lady Hawks play at Johnson C. Smith in a CIAA game Wednesday evening.

 

Sugar Rodgers, King’s Fork’s all-time leading scorer, set all sorts of records in leading Georgetown to two victories at the 35th Annual Blue Sky Classic in Hanover, N.H. last week.

GU beat Vermont 65-35, then Dartmouth 77-38 in the final. Rodgers scored a career-high 39 points against Dartmouth and earned Tournament MVP honors.

Rodgers set tournament records for points in a game, points in a tournament (73) and three-pointers made in a tournament (11).

“I was mad that I missed a free throw to beat (my career high) yesterday (versus Vermont), so I told my trainer (Melissa Robinson) that I was going to go out and break it tonight,” Rodgers said.

“I was just having fun. We just came back from a break and I was energetic and ready to play,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers, a junior, is averaging 20.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. She was named Big East Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and her third time this season to go with her tournament MVP honor at the Blue Sky Classic.

The Lady Hoyas (12-2) have won 11 straight games. Georgetown played DePaul Tuesday night and travels to face South Florida on Saturday.

 

No. 8 Missouri played a back-and-forth second half at Old Dominion Friday night before leaving Norfolk with a 75-68 victory.

The Tigers (13-0) led 53-44 early in the second half. The Monarchs fought back and took a 62-60 lead with 3:46 to play. ODU still led by a bucket, 67-65, going under two minutes to play. A Missouri three-pointer put Mizzou ahead 70-67 with 1:02 left.

ODU forward Nick Wright (Nansemond River) had six points and five rebounds in 30 minutes.

After taking the Tigers down to the final seconds ODU needed overtime to win 67-61 at Colonial rival James Madison on Monday.

Starting at center for the Monarchs, Wright, a 6-foot-7 junior, had 10 points, three rebounds and one block.

ODU (7-7, 2-0) hosts George Mason in another CAA game Thursday at 7 p.m.

 

Trailing by 12 with less than six minutes to play, Cincinnati rallied for a 56-55 win over visiting Oklahoma (10-3) Thursday night.

Bearcat guard Jaquon Parker (King’s Fork) scored eight points, including 6-for-6 shooting at the foul line, in the late UC comeback. Cashmere Wright made a lay-up with 8.8 seconds left for the go-ahead points for the Bearcats.

Parker, a 6-foot-3 junior, had 11 points, nine rebounds and two assists.

Parker was promoted into UC’s starting five after a number of Bearcats were suspended for a fight during Cincinnati’s game against city rival Xavier earlier this month. Some of the suspensions have been completed but Parker’s kept his spot in the lineup.

Parker scored a team-high and career-high 21 points as Cincinnati won on the road in the Big East 66-63 at No. 22 Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Parker made 7-of-11 field goals, including 4-of-6 three-pointers, to go with seven rebounds and three assists in 37 minutes.

Since moving into the Bearcat starting lineup, Parker’s made 11-of-17 three-pointers in the last six games.

UC (11-3, 1-0) has a six-game winning streak and hosts conference foe Notre Dame Wednesday at 7 p.m.

 

Marquette won its Big East opener 81-77 over Villanova on Saturday in Milwaukee.

Sophomore forward Davante Gardner recorded his first double-double on the college level with 13 points and 10 rebounds coming off the bench for the Golden Eagles (12-2, 1-0).

For the season, Gardner is averaging 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 77.1 percent foul shooting.

Marquette plays at Georgetown Wednesday evening.

 

Freshman Ashton Moore scored 30 points, becoming the first Bulldog to score 30 points in a game since the 2008-09 season, in The Citadel’s 91-74 win over Virginia-Wise Monday night.

Moore (Nansemond River) made 3-of-4 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws as part of his new career-high. Moore’s averaging 10.0 points and shooting 42.3 percent from three-point range in his freshman year.

The Citadel (3-10) plays at Furman in a traditional Southern Conference rivalry game Thursday evening.