Aiken, SC- The No. 12 Augusta University men's basketball topped the rival USC Aiken Pacers in a Peach Belt Conference men's basketball game Wednesday night in the convocation center. Augusta improves to 21-3, 12-3 overall and extends its win streak to eight. The Pacers move to 16-9, 10-5 in conference play.
 
With his first bucket of the night, guard Tyree Myers became the 34^th Augusta player to reach 1,000 career points.

Augusta (22-3, 12-3 PBC)
FG% 41.4
3PT% 31.0
FT% 80

USC Aiken  (16-9, 10-5 PBC)
FG% 36.7
3PT% 11.8
FT% 73.7
 
The Pacers led the game early, sprinting out to a 19-11 lead within the first ten minutes. An 8-0 by the visiting Jaguars over the next three minutes evened the score at 11. A jumper by Tyree Myers with 6:30 left to play in the half gave AU the first lead of the night. A three pointer by Aiken's Tehree horn put the Pacer's up 33-32 at the half.
 
A three-point basket by Troy Cracknell opened scoring for AU in the second half. Augusta would never trail in the second half, spurred by the overall dominance of Crawford. All of the field goals in the final five minutes of play came at the hands of Tyshaun Crawford and Tyree Myers.


Tyshaun Crawford turned in a double-double, scoring an impressive 25 points while grabbing 15 rebounds. The Griffin, Ga native was near perfect, shooting 7-of9 from the field and 11-of-13 from the charity stripe. Tyree Myers also turned in a 12 point performance. The rest of the offense was evenly balanced in what has become a signature of Augusta's offense.
 
Augusta has a chance to earn a share of the lead in the conference standings when Flagler (20-4, 13-2) comes to town Saturday at 3:30 in Augusta's homecoming game. Live stats and video at www.augustajags.com

 
 
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