Big South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals: The home teams held court Tuesday in the Big South Conference Tournament quarterfinals, with all of the higher seeds winning by at least 10 points, except No. 3 High Point, which beat No. 6 Coastal Carolina 59-56. Senior forward Arizona Reid led the Panthers with 20 points and 11 rebounds. High Point will play No. 2 Winthrop. The defending champs slammed No. 7 Radford 76-45.
The other semifinal will feature No. 1 UNC Asheville and No. 4 Liberty. The Bulldogs beat No. 8 Charleston Southern 87-63 with balanced scoring as five players reached double figures in scoring, led by senior guard Bryan Smithson’s 22 points. The Flames silenced the No. 5 VMI Keydets 103-88 in the other match up. [3/04/08]