Boiling Springs, NC- Junior Jackson Sivills scored a career high 19 points in the second half to propel the Wofford men's basketball team past the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 81-66.

Both teams traded double digit runs in the first half with the Terriers jumping out in front early courtesy of a 13-0 run to lead 20-8 at the 11:37 mark. Gardner-Webb responded by closing the half on an 11-0 run over the last 2:12 of the half to take a 29-26 lead into the intermission.

Out of the break both teams traded haymakers culminating in a Gardner-Webb four-point play to retake a three-point lead at 36-33, but that would be the last time GWU would lead. Led by Jackson Sivills, Wofford rattled off a 22-6 run over the course of seven minutes and fifty-seven seconds to take a 55-42 lead with 9:12 remaining. During that run, Sivills scored 13 of his 19 points and connected on three of his four three-pointers- matching his career high set last season against North Carolina A&T.

Gardner-Webb threatened one last time, whittling the Wofford lead to three with 6:18 left, but the Terriers responded to GWU's run by running their lead back out to 17 with an 18-4 run to lead 76-59 with 2:07 left.

The two teams traded buckets to close the game and the final buzzer sounded with Wofford prevailing 81-66 and improving to 4-5 on the season. Wofford will conclude its eight game road swing on Saturday, December 9, when the Terriers travel to Coastal Carolina to face Chanticleers at 2 PM on ESPN+.

Other Notes of Interest

• Making his first start in a Wofford uniform, sophomore Chase Cormier matched his career high in assists- dishing out four of them on no turnovers.
• 55 Points scored in the second half is a season high for points in a single half for the Terriers.
• Excluding overtime games, Wofford improved its record to 152-8 when scoring at least 80 points this century (excluding overtime).
• Junior Kyler Filewich tallied double digit rebounds in consecutive games for the first time in his career- and is the first Terrier to do so since BJ Mack tallied ten rebounds against VMI and Chattanooga on March 5 & 6, 2022.
• The Wofford defense held Gardner-Webb leading scorer Caleb Robinson under ten points one game after holding MTSU leading scorer Elias King to three points.
• Junior Dillon Bailey set a new season/Wofford high in three-pointers made, shooting 4-for-9 and scored double digits in the second half for the sixth time this season.
• Bailey scored 20 points for the fourth time this season after scoring 20+ points eight times in three seasons at Northeastern State.