IRSC Men Defeat Palm Beach For First Conference Win

Lake Worth, Florida-It was a good start to the conference season for the Indian River State College (IRSC) Men's Basketball Team on Saturday as they defeated Palm Beach State College 87-63.  IRSC moved their overall record to 14-4 and 1-0 in the conference. 

The Pioneers took the early 9-4 lead in the game, but Palm Beach regained the lead 25-24 with 6:15 left the first half.  The lead seesawed back and forth before IRSC went on a 12-0 run to close out the half. 

Palm Beach made several runs in the second half, but were never able to regain the lead.  "Our guys did a solid job on defense and didn't panic when Palm Beach made a run," commented IRSC Head Coach Charlie Wilson. 

The Pioneers shot 52% from the field and 47% from the 3-point line.  Kimani Binder filled the stat line with 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. IRSC got a big lift from their inside duo of Charlie Daniels and DeJuan Lockett who combined for 38 points and 16 rebounds.  Jai Clark chipped in 4 timely 3-pointers for 12 points and Eddie Williams came off the bench to pull in a team high 9 rebounds. 

D.J. Winston ran the offense for the majority of the game and dished out 6 assists and only had 3 turnovers for the contest.

The Pioneers will be in action at IRSC on Wednesday January 16^th when they take on ASA in Fort Pierce, Florida.   The conference match up will begin at 7:30 p.m