AIKEN, S.C. – Eighth-ranked USC Aiken shot nearly 60 percent from the field and rallied back from an early 19-point deficit to top the UNC Pembroke men's basketball team, 107-91, in the season finale for the Braves on Saturday evening in the Convocation Center.

The setback marked the fourth-straight loss for the Braves (14-15, 5-14 PBC) who closed the books on the 2013-14 campaign with the trip to central South Carolina as well. USC Aiken (26-3, 18-1), who clinched the Peach Belt Conference's regular season title with a win at GRU Augusta on Wednesday, will be the top seed in next week's PBC Tournament in Columbus, Ga.

Griffin Pittman scored a team-best 23 points on 8-for-18 shooting to pace the Braves, who also got a career high 20 points from Keysheen Hinton. Brandon Winford chipped in 19 points and finished one rebound shy of tallying his ninth double-double of the campaign, while Quamain Rose tallied 11 points.

Ronald Zimmerman poured in a game-high 36 points on 11-of-19 shooting for the Pacers, while DeVontae Wright added a double-double with 22 points and 13 assists. Paul Larsen and Alvin Brown each registered conventional double-doubles for the hosts as well. Larsen had 17 points and 12 boards, while Brown added 15 points and 11 rebounds.

A jumper by Winford 54 seconds into the second half tied the score at 49 apiece, but two free throws by Larsen at the 17:20 mark sparked USC Aiken on a seven-point spurt that would give the hosts the lead for good. The Pacers had padded their advantage out to a baker's dozen, 70-57, on two more free throws by Larsen with just less than 12 minutes to play, and led by as much as 21 points, 85-64, on Wright's fastbreak jumper at the 7:49 mark.

Hinton's old fashioned 3-point play just less than six minutes into the contest helped UNCP open up a 22-3 lead, but the Pacers had whittled their deficit down to single digits just seven minutes later, and sucked up the rest of the momentum by closing the period on a 16-4 run. Jesse Seilern's 3-pointer at the buzzer would give the hosts a 49-47 edge heading into the locker rooms.