AIKEN, S.C. – USC Aiken used dead-aim shooting to stake claim to an 11-point lead in the first half, but the 19th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team scored 26 points off of 21 turnovers and used a key 17-3 run early in the second half to upend the Pacers, 74-65, on Wednesday evening in the Convocation Center.

It was the third win in the last four outings for the Braves (19-3, 10-3 PBC) who moved to 7-2 away from Pembroke this season and clinched just the third winning record away from home in the NCAA Division II era of the program. It was the third-straight loss for the Pacers (10-12, 5-8) who dropped both regular season meetings with the Black & Gold for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign.

Quamain Rose connected on a career best six 3-pointers (6-for-8) and tallied his seventh career double-double with a game-high 24 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Braves who also got 18 points from freshman Brandon Watts. UNCP improved to 6-3 this season when trailing at the half as well.

Dominic Early came off the bench to record a double-double with a 21 points and 12 rebounds for USC Aiken, while Caleb Stewart chipped in 17 points of his own. The Pacers came into the game averaging just more than 12 turnovers per game, but coughed the ball up 21 times on Wednesday, including 11 in the first period.

UNCP led just 39-38 after a 3-pointer by Early with 17:41 to play, but the Braves scored 17 of the next 20 points for the Braves and took a 56-41 lead on a perimeter shot by Rose at the 11:56 mark. The Pacers trimmed their deficit down to single digits, 66-58, on a layup by Early with 3:52 remaining, but Rose hit a clutch 3-pointer nearly two minutes later, and then put the Black & Gold up by 13 points, 71-58, with 53 ticks remaining.

USC Aiken shot better than 52 percent through the first 12 minutes of the opening half and took a 26-15 lead on two free throws by Early at the 7:48 mark, but Reggie Cobia's short jumper on the other end sparked the Braves on a 16-5 run that helped them tie the score just more than five minutes later. A free throw by Cody Hughes with 1:35 left before the break gave the visitors their first lead of the contest, 32-31, but two more free throws by Early helped USC Aiken take a 33-32 advantage into the locker rooms.

UNCP will close out a short two-game road trip on Saturday when it heads to northeast Georgia to take on Young Harris (7-12, 4-9) in the second half of a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader inside YHC's Recreation and Fitness Center.