ROCK HILL, S.C. - The IUPUI basketball team struggled to find the mark, shooting just 40 percent from the floor, in a 74-61 loss to Winthrop inside the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center on night two of the Rock Hill Classic. IUPUI hit just 3-of-17 (17.6 percent) from three-point range and were outscored 23-12 at the free throw line in the loss. 

Kidtrell Blocker scored a season-high 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting in the loss and junior Jlynn Counter just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. Bryce Monroe also finished in double-digits with 11 points. 

Kelton Talford paced four Winthrop (3-2) players in double-digits with 17 points and K.J. Doucet added 16 for the Eagles. Winthrop improved to 2-0 in the Rock Hill Classic, having rolled past Holy Cross on Friday night. 

IUPUI (2-3) made life easy for Winthrop in the early going, committing six fouls in the opening five-plus minutes, allowing the Eagles to get to the foul line frequently. Winthrop didn't make its first field goal until the 14:44 mark, but IUPUI was held to just two points in the opening six minutes. Monroe cut Winthrop's lead back to 16-13 at the 10:59 mark, but the Eagles fired back with an 8-0 run to build a double-digit lead. 

IUPUI closed within eight on multiple occasions before Winthrop took a 37-27 lead at intermission. The Jags snuck within seven when Vincent Brady II got loose for a transition basket off a Counter steal, prompting a Winthrop timeout. Winthrop scored the game's next 10 points after the timeout and maintained a double-digit lead for the final 16 minutes. 

The Jaguars shot 39.7 percent from the floor and had just three assists on 23 field goals. IUPUI was whistled for 24 fouls against Winthrop's 14, leading to a 34-13 discrepancy in free throw attempts. Winthrop cashed in with 23 made while IUPUI was 12-of-13 (92.3 percent) from the charity stripe. 

While IUPUI outscored Winthrop 32-28 in the paint, it occurred despite no points coming from the Jaguars' four-man frontcourt rotation. 

Brady finished with eight points off the Jaguars' bench and DJ Jackson closed with seven points and four rebounds. Daylan Hamilton added five points in limited action. 

The Jaguars will close out the three-game event on Sunday when they face Holy Cross at noon.