Charleston Southern defeats Stetson 80-64 Eds: APNewsNow. Charleston Southern 80, Stetson 64.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Jamarco Warren scored 16 points and Kelvin Martin added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Charleston Southern to an 80-64 victory over Stetson on Saturday night.

Tom Tankelewicz was 4-for-5 on 3-point attempts on his way to scoring 14 points for the Buccaneers (2-1).

Warren hit a 3-pointer to give Charleston Southern a 52-49 lead with 9:29 left in the game. Tankelewicz and Jeremy Sexton hit consecutive 3-pointers to give the Buccaneers a 61-54 advantage with 6:49 left.

Tankelewicz hit another 3-pointer for a 70-59 lead with 3:42 remaining.

Charleston Southern was 8-for-15 from 3-point range (53.3 percent).

Martin also had four of Charleston Southern's 11 blocks.

A.J. Smith scored 23 points to lead Stetson (1-3), which was only 8-for-35 from the field (22.9 percent) in the first half.

Graeme Radford had nine rebounds for the Hatters.

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