Mark Cohen, Wofford Sports Information Office

Senior forward Jeff Tarr came off-the-bench to score 13 points, one shy of a career-best, as the Wofford men's basketball team made its 2004-05 home debut with a 90-64 victory over Milligan tonight in Spartanburg, S.C.

This evening represented Wofford's 300th game in the Benjamin Johnson Arena. The Terriers are now 210-90 (.700) since moving into their home facility midway through the 1980-81 campaign.

Howard Wilkerson added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Terriers (1-1), who two nights earlier were in Miami and dropped a 67-64 decision to the Hurricanes.

Milligan held an early lead before Wofford went on top for good at 11-10 on a Justin Stephens layup with 13:54 to play in the first half. It began a 26-5 Terrier run that featured eight different players scoring. A Tyler Berg dunk capped the spurt, giving Wofford a 35-15 lead with 6:57 remaining before intermission.

The Terriers led 47-30 at the half.

"We did some really good things at Miami and gave ourselves a chance to win," Wofford coach Mike Young said. "I really liked the way we came back tonight after a tough early-morning flight home yesterday.

"Our guys played hard throughout the night even when we had the game in hand. That's a great sign of improvement in the maturation process, which we expect with five seniors and three juniors on the roster."

Wilkerson scored the Terriers' opening seven points of the second half. He had 23 points and nine boards in the opener at Miami.

All 12 Wofford players in uniform scored and played at least 10 minutes. Tarr added six rebounds while Byron Fields contributed 10 points and four steals. Freshman point guard Drew Gibson had eight points and a team-best five assists.

Spartanburg native Harvey Bell, a freshman from nearby Boiling Springs High School, was the game's high scorer with 18 points to go with eight rebounds. He was 5-of-6 from the field and 8-of-8 at the free-throw line.

Wofford was just 3-of-12 at the charity stripe in the first half, before making all 12 attempts over the final 20 minutes.

The Terriers return to action Saturday when they host Bluefield College at 2:30 p.m. Wofford then travels to Tennessee for a Monday 7 p.m. game against the Volunteers. Milligan is at Tennessee Wesleyan Saturday in a 7:30 p.m. contest.