CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – Jan. 17
Stony Brook 112, Charleston 106
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After 14 ties, 17 lead adjustments and an additional 10 minutes of motion, Stony Brook (11-9, 3-4 CAA) prevailed in its 112-106 double-overtime victory over Charleston (11-8, 4-2 CAA). The 218 mixed factors tied the CAA file for many mixed factors in a convention sport, matching the overall in William & Mary’s 114-104 win over the Cougars on Feb. 24, 2018. The Seawolves’ Erik Pratt went off for a game-high 39 factors, 13 assists and 7 rebounds in a whole 50 minutes of motion. Richard Goods and Rob Brown III chipped in 18 and 17 factors apiece, respectively. Ethan Simmon noticed three of his 5 makes come from distance en path to a 13-point exhibiting. Jonah Butler and Andrej Shoshkikj chipped in 11 factors apiece, whereas the latter added 5 boards, 5 helpers and a pair of swipes.
Both groups got here out firing on all cylinders and mixed to sink 5 3-pointers within the early going earlier than Charleston took a 14-11 edge on back-to-back finishes from Jlynn Counter at 16:48. The Cougs’ main scorer completed with 28 factors, seven boards and 6 assists. The pictures from distance continued to fall as Stony Brook’s Goods and Brown capped off a 10-3 spurt from behind the arc to assert a 19-17 lead with 13:26 to play within the opening body. After the Cougars reclaimed a two-point edge previous the halfway level, Shoshkikj hit back-to-back trifectas to cap a 10-2 run and put the Seawolves up by six, 34-28, with underneath 5 minutes to play. Stony Brook’s Pratt scored 20 factors within the opening body, however his 3-point try that went extensive left within the last seconds was slammed house by Butler to place the Seawolves up 9, 46-37, on the break.
The Cougars began to inch again into the competition after watching their deficit get trimmed from 11 to a few, 53-50, on a 9-1 spurt capped off by an alley-oop slam by Christian Reeves with 13:28 to play. The two groups went backwards and forwards over the following 5 and a half minutes, buying and selling triples and sinking closely contested pictures en path to Stony Brook reclaiming a seven-point edge, 70-63, with 7:54 to play. Shortly after the Cougars tied the sport at 72, Goods went crashing by means of the Stony Brook bench to avoid wasting the ball from going out of bounds, ultimately establishing Simmon for a nook triple that gave Stony Brook a four-point cushion, 76-72, with 4:11 to play. Three minutes later, an alley-oop slam by Chol Machot gave Charleston its first lead, 81-80, for the reason that opening stanza. The Cougars’ large man completed with 16 factors and 4 boards. The Seawolves’ Butler retaliated 13 seconds later with a nook trifecta to present Stony Brook an 83-81 edge with 51 seconds to play. The Cougars scored 13 of the group’s last 15 factors of regulation from the charity stripe, together with a pair from Martin Kalu to impasse the sport at 83.
Stony Brook and Charleston traded a pair of ties and two lead adjustments within the further interval, till Reeves muscled by means of site visitors and accomplished the three-point play to place the Cougars up 4, 92-88, with 1:21 left. The Seawolves rallied as Pratt and Good every sank a 3-pointer to tie the sport at 94 and pressure double time beyond regulation. Both packages exchanged blows to open the second time beyond regulation interval till Brown III related from distance to place the Seawolves up by 4, 105-101, with 98 seconds remaining. After a Connor Hickman trey to make it a one-possession sport, Brown countered once more, this time from in shut and on the line to place the sport out of attain to a six-point win.
Elon 89, Hofstra 85
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Elon (12-7, 4-2 CAA) staved off a late run on CBS Sports Network to safe an 89-85 highway win over Hofstra (13-6, 4-2 CAA). Chandler Cuthrell led the cost with a 23-point exhibiting, going 6-for-11 contained in the arc and 8-for-9 from the charity stripe. The Phoenix’s main scorer additionally chipped in 5 rebounds and a pair of assists. Bryson Cokley watched 4 of his six makes come from distance en path to a 19-point, four-rebound outing. Kacper Klaczek registered 15 factors and 4 rebounds in his return to Long Island, going 5-for-9 from the ground with three treys. Ja’Juan Carr rounded out these in double figures with 11 factors, six assists and two steals. The Phoenix outscored the Pride, 40-16, within the paint.
Hofstra jumped out to an early 8-1 lead following a Joshua DeCady triple and a pull-up jumper from Preston Edmead two minutes into the competition. Elon’s Cuthrell scored 9 of the group’s first 15 factors, however it was Klaczek who sparked a 7-0 run with an and-one end to assist the Phoenix go forward by three, 17-14, with 11:28 to go. The two groups traded blows till Cruz Davis sank his first bucket of the sport with a nook three that reclaimed the lead, 22-21, with 8:38 to play. Elon closed the half on a 19-10 run, as Klaczek slammed down the ultimate bucket of the body to present the Phoenix an eight-point cushion, 43-35, on the break.
After buying and selling buckets to open the second stanza, Hofstra’s Davis turned on the jets with a private 7-2 spurt that knotted the sport at 52 with 14:52 to play. Klaczek and Carr drained back-to-back triples to regain a five-point edge, 59-54. The Phoenix’s distance taking pictures continued to broaden their result in as many as eight, 71-63, as Cokley knocked down a pair on back-to-back possessions approaching the nine-minute mark. Hofstra tried to swing the momentum again in its favor as Davis hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining to make it a one-possession sport, 85-83. Cuthrell iced the sport with a slam on the following possession to place the sport out of attain. Davis scored 28 of his game-high 33 factors within the second half, ending 11-of-22 taking pictures from the ground and 7-for-7 from the charity stripe to go along with 4 boards and 4 helpers. DeCady matched Davis with 4 makes from distance, ending with a career-high 21 factors.
UNCW 78, Campbell 75
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Trailing by as many as 13, UNCW (17-2, 6-0 CAA) registered its fifth comeback victory of the season to stay unbeaten in league play with a 78-75 win over Campbell (9-10, 3-3 CAA). The Seahawks turned to large man Patrick Wessler for a team-high 23 factors on 10-of-12 taking pictures from the ground with eight rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocks. Madison Durr scored 10 of his 20 factors from the charity stripe, including 4 boards and three steals in 27 minutes off the bench. Greedy Williams additionally chipped in 17 factors, 4 helpers and three swipes for the Seahawks. UNCW additionally picked up its seventh straight win on Saturday.
The Camels took cost out of the gate and captured an early five-point lead, 14-9, on a Jeremiah Johnson triple at 13:13. Just over 5 minutes later, the Seahawks utilized a Christian May 3-pointer to begin a five-point swing of their favor to assert a two-point edge, 24-22, with underneath eight minutes to play. The Camels capitalized on their free throws down the stretch, scoring seven of their last 15 factors of the half from the charity stripe. Durr hit a pair of pictures from the road with underneath a minute to go that slashed the Seahawks’ deficit to 4, 37-33, at halftime.
Back-to-back triples from DJ Smith and Tasos Cook, adopted by a Dovydas Butka end on the rim that gave the Camels a 12-point cushion, 45-33, two minutes into the ultimate body. Campbell had a solution for every Seahawks’ make over the following six minutes, together with a Cam Gregory trey that bumped up the guests’ lead, 58-45, with 14:15 left. UNCW began to chip away at its deficit as Wessler logged consecutive finishes within the paint to make it a seven-point sport, 61-54, with underneath 10 minutes to go. After the Camels noticed their lead balloon to double digits as soon as once more, UNCW’s Durr and Greedy Williams orchestrated a 14-1 run to take a 68-67 benefit with 5:10 to play. The Seahawks held off the Camels down the stretch with their capability to sink free throws, going 10-for-10 on the line to safe the three-point win. Campbell’s Smith and Johnson eclipsed the 20-point threshold, posting 24 and 20 factors apiece, respectively. Dovydas Butka recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 13 factors and 10 boards to go along with 4 assists.