CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – Jan. 5
Charleston 88, William & Mary 79
Box Score
Charleston’s Colby Duggan and Martin Kalu weathered a second-half surge to assist the Cougars (10-6, 3-0 CAA) to an 88-79 win over William & Mary (11-4, 2-1 CAA). Charleston’s two main scorers mixed to shoot 11-for-21 from the ground with six of the workforce’s 11 3-pointers. Jlynn Counter and Chris Davis Jr. rounded out these in double figures, posting 16 and 11 factors, respectively. All 9 Charleston gamers to see motion on Monday scored 4 or extra factors within the win. For the fourth straight season, Charleston opened CAA play with a 3-0 mark. CofC picked up its sixth consecutive win.
After a gap alley-oop slam from CofC’s Chol Machot, William & Mary’s Kilian Brockhoff and Jo’el Emanuel knocked down consecutive treys to spark an 11-2 run via the under-16 media timeout. Out of the break, the Cougars rattled off a 25-5 stretch that began with a Kalu 3-pointer and completed with a Duggan end via visitors for a three-point play to take a 29-16 lead with 9:04 to play. Charleston grew its result in as many as 16 earlier than the halftime buzzer, taking a 46-32 benefit into the intermission. The Cougars shot 50.0% from the ground within the opening body, going 10-for-16 contained in the arc with 5 triples. CofC additionally held William & Mary to its fewest factors (32) within the opening half this season.
The Tribe scored 12 straight factors out of halftime, with back-to-back triples from Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi pulling the guests to inside two, 46-44, just below three minutes into the body. The Swedish ahead completed with 20 factors, three steals and two blocks. After Charleston noticed its lead reduce to 1, Kalu went on a private 5-0 spurt, a part of a stretch of 10 unanswered factors that put the Cougars again forward by double digits, 58-47, with 14 minutes to play. Charleston stored the Tribe at bay with repetitive retaliation over the following seven minutes, counting on Kalu and Duggan to keep up an eight-point edge, 72-64. Shortly after, William & Mary’s Kyle Pulliam knocked down a 3-pointer from the wing, beginning a 6-0 stretch that slashed the guests’ deficit to 2, 74-72, with below 5 minutes remaining. It was as shut because the Tribe would get because the Cougars’ Connor Hickman and Duggan drained back-to-back nook treys within the ultimate two minutes to place the sport out of attain and ultimately safe a nine-point win. Brockhoff notched 16 factors, with three of his six makes coming from distance. Chase Lowe recorded a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double to go together with 5 assists.