College of Charleston
Arkansas (ESPNU)
No. 18 Arkansas Downs Cougars, 75-49
11/15/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Patrick Beverly scored 16 points while Vincent Hunter added six points and a game-high 10 rebounds as No. 18 Arkansas downed the College of Charleston, 75-49, in opening round action in the O'Reilly Auto Parts ESPNU Puerto Rico Tipoff before 1,567 on Thursday.
The Cougars, who fell to 0-2, take on Temple in second round play at 8:00 on Friday. Arkansas is 2-0.
Charleston, which fell behind 16-2, used a 23-12 run to cut the Razorbacks' lead to 28-25 late in the first half.
Dustin Scott led Charleston with 12 points while Antwaine Wiggins added nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON POST-GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Bobby Cremins
Real tough start. We had some trouble scoring. But we got back in and had a couple of good shots.
Arkansas is big with some great athletes. They are a good basketball team.
We played against great team. This is tough on our kids. This is the way I want to go. Our team is young. I don't want this to sound like an excuse, but we are.
We had some good shots. We looked nervous in the beginning. This is very good competition.
Our Number 1 goal coming into tonight was rebounding.
We did have a lot of turnovers.
About Arkansas. They are good. They play well together and they are well coached.
Now we need to get ready for Temple.
Guard Tony White, Jr.
We have to give credit to Arkansas. However we missed too many shots. We just need to put the ball in the bucket.
