College of Charleston
Georgia Southern
CofC Defeats Georgia Southern at SoCon Tournament, 77-66
3/1/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The win advances the Cougars to the semifinals with a record of 21-10, where they will face No. 2 Appalachian State on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The Eagles ended their season at 15-16.
With a home team crowd on its side, third-seeded
The sixth-seeded Eagles were led by Louis Graham's 17 points. Donte Gennie, Antoine Johnson and Dwayne Foreman added 15, 13 and 11 points, respectively.
CofC came out strong to open the second half as it used a 7-2 run to cut the seven-point halftime deficit to two at 37-35, with 16:26 to go to force a GSU timeout.
The Eagles appeared to have it under control at that point as they regained a 39-35 lead on a tip-in by Graham with 14:20 to play. However, the Cougars used a 10-0 run from that point, led by two more Draper three's, to take their first lead of the game at 40-39 and expand it to 45-39 at the 12-minute mark.
Dwayne Foreman snapped a three-minute scoring drought for the Eagles with a three pointer to cut the lead to three at 45-42 with 11:30 left in the game.
The Cougars used a 16-2 advantage in the next four minutes to take their largest lead to that point at 12 points at 61-49 with 5:12 remaining on the clock.
The Eagles grabbed the lead first to open the game and held on to it, leading by as many seven at 18-11 at the 11:30 mark. A 6-0 Cougar run, sparked by back-to-back three's, cut the lead to one point, 18-17, with 10 minutes to go in the half.
One point is as close as CofC would get in the remainder of the first half as GSU extended its lead back to seven at 35-28 heading into halftime.
