CofC opens 2010 against S.C. State
12/29/2009 8:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Game: South Carolina State (6-4) at College of Charleston (6-6)
Date/Time: Jan. 2, 2010/4:00
Arena: Carolina First Arena (5,100)
Television: CofCSports.com (subscription)
Announcers: CofC Radio
Radio: 910-AM WTMZ/CofCSports.com
Announcer: Tony Ciuffo (pbp), Everett German (color)
Series Record: CofC leads 9-8
Last Meeting: CofC 94, at S.C. State 72 (11/24/08)
College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins
Record/Season/Pct.: 525-350/29th/.600
at College of Charleston: 71-43/4th/.623
Cremins vs. South Carolina State: 4-0
South Carolina State Head Coach Tim Carter
Record/Season/Pct.: 30-35/2nd/.462
at South Carolina State: 190-188/13th/.503
Carter vs. College of Charleston: 0-1
Fast Break Points ...
- CofC opens the new year with a matchup with South Carolina State at Carolina First Arena ... the Bulldogs lost a 70-67 decision at Clemson on Tuesday ...
- CofC is 15-11 under Cremins in January ...
- The Cougars won last year's matchup 94-72 in Orangeburg ... Andrew Goudelock and Dustin Scott led the Cougars with 17 points each ... Scott added 11 rebounds ...
- The Cougars are 12-8 vs. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams all-time ...
- The Cougars, who are 4-0 at home this season, are coming off a 1-2 showing in the 2009 Diamond Head Classic ... CofC's lone win was a thrilling 72-71 win over SMU ... Donavan Monroe's game-winning jumper came with 1.1 seconds remaining ...
- Goudelock averaged 20.0 ppg in Honolulu including a season-high 29 points against Hawaii ... Jeremy Simmons averaged 14.3 ppg, Tony White, Jr. 13.7 and Donavan Monroe scored 10.0 per outing ...
- Jeremy Simmons and Donavan Monroe lead Charleston averaging 14.3 ppg at home ... Simmons is pulling down a team-high 11.8 rebounds per game ... the Cougars are averaging 72.8 ppg and allowing just 61.2 ppg ... CofC is shooting 48.2% from the floor ... the opponent is shooting just 36.4% ...
- White, who averaged just 6.6 ppg and 23% shooting over the first seven, is averaging 13.0 ppg and hitting 51.2% of his FG over the last five tilts (21-41), including 51.6% from behind the arc (16-31) ...
