CofC returns home to battle Paladins; Tickets remain
1/19/2010 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The College of Charleston plays host to Furman in a 7 p.m. matchup at Carolina First Arena on Thursday. The Cougars are coming off an impressive 90-66 win at Chattanooga on Saturday and are 11-6 overall and 6-0 in Southern Conference play. The Paladins enter the game with a 9-8 overall mark and a 3-3 league record.
Tickets remain for the game with Furman, as well as, Friday night's contest with second place Wofford. Tickets can be purchased by calling 843-953-2632 or at the school's website (CofCSports.com). Less than 400 tickets remain for the Furman game and less than 200 for the Wofford contest.
Furman (9-8, 3-3) at College of Charleston (11-6, 6-0)
Time: 7:00
Arena: Carolina Arena (5,100)
Television: CSS/Warren Peper (pbp), John Kresse (color)
Radio: 910-AM WTMZ/CofCSports.com
Announcers: Tony Ciuffo (pbp), Everett German (color)
Series Record/as SoCon members: Furman leads 40-32/CofC leads 20-3
Last Meeting: at CofC 69, Furman 58 (2/28/09)
College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins
Record/Season/Pct.: 530-350/29th/.602
at College of Charleston: 76-43/4th/.639
Cremins vs. Furman: 13-7
Furman Head Coach Jeff Jackson
Record/Season/Pct.: 38-70/4th/.352
at Furman: 59-130/7th/.312
Jackson vs. College of Charleston: 1-5
Fast Break Points ...
- Tickets remain for the Furman and Wofford games ... tickets can be purchased by logging on to CofCSports.com or calling 843-953-2632 ...
- The Cougars snapped UTC's six-game winning streak on Saturday ... the 24-point win was Charleston's largest at McKenzie Arena ...
- It was Charleston's largest SoCon win since beating The Citadel, 80-48, on Feb. 26, 2005, and its largest league road win since knocking off The Citadel, 69-45, on Jan. 31, 2004.
- The Cougars have won five in a row ... CofC has outscored the opposition 79.8-68.0 during the streak ... hitting 47.2 percent from the field ...
- The Cougars are off to a 6-0 SoCon start for the first time since the 2003-04 season ... Charleston started 7-0 in 1998-99, its first as a SoCon member ... CofC went 16-0 in 1998-99 ...
- CofC is shooting 83.0 percent from the free throw line over the past four games hitting 39-of-47 attempts ...
- Andrew Goudelock has scored at least 22 points in five straight games ... the longest stretch of his career ... he's averaging 22.6 ppg and shooting 52.4 percent from the floor (43-82) ...
- CofC has outrebounded its last two opponents ... four all season ...
- The Cougars play host to Wofford at 7:00 on Friday ... the game will be televised by ESPN2.
