Cougars in Semis against Mountaineers
3/7/2010 5:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FAST BREAK POINTS...
The College of Charleston opened its 2010 Southern Conference tournament title trek with a convincing 96-69 win over Chattanooga ... the victory snapped a winless streak over the Mocs in SoCon Tournament play ... the Cougars are now 1-3 ...
Andrew Goudelock and Tony White, Jr., attempted 10 three-pointers against UTC, breaking CofC's league tournament record of nine, set Tony Mitchell against Appalachian State, Mar, 3, 2004 ... the 96 points was just to from the record ... The 16 three-poiinters broke the old mark of 13 set against Chattanooga, Mar. 4, 2004 ... the 16 was one shy of the Southern Conference Tournament record ...
Charleston plays Appalachian State in the semifinals Sunday, Mar 7 at 8:30 p.m. at Time Warner Cable Arena ...The Cougars have faced the Mountaineers the most in the SoCon tournament and own a 4-2 mark ... CofC defeated ASU, 77-67, to earn its first Southern Conference Tournament championship in 1999 ... the two teams last met in the tournament in 2007, with the Cougars taking the 89-87 win to advance to the finals ... Charleston defeated the Mountaineers, 73-72, in its only meeting this season ... This is the Cougars' fourth straight Southern Conference tournament semifinal appearance ...
Charleston is 21-10 overall and 14-4 in the Southern Conference and has won five out of its last six games ... The Cougars ended the regular-season with at least 20 wins for the 23rd time in the last 30 years, and third of the last four ...
Charleston is led by Andrew Goudelock with 19.5 points a game ... Jeremy Simmons paces the team in rebounds with 8.1 a game ...
Charleston is 8-2 in its last 10 games and averages 78.7 points per game, compared to 71.3 for the opposition ... the Cougars are shooting 36.0 percent from beyond the three-point arc and have 21 more blocks, 38-17 ...
