DAVIDSON, N.C. - Reigning Southern Conference Player of the Week Jake Cohen registered 29 points and 14 rebounds to lead Davidson past College of Charleston, 87-69, on Thursday night at Belk Arena.

It was the sixth-straight win for the Wildcats (13-4, 7-0) who remain undefeated in the league, while the Cougars (12-6, 4-3) dropped their second in three games.

Cohen went 9-of-7 from the field and made all seven of his free throw attempts. He scored 24 of the team's 46 first-half points, stretching out the Wildcat lead to double digits, 25-15, on a three-point play at the 10:03 minute mark.

In the second half, the Cougars cut the lead down to as few as six, 61-55, on two free throws by junior Andrew Lawrence (London, England) with 9:32 remaining in regulation, but Davidson's Tyler Kalinoski connected on a three and Nik Cochran scored five-straight to put the Wildcats back on top, 69-57.

For the game, Davidson shot 45 percent (30-of-66) from the field compared to 39 percent (24-of-61) by CofC. The Wildcats also outrebounded the Cougars, 48-34.

Lawrence led CofC with a team-high 18 points followed by 17 from senior Antwaine Wiggins (Greeneville, Tenn.) and a career-high 15 from sophomore Nori Johnson (Greer, S.C.) making only his second career start.

The Cougars will remain on the road and travel to Georgia Southern (6-11, 4-3) for a Saturday, Jan. 21 meeting in Statesboro, Ga. The game will be televised live locally on MyTV Charleston and carried nationally on ESPN3 beginning at 7:30 p.m. (ET).

POSTGAME NOTES

• For the second time this season and second consecutive game, CofC used the starting five of junior Andrew Lawrence, sophomore Nori Johnson, senior Antwaine Wiggins, sophomore Trent Wiedeman and freshman Adjehi Baru (1-1).

• With the loss, Davidson now leads 50-13 in the all-time series with College of Charleston and has won three-straight against the Cougars on their home court.

• Nori Johnson made his second career start against Davidson and tied his career-high in points in the first half alone with eight and ended the night with 15. He reset career bests in field goals made (5), three-point field goals made (3), steals (3) and minutes played (35).

• Andrew Lawrence led the team in scoring for the fourth time this season with a team-high 18 points.

• Antwaine Wiggins extended his double-figure scoring streak to four games with 17 points.

• The Cougars committed a season-low tying nine turnovers next to nine miscues at Coastal Carolina on Dec. 22.

• Davidson scored an opponent season-high 87 points on 45.5 percent shooting from the field against CofC.

POSTGAME QUOTES

College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins

On the game ...

"I thought we had a great opportunity to get back in it (in the second half). We were right there knocking on the door. We just couldn't get over the hump. Davidson, of course, is very good. Bobby (McKillop) has them back playing great basketball. I'm not shocked. They are an outstanding team. We got off to a really bad start. We cut it to six (in the second half) and there was a ray of hope and then it kind of faded away quickly. There was some bright spots. Nori Johnson is a bright spot. It was the second game he started and he made some shots. We are still figuring some things out. I give Davidson a lot of credit. They are for real and they are solid. The big kid inside is playing some great basketball right now. (Jake) Cohen is something else. He has to be the leading candidate for (Southern Conference) Player of the Year."

College of Charleston Senior Forward Antwaine Wiggins

On the loss ...

"They got us on the rebounds tonight which put us down in the first half. We just need to improve on that. He (Davidson's Jake Cohen) played wonderful tonight. That's the best first-half performance I've seen all year. All the credit to him. They got a lot of their points off offensive rebounds. We are just trying to learn from every game."

College of Charleston Sophomore Guard/Forward Nori Johnson

On the loss ...

"They (Davidson) came out and executed. They have a pretty good coaching staff. We knew they would come out and run their stuff tonight and they did. We can't get outplayed every night. They outrebounded and outhustled us. They got every 50-50 ball. We can't let that happen, because it doesn't give us a good chance to win."