DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) – Peyton Aldridge, who finished with 21 points, made two free throws with 4.1 seconds left to give Davidson an 82-81 victory over College of Charleston on Saturday at Belk Arena.

Aldridge nailed a 3-point jumper and Oskar Michelsen followed with two free throws for a 78-76 lead with 5:17 left. Cameron Johnson, who scored 13 points, answered with a trey and Jarrell Brantley followed with a layup to give Charleston an 81-78 lead.

Andrew McAuliffe drove for a layup to trail 81-80 with 2:12 left. Brantley fouled Aldridge and he made both free throws for the win.

Jack Gibbs had 18 points, Brian Sullivan added 16, and Jordan Barham chipped in 10 for Davidson (2-0).

Davidson was up 52-45 at the break, but the Cougars charged back to lead 56-54 following a Canyon Barry 3-pointer with 16:39 left. Barry finished with 31 points on 12-of-24 shooting from the floor for Charleston (2-1).

After two games on the road, the Cougars will return to the Lowcountry for a three-game homestand starting with Coastal Carolina on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. (ET) at TD Arena.

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POSTGAME NOTES

· For the third-consecutive game, College of Charleston used the starting lineup of junior Payton Hulsey, junior Canyon Barry, sophomore Cameron Johnson, sophomore Donovan Gilmore and freshman Jarrell Brantley (2-1).

· Davidson improves to 55-15 in the all-time series with College of Charleston. It was the earliest and 70th all-time meeting between the two Southern Conference rivals. The Wildcats are 2-1 in the series since both teams moved to the CAA and Atlantic 10 Conference respectively.

· The Cougars shot a season-high 50.8 percent (32-of-63) from the field against Davidson.

· Canyon Barry tied his career high with 31 points shooting 48 percent from the field (12-of-25) and perfect from the free throw line (4-for-4). It marked his second career 30-point game.

· Cameron Johnson is on a three-game double-digit scoring streak with 13 points against Davidson.

· Payton Hulsey notched double figures in scoring for the first time in his CofC career with 10 points.

· James Bourne came off the bench and contributed five points and game-high nine rebounds including four on the offensive glass.

POSTGAME QUOTES

College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant

On the game …

“We talked about playing hard, competing and playing together. I thought our guys did a great job of doing all of those things well. I am proud of our effort. We play a lot of guys to try to maximize our depth. We like to play about 10 guys right now. It was a total team effort and a lot of guys contributed. We have to learn from our mistakes down the stretch, so when we get in that situation again, we can capitalize.”

On the end-of-the-game situation …

“In the last minute in a half, we had two unfortunate turnovers. Our guys tried to make plays and were confident. The ball, for whatever reason, didn't go our way.”

College of Charleston Junior Guard Canyon Barry 

On the game …

“Davidson is a great team. You know what you are going to get when you come here to play them. I thought we fought really hard and I'm really proud of the guys on our team. But, we have to convert down the stretch. We had some turnovers down the stretch, missed some box outs and we let them back in. It's a tough one.”

On the second-half run and what was working for the team …

“It starts with defense. We really rationed it out. We were able to get a couple of bricks. They (Davidson) are a tough team. If you can box out and hold them to one shot or possession, it really helps. I thought we did that when we made our run. We came out of the half really strong, played a really good first four minutes and were able to cut that deficit. I thought we played really well from there-on-out and it came down to the last couple of minutes where we didn't come out on top.”

College of Charleston Junior Guard Payton Hulsey

On the loss …

“We played hard and gave it all of our effort. We have to learn from our mistakes and clean them up at the end of the game. We have to be able to finish the game out like we started the second half.”

On being able to get to the paint …

“Tonight, Davidson is such a good team, had some little guards and we tried to exploit the mismatch.”