Box Score ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Joe Chealey scored 15 points and distributed eight assists and Nick Harris shot 5-of-6 for 12 points as College of Charleston beat NCAA Division II-host Alaska Anchorage, 55-46, on Saturday in the 4th/6th place game of the 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout.
 
Evan Bailey made a 3-pointer with 5:03 left in the first half, Harris followed with a dunk and a 3-point play off a layup less than two minutes later and neither team would score until the second half. The Cougars (4-2) led 26-21 at halftime.
 
Eric Jenkins' dunk with 12:34 to play brought the Seawolves to a 32-31 deficit but they were never able to gain the lead. Jacob Lampkin led Alaska Anchorage with 13 points and Malik Clements scored 10.
 
The Seawolves were coming off a dramatic 78-73 overtime win against Santa Clara on Friday night which was the Seawolves' 56th all-time victory against a Division I-level opponent.
 
After a five-game road stretch, the Cougars return home for the next three and take on former Southern Conference rival Western Carolina (2-5) on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. (ET) at TD Arena. Tickets can be purchased by calling (843) 953-COFC or online at: www.CofCSports.com/tickets
 
POSTGAME NOTES
• For the second time this season and second-straight game, the College of Charleston used the starting lineup of Joe Chealey, Marquise Pointer, Cameron Johnson, Jaylen McManus and Nick Harris.
• With the win, the Cougars take a 1-0 lead in the all-time series versus Alaska Anchorage. It marked CofC's third all-time appearance (first time to play the host school) in the Great Alaska Shootout and the Cougars are now 7-2 all-time in tournament games played in the 40-year tournament.
• Joe Chealey extended his double-digit scoring streak to six-consecutive games with a game-high 15 points and eight assists. He was named to the All-Tournament Team and put his name in the Great Alaska Shootout record book dishing out 26 assists in three games combined against Cal Poly, Sam Houston State and Alaska Anchorage. Chealey now ranks sixth all-time in assists behind former greats to have played in the tournament including Brevin Knight of Stanford (2nd, 29) in 1996, Steve Smith of Michigan State (4th, 27) in 1989 and Allen Griffin of Syracuse (T7th, 25) in 2000.
• The Cougar defense held Alaska Anchorage to an opponent season-low 46 points in the ballgame. The Seawolves came into the game averaging 63.7 points per game.
• Nick Harris registered a season-high 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and also had a team-high seven rebounds against Alaska Anchorage.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant
On the game …
"That was a very physical game. I anticipated it being physical. It was the last game of the Great Alaska Shootout (for Alaska Anchorage) and a true road game. I knew it would be chippy, physical and low scoring. But, I'm really proud of our players for showing great character. There was some adversity in the game, because of a lot of different variables. To hold a good offensive team on their home court to 46 points, I thought was pretty impressive."
 
On several guys like Chealey and Riller stepping up for the team in the second half …
"The big thing for us was we wanted to be sound on defense and share the ball on offense. We wanted to share the responsibility with the scoring. We did a good job with 16 assists, being unselfish and making the extra pass. A lot of guys made big shots and made big plays. We had balanced scoring. That was our approach the entire game. We wanted to share the ball and be unselfish."
 
On what he thought the turning point was in the second half …
"In the middle of the second half, we made a couple of big shots and we kept getting stops. It was a low-scoring game, because they (Alaska Anchorage) were on offense for almost 28 seconds every possession. We made it hard for them to find an easy basket for most possessions. However, they did a great job on defense and making us work. I am happy we showed great character and found a way to win."