CHARLESTON, S.C. – Five players scored in double figures as the College of Charleston routed NCAA Division II North Greenville, 92-60, on Sunday afternoon at TD Arena.
 
The Cougars (7-2) extended their win streak to five-straight games and improved to an undefeated 4-0 on their home court. Preseason Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year Joe Chealey led all scorers with a game-high 20 points and five assists.
 
CofC led by 20 points at halftime, 53-33, and never relinquished that lead in the second half. Cameron Johnson added 12 points for the Cougars, who drained a season-high 13 three-pointers in the game.
 
The Crusaders (3-8) dropped their seventh-consecutive game including a loss to USC Aiken on Saturday. They were led in scoring by Jalon Cokley with 15.
 
The Cougars will travel to preseason Atlantic 10 Conference favorite Rhode Island for a Saturday, Dec. 16 non-conference tilt at 4 p.m. (ET) in Kingston, R.I.
 
POSTGAME NOTES
• For the third-straight game, College of Charleston used the starting lineup of Joe Chealey, Grant Riller, Cameron Johnson, Jaylen McManus and Nick Harris.
• With the win, the Cougars improve to 2-0 in the all-time series with North Greenville. Both teams last met in 2015.
• CofC has now won five-straight games and remains an undefeated 4-0 at home this season at TD Arena.
• Joe Chealey recorded his third 20-point game of the season with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field with four three-pointers. He also dished out five assists and made six rebounds versus North Greenville. He is currently on a nine-game double-digit scoring streak and has scored in double figures in the last 26 consecutive games dating back to the 2016-17 season. Chealey surpassed former CofC great Donovan Monroe (2007-11) to move into 13th all-time in career scoring with 1,388 points to date.
• Cameron Johnson is on a season-best three-game double-digit scoring streak with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field against North Greenville.
• Nick Harris was one-point short of a double-double with nine points and a season-high 12 rebounds versus North Greenville. It marked the fifth double-figure rebounding game of his career – one short of tying his career high.
• Jaylen McManus has now scored in double-figures in back-to-back games with 11 points versus North Greenville.
• Marquise Pointer came off the bench and poured in 11 points against North Greenville in addition to a game-high tying five assists.
• Grant Riller turned in his third-straight game in double figures with 11 points in 23 minutes of action against the Crusaders.
• CofC dished out a season-high 18 assists with just five turnovers for a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio versus North Greenville.
• The Cougars registered a season-best 92 points against North Greenville including a season-high 53 first-half points. Their previous season high was 81 points in a road win at Charlotte on Nov. 18.
• For the first time this season, five players scored in double figures and all 11 active players checked into the ballgame including junior walk-on Trent Robinson, who scored his first career points on a layup with 21 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
POSTGAME QUOTES
College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant
On the game …
"I thought our mental approach was really good coming out of exams. Certainly, you always wonder how the guys will respond after having a week off. Mentally, we approached this game the right way and we played to our standards pretty much the whole game. Early on in the game, it took awhile for both teams to get going. They (North Greenville) made some really hard and long shots. We were scoring at a pretty decent pace. Then in the middle of the first half, we started to settle the game down where they couldn't make those same hard shots. We continued to score. I thought we did a great job of having a balance of offense and defense. We were more focused on how we were playing, instead of being caught up in what team we were playing."
 
On playing a post-final exams game against a NCAA Division II opponent …
"You can build on it. Everyone played and everyone contributed whether it was making a shot, making a big rebound or a blocked shot. Having the opportunity to get everyone in today's game, gives us a little life going into this next week of preparation to get us ready for a touch road challenge (at Rhode Island)."
 
College of Charleston Junior Forward Nick Harris
On getting everyone involved in the game …
"It was nice to get everyone in the game today. That's how we should always play a game. We were moving the ball well with 18 assists and five assists."
 
College of Charleston Senior Guard Cameron Johnson
On going into the North Greenville game with a business approach …
"That's every game for us. We come in, execute our stuff, defend them and try to get better as a team."