James Madison Up Next On Cougars' CAA Road Trail

Saturday, January 5

Harrisonburg, Va.

4:00 PM

College of Charleston

James Madison

1/4/2019 6:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

James Madison Game Notes

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (13-2, 2-0 CAA) vs. JAMES MADISON (7-9, 0-3 CAA)
Game #16
January 5, 2019 • 4:00 p.m. (ET)
JMU Convocation Center (6,426)
at Harrisonburg, Va.

Television: None
Radio: College of Charleston Radio Network (ESPN Radio 910 AM | 94.7 FM)
Series History: CofC Leads 8-4
Last Meeting: CofC def. James Madison, 81-78 (OT), on Feb. 15, 2018 in Harrisonburg, Va.
Internet: Live Statistics at www.JMUStats.com
Live Video: Live Video at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/jmu/
Twitter: @CofCBasketball

THE COACHES
College of Charleston: Earl Grant
Fifth Year at CofC: 90-58
Fifth Year Overall: 90-58
James Madison: Louis Rowe
Third Year at JMU: 27-54
Third Year Overall: 27-54

TELEVISION (None)

RADIO (College of Charleston Radio Network)
Play-By-Play: Everett German

GAME PREVIEW
James Madison (7-9, 0-3 CAA) is up next for the College of Charleston men's basketball team (13-2, 2-0 CAA) on its current three-game Colonial Athletic Association road trail. The Cougars will face the Dukes on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. (ET) in Harrisonburg, Va. One of the hottest teams in the country, CofC is riding a 10-game win streak and tied with the second-most victories (13) currently among all NCAA Division I programs. Three preseason All-CAA players will be on the court on Saturday with the dynamic duo of Grant Riller (first team) and Jarrell Brantley (first team) for CofC and Stuckey Mosley (second team) for JMU. Riller and Brantley combined for 47 points in the team's 67-55 road win at Towson on Jan. 3 to remain undefeated in the New Year and in conference play. Mosley was one of three players to score 20+ points in James Madison's 86-83 double-overtime loss to UNCW. The last three meetings between both schools in Harrisonburg have been close and decided by three points or less – all going in the favor of Charleston. Last year, Riller hit a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime to top the Dukes on their home court.

SCOUTING JAMES MADISON
James Madison currently leads the league in steals per game (7.3) behind sophomore guard Darius Banks, who ranks No. 55 nationally averaging 2.06 per contest. The Dukes are looking to end a five-game skid and searching for its first conference win of the season. All of JMU's three CAA games have been decided by five points or less: William & Mary (-5), Elon (-3) and UNCW (-3). The Dukes went 7-6 in non-conference play with wins over ECU, Charlotte and 2018 NCAA Tournament participant Radford.

COUGARS ON THE AIRWAVES
Fans can listen to all CofC men's basketball games throughout the 2018-19 season on ESPN Radio 910 AM and 94.7 FM in Charleston or via a live audio link at: www.charlestonsportsradio.com. Voice of the Cougars Everett German will call the action live from the JMU Convocation Center on the College of Charleston Radio Network.

PROJECTED COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON STARTERS
#21 Marquise Pointer, G, 6-0, 210, Sr. (1.9 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 17.7 min)
#1 Grant Riller, G, 6-3, 190, Jr. (22.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.6 apg, 35.9 min)
#2 Brevin Galloway, G, 6-2, 215, So. (9.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.0 apg, 27.1 min)
#5 Jarrell Brantley, F, 6-7, 255, Sr. (20.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.9 apg, 33.5 min)
#23 Nick Harris, F, 6-10, 270, Sr. (2.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 0.3 apg, 20.8 min)

PROJECTED JAMES MADISON STARTERS
#1 Matt Lewis, G, 6-5, 180, So. (15.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, 35.5 min)
#3 Stuckey Mosley, G, 6-3, 190, RS-Sr. (16.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.5 apg, 35.1 min)
#5 Darius Banks, G, 6-5, 225, So. (12.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.9 apg, 32.3 min)
#11 Zach Jacobs, F, 6-8, 220, So. (4.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 0.7 apg, 19.3 min)
#24 Dwight Wilson, F, 6-7, 260, So. (8.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 24.4 min)

SERIES HISTORY
College of Charleston leads 8-4 in the all-time series with James Madison. Last season, the Cougars swept the regular-season series with the Dukes for the second-straight year. Seven of the last eight meetings between the two schools have been decided in single digits. The Cougars own a five-game win streak in the series including an 81-78 overtime thriller in both teams' last meeting at the JMU Convocation Center.

LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIES
W, 81-78 OT (+3) on Feb. 15, 2018 in Harrisonburg, Va.
W, 66-59 (+7) on Jan. 27, 2018 in Charleston, S.C.
W, 67-62 (+5) on March 4, 2017 in North Charleston, S.C.^
W, 73-60 (+13) on Jan. 21, 2017 in Charleston, S.C.
W, 53-51 (+2) on Jan. 12, 2017 in Harrisonburg, Va.
L, 52-56 (-4) on Feb. 11, 2016 in Charleston, S.C.
W, 65-62 (+3) on Dec. 31, 2015 in Harrisonburg, Va.
L, 61-68 (-7) on Feb. 22, 2015 in Harrisonburg, Va.
L, 50-61 (-11) on Jan. 5, 2015 in Charleston, S.C.
L, 56-58 (-2) on Jan. 25, 2014 in Harrisonburg, Va.
^ CAA Tournament

TOWSON RECAP
College of Charleston 67, Towson 55
• For the first time this season, College of Charleston used the starting lineup of Marquise Pointer, Grant Riller, Brevin Galloway, Jarrell Brantley and Nick Harris (1-0). Pointer missed the first nine games of the season due to a preseason elbow injury. It marked his 22nd career start.
• With the win, College of Charleston picked up only its second ever road victory at Towson in six tries. The Cougars now take a one-game lead in the all-time series with the Tigers, 8-7. They last beat Towson on their home court during the 2015-16 season.
• Grant Riller turned in his 11th game this season with 20-or-more points with a game-high 24 points at Towson. He also went 8-for-9 from the free throw line and added five rebounds and team-high five assists to the winning cause. Riller has now tabulated 1,415 career points to date which ranks 14th all-time.
• Jarrell Brantley recorded his seventh 20-point game of the season with 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field at Towson. He also added a team-high seven rebounds and one steal. Brantley extended his double-digit scoring streak to 15-straight games and has now tabulated 1,578 career points and 814 career rebounds to date. He moved up to sixth on the school's all-time career scoring list surpassing former CofC great Thaddeous Delaney (1,564).
• The dynamic duo of Riller and Brantley combined for 47 of the team's 67 points at Towson.
• In just his fourth game as a Cougar, junior forward Sam Miller registered a season-high 10 points and six rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench at Towson.
• The Cougars shot a season-best 94.1 percent from the free throw line (16-of-17) against the Tigers.
• CofC also shot a season-low 8.3 percent from beyond the arc (1-for-12) versus Towson.
• The Cougar defense held Towson to 55 points – the second-lowest scoring production by an opponent this season. It marked the fourth time this season a CofC opponent scored in the 50s.

COUGAR SOUND BITES
"It's another road game. They (JMU) will be hungry. We expect all of our road games to be a big challenge in conference. We just have to prepare ourselves with a one-day prep and put together a solid game plan to have some success on Saturday. It's always been a tough place to play and we've had some good battles with them over the years." – CofC Head Coach Earl Grant on JMU

"We did a good job of sharing the ball and moving it around. We were very unselfish. We had guys make big plays, especially in the second half to get some separation. Our bench helped us and we played different lineups." – Coach Grant on what the team did well against Towson

"When they (Towson) started pressing, we saw it and we wanted to run. When they ran their press, we did a great job of breaking it. We did a really good job of executing and actually had a couple of run-outs for layups at the end of the press." – Coach Grant on breaking Towson's press in the team's last game