Cougars Sink Pirates in CAA Opener

Thursday, December 29

Charleston, SC

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-1,1-0CAA

Hampton

3-10,0-1CAA

Team	1	2	F
Hampton	36	25	61
Col. of Charleston	56	33	89

12/29/2022 10:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The College of Charleston men's basketball team conquered the Hampton Pirates with a 89-61 victory on Thursday night in TD Arena for their 12^th straight victory. It was the first meeting as CAA rivals for the Cougars and Pirates.

The Cougars dropped nine threes on the night, including a stretch of five straight from Ryan Larson, Reyne Smith, Dalton Bolon, Pat Robinson III and Ben Burnham. The Cougars entered the locker room at the half shooting 20-for-27 from the field and 8-for-12 from beyond the arc, good for a 76% shooting effort.

The second half was highlighted by a collection of hustle plays as the Cougars were able to find 27 fast break points thanks to a seven second half steals. The Cougars had nine steals on the night, the most this season since the program's victory over Virginia Tech.

Propelled by a strong offensive performance and clutch shots behind the paint, the Cougars saw a season-high performance from Robinson III with 19 points along while five other Cougars joined him in double-digits.

Game Notes

Robinson III's D1 career-high 19-point performance was followed by Ante Brzovic's 6-for-9 night from the field totaling 15 points with three steals.
Raekwon Horton was 4-for-7 with 12 points followed by Larson and Bolon finished with 11 points each. Smith scoring 10 to round out the Cougars' double-digit performances.
Jaylon Scott contributed with seven rebounds and five assists for an outstanding defensive performance.

Up Next

The Cougars will travel to CAA pre-season favorite Towson on Saturday, December 31 for their final game of the 2022 season. Action is set for 12:00 p.m.
The contest will air on NBC Sports Washington along with FloSports.