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College of Charleston Athletics

Scoreboard

Horton
99
Winner Col. of Charleston CC 16-12,8-8 CAA
96
Delaware UD 19-10,10-6 CAA
Winner
Col. of Charleston CC
16-12,8-8 CAA
99
Final
96
Delaware UD
19-10,10-6 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Col. of Charleston CC 49 50 99
Delaware UD 32 64 96

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

High-Octane Cougars Power Past Delaware for Second Straight Road Win

Reyne Smith scored 22 points on six threes

NEWARK, DELAWARE – Charleston won its second road game in three days on Thursday, erupting for 99 points in a 99-96 victory over Delaware in Newark. The Cougars improved to 8-8 in CAA play and 16-12 overall as CofC scored its most points in a league game since Feb. 24, 2018 at William & Mary.
 
All 10 Cougars who saw the floor found the scoring column on a night CofC shot 50 percent from the field, hit 11 3-pointers and made 20-of-25 at the charity stripe. The Cougars never trailed and led for 39:32 of gameclock. Four Cougars reached double figures with Reyne Smith pouring in a game-high 22 points on six 3-pointers.
 
Junior Brenden Tucker added 18 points on seven made field goals and senior Dimitrius Underwood chipped in 14 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and two steals to snag his third double-double in the last four games. CofC has now won seven road games this season, including four its last five with wins at Northeastern, William & Mary, Elon and Delaware.
 
Freshman Raekwon Horton led another great effort from the bench with a career-high 15 points and four steals. Charleston's reserves scored 30 points and they've outscored opponents' bench players by 129 combined points over the last eight games.
 
CofC set the tone from the tip with Tucker taking the ball right to the rack for a bucket within the first few seconds. Charleston would go on to build a 27-15 edge on the back of hot shooting and tough defense. Tucker's strong finish to beat the halftime buzzer gave CofC a 49-32 edge at the break.
 
Delaware was scorching hot from the field in the second half, shooting 72 percent and hitting seven threes. CofC responded to multiple runs with clutch triples from Smith and a pair of monster dunks from freshmen Ben Burnham and Babacar Faye. After CofC got up 12 with a couple minutes remaining, Delaware hit a flurry of threes on an 11-0 run to slice the deficit to one, but Smith and Tucker combined to hit six key free throws to ice the game and seal Charleston's wild high-scoring win.
                                                                                                                                                                    
Key Cougars
  • Freshman Reyne Smith matched his career-high with six threes and hit the game-winning free throws to wind up with 22 points.
  • Junior Brenden Tucker scored 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting.
  • Dimitrius Underwood secured his third double-double in the last four games with 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
  • Freshman Raekwon Horton posted a career-high 15 points, five boards and a career-high four steals.
 
Game Notes
  • CofC's freshmen five of Nikita Evdokimov, Babacar Faye, Reyne Smith, Raekwon Horton and Ben Burnham combined for 56 combined points.
  • Dimitrius Underwood is four assists shy of posting back-to-back triple doubles, continuing a torrid stretch of late.
  • Reyne Smith's six threes give him 79 now for the season, moving him up to seventh on CofC's all-time single-season made 3s list.
  • The Cougars have won their seventh road game, more than their total in 2019-20.
  • CofC has won six of its last seven meetings against Delaware in Newark.
 
 
Up Next
Charleston continues its crazy stretch of four road games in eight days when the Cougars head to Philadelphia to face Drexel on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. ET on FloSports.
 
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